Libya
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Sudan’s Emergence as a New Captagon Hub
Sudan is emerging as a new hub for captagon production, with RSF-linked labs fueling its war economy and Gulf trafficking routes.
EUROPE
A Temporary Fix: Meloni’s Eastern Mediterranean Strategy in Libya
Italy turns to Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus to stabilise Libya, cut migration, and connect rising oil output to eastern Mediterranean networks.
BUSINESS
Old Rivalries as Leverage: Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean
When diplomatic protests turn into gas field disputes, old-fashioned regional quarrels become tomorrow's Russian leverage in the Mediterranean.
EUROPE
Greece, Migration, and the Pause: A Temporary Solution or a New Course
Greece halts asylum hearings as migrant crossings from Libya surge, echoing Italy’s offshore model amid EU migration system strain.
BUSINESS
Greece Courts Haftar as Türkiye Expands Role in West
On 6 July, Greece and Libya's LNA under Haftar discussed migration, maritime borders, and economic cooperation as a strategic hedge by Athens in Benghazi.
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Ageing Societies Slow Science’s Edge
Ageing societies do not only strain pensions and healthcare. They may also make science less bold, less disruptive, and more incremental over time.
Strategic Autonomy: How the UAE Chose to Self-Arm
Under real Iranian missile fire, the UAE learned that state security cannot be outsourced, and it has kicked off the Gulf's most ambitious arms build-up.
Idlib to Bamako: The Real Differences in Jihadist Power
Africa’s jihadist groups are gaining territory and pressure, but they still lack the cohesion, legitimacy, and state collapse that made HTS’s seizure of Damascus possible.
British Safety Laws: Chat Control to Crowd Control
Britain's child safety legislation is quietly turning into a tool against digitally-triggered communal violence, with big implications for privacy and power.
France’s Trust Crisis Moves Upward
Three stories in a single week, a murdered child, a pop icon charged with rape, and a former mayor appealing his blackmail conviction, are not the same scandal but they are feeding the same mood in France.
