Author: Editor
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April 2026
Egypt entered April surrounded by regional fires but trying to avoid stepping into the flames. The confrontation between the US/Israel and Iran, continued instability in Sudan and the unresolved future of Gaza are no longer separate crises unfolding in parallel. They are converging across Egypt’s immediate neighbourhood, tightening pressure on the country’s political, economic and…
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April 2026
Mexico moved into March with momentum intact but under increasing strain. The Sheinbaum administration has hit its first real political constraint, security conditions are stabilising on the surface but shifting underneath, and the economy continues to deliver - though with growing divergence between strength and structural weakness. Security conditions showed relative stabilization following the elimination…
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March 2026
The first session of the new national parliament led to a walkout by members of the opposition following a condolence motion for convicted war crimes of the 1971 Liberation War. Jamaat-e-Islami, the main opposition party, has also accused BNP of putting its party members into various leadership positions without proper elections and democratic means.…… Read…
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March 2026
March marks the shift from reform narrative to political reality. The referendum has locked in Tokayev’s reset - a more centralised, more predictable and more tightly controlled system, with succession now engineered rather than improvised. At the same time, Kazakhstan is reworking its external model. Trade routes are being diversified, partnerships deepened and economic policy…
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March 2026
The first session of the new national parliament led to a walkout by members of the opposition following a condolence motion for convicted war crimes of the 1971 Liberation War. Jamaat-e-Islami, the main opposition party, has also accused BNP of putting its party members into various leadership positions without proper elections and democratic means.…… Read…
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March 2026
Here we are. Iran faces its most severe crisis in decades. On 28 February, coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes hit military, political and nuclear targets across the country, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. It has triggered an expansive Iranian response against Israel, US bases and economic targets in US-aligned states across…
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March 2026
Four months on from the country’s disputed election, Tanzania has moved past the immediate shock but not yet beyond the political consequences of the vote. The protests that followed the vote have faded and the security presence has eased, allowing the government to shift from crisis management to consolidation. But the election has left a…
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March 2026
Egypt enters March surrounded by regional fires but determined not to step into the flames. Escalating confrontation between the US-Israel alliance and Iran, continued instability in Sudan and the unresolved political future of Gaza are all unfolding simultaneously along Egypt’s strategic horizon. None of these crises are new in isolation. What has changed is their…
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March 2026
Egypt enters March surrounded by regional fires but determined not to step into the flames. Escalating confrontation between the US-Israel alliance and Iran, continued instability in Sudan and the unresolved political future of Gaza are all unfolding simultaneously along Egypt’s strategic horizon. None of these crises are new in isolation. What has changed is their…
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March 2026
February combined significant advances in security, internal political frictions, and mixed economic signals amid a more stable bilateral relationship with the US in the short term. The central event was the death of “El Mencho,” leader of the CJNG cartel, and the wave of roadblocks that followed, contrasted with institutional actions such as the arrest…