Author: Editor
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February 2026
Developments this month are narrowing the gap between diplomacy and confrontation. Washington has increased military pressure while pushing for a faster negotiating timeline; Israel is pressing to expand any agreement beyond the nuclear file to include missiles and regional proxies; and European institutions have stepped up pressure on Tehran in response to the domestic crackdown.………
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February 2026
Nigeria enters February 2026 compressed from all sides. External pressure has hardened into conditional engagement, with Washington recasting partnership around security performance rather than trust. At home, reform has moved from technocratic ambition to political stress test, as tax overhaul, inflation and currency strain collide with public patience. The economy is holding together but only…
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February 2026
Nigeria enters February 2026 compressed from all sides. External pressure has hardened into conditional engagement, with Washington recasting partnership around security performance rather than trust. At home, reform has moved from technocratic ambition to political stress test, as tax overhaul, inflation and currency strain collide with public patience. The economy is holding together but only…
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February 2026
February finds Egypt still projecting control, but doing so under mounting strain. The state remains indispensable across multiple regional files - Gaza, Sudan, the Nile and Red Sea security - even as its economic buffers thin and its political model relies increasingly on management rather than consent. What distinguishes this month is not any one…
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February 2026
February finds Egypt still projecting control, but doing so under mounting strain. The state remains indispensable across multiple regional files - Gaza, Sudan, the Nile and Red Sea security - even as its economic buffers thin and its political model relies increasingly on management rather than consent. What distinguishes this month is not any one…
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January 2026
January 2026 revealed an environment of simmering tension for Mexico. Violence surged sharply, contrasting with the official narrative of December 2025, while the government responded with high-profile arrests and increased cooperation with the United States. In politics, the Sheinbaum administration moved forward with the groundwork for electoral reform leading up to 2027, managing to maintain…
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January 2026
Pakistan enters 2026 still standing - but only just. The state is no longer selling recovery or reform. It is selling resilience. Diplomatically active, economically compliant and security focused, Islamabad is managing pressure rather than shaping outcomes. Survival has become the organising principle of governance. The risk is not sudden collapse.…… Read the rest
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January 2026
January 2026 marks a decisive moment for Kazakhstan. The nation is under mounting pressure from infrastructure shocks, geopolitical uncertainty and domestic constraints. But President Tokayev has opted not for drift but for consolidation. January has seen the most far-reaching political restructuring since the post-1995 settlement, a hard reckoning with energy vulnerability after the Tengiz outage…
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January 2026
January was a busy month, with the country gearing up for elections. Khaleda Zia, the BNP Chairperson, a towering figure in Bangladeshi politics, died on December 30, passing on leadership to her son, Tarique Rahman. Election campaigning also began this month. On the economic front, the World Bank has estimated a fall in GDP growth…