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Syria’s Troubled Integration: The Case of DAANES
Since the sudden removal of Bashar al-Assad from power at the hands of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) towards the end of 2024, Syria’s interim President, Ahmed…
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The Plight of Mixed Signals: U.S Maritime Intervention in Venezuela
Executive Summary In October 2025, the Trump administration confirmed lethal strikes on ships in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela, which it faults for allegedly…
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The Attribution Trap: Why Knowing Isn’t Enough to Deter Europe’s Hybrid Threats
Executive Summary Europe faces hybrid attacks at an unprecedented pace, yet rapid detection alone cannot stop them. At the European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen on October…
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict: Analysing Mediation Diplomacy
Executive Summary The Foreign Ministry of Turkey recently announced the agreement to maintain the ceasefire between Pakistan and Taliban-led Afghanistan, following the earlier peace talks in Doha,…
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4th Plenum of the Communist Party of China
Executive Summary The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in October 2025, set the foundation for the 15th…
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The Chokepoint: How China turned Western Decoupling into a Weapon
Executive Summary On October 9, China announced export controls on twelve rare earth minerals essential to advanced defense systems, including components for the F-35 fighter jet and…
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Hezbollah’s Disarmament: Potential impacts on the wider Levant and Lebanon’s security
Executive Summary The Lebanese government’s current plan for the disarmament emerges from the aftermath of the 2023 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. This conflict and the previous…
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AI Agents and Entry-Level Work
Executive Summary The latest data from Yale’s Budget Lab and Brookings (Oct 1-2, 2025) shows no major AI-related job losses yet. But beneath that stability lies a…
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India’s Independent Foreign Policy Shifts from 2018 to 2025
5 Oct 2025 As the first long-form publication emerging from a CISES working group, this white paper represents a significant step forward in our mission to produce…
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Can American Manufacturing Swing the Way Trump Wants It To?
With Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs declared on 2nd April and then paused for 90 days a week later, countries are negotiating trade deals with the US, and…