Author: Editor
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October 2024
September and October (so far) have been busy months in Bangladesh. On the political front, the interim government has been battling hard to bring back some sense of normalcy, with mixed results. They have formed various sectoral committees to explore institutional issues and how to solve them across various aspects of the economy.…… Read the…
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October 2024
September and October (so far) have been busy months in Bangladesh. On the political front, the interim government has been battling hard to bring back some sense of normalcy, with mixed results. They have formed various sectoral committees to explore institutional issues and how to solve them across various aspects of the economy.…… Read the…
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October 2024
A busy reporting period, where we are seeing an ineffectual second Iranian missile barrage on Israel. With the deaths of Nasrallah and all viable successors as leaders of Hezbollah, and Hamas severely depleted, Iran’s key proxies are neutralised. In the eyes of many of the Islamic Republic’s adversaries, this is a unique opportunity to strike…
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October 2024
A busy reporting period, where we are seeing an ineffectual second Iranian missile barrage on Israel. With the deaths of Nasrallah and all viable successors as leaders of Hezbollah, and Hamas severely depleted, Iran’s key proxies are neutralised. In the eyes of many of the Islamic Republic’s adversaries, this is a unique opportunity to strike…
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September 2024
Despite promising financial responsibility and accountability in his election campaign, President Tinubu continues to fiddle while Rome burns. His government appear to be increasingly blind to the people they are supposed to be representing. Nigerians are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the economic outlook for their nation. Many are already digging into their meagre savings or…
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September 2024
The new president’s cabinet, while not as inclusive as fellow reformists would like, has at least been approved by the Majilis in a show of unity, under pressure from the Supreme Leader. Pezeshkian’s political honeymoon had barely started when he was faced with his first major crisis – responding to Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader…
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August 2024
The new president received the Supreme Leader’s blessing and was sworn in following the result of the election earlier in July. Conservatives in the military, political and economic realms have provided public advice to him throughout the month. Of these, the most predictable are the IRGC’s warnings to avoid seeking a return to negotiations on…
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July 2024
The first round of the presidential election took place on 28th June, with a further round of voting now set for 5th July after no candidate won 50% of the vote. The second round will see surprise reformist Masoud Pezeshkian compete against arch hardliner Saeed Jalili; they polled 43% and 39% respectively.… Read the rest
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June 2024
President Tinubu’s term in office started with a blast which saw him slash fuel subsidies, sending prices soaring right across the nation and provoking protests and violence. He quickly but subtly u-turned on this decision. But, instead of reversing the policy he has quietly tweaked it by providing special foreign exchange concessions for product importers.……
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June 2024
The first round of the presidential election took place on 28th June, with a further round of voting now set for 5th July after no candidate won 50% of the vote. The second round will see surprise reformist Masoud Pezeshkian compete against arch hardliner Saeed Jalili; they polled 43% and 39% respectively.… Read the rest