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The UK has once more extended the grace periods for border checks in the Irish Sea – this time, however, accepted by the EU. While this will mean more time for both sides to find solutions, hopes for a renegotiation of the Northern Ireland protocol remain unrealistic. As discussed in…

Antitrust efforts are escalating in China. An Olaf Scholz chancellorship is becoming more and more likely in Germany. Argentina’s ruling party suffered a setback in a congressional primary vote. Meanwhile, the ruling party’s leadership contest will start in Japan this week, Russia’s main party will win a comfortable majority in…

Rhea Siers, Teneo Senior Advisor and former Deputy Associate Director for Policy at the National Security Agency; and Conrad Prince, Senior Advisor on cybersecurity at the Royal United Services Institute and Former Head and Director General for Operations at GCH, join Kevin Kajiwara to discuss cybersecurity and the growing threat…

Concerns over security and uncontrolled migration have led to inconsistent and uncoordinated reactions from Central Asian governments to the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan. Multiple risks stemming from the uncertain political outlook in Afghanistan are underpinning closer cooperation between the Central Asian countries, Russia and China. The reaction of…

Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Company Moves: ESG Initiatives in the Corporate World In Andrew Ross Sorkin’s September 7 DealBook column, followed by an interview on CNBC’s “The Squawk Box,” Teneo Chairwoman Ursula Burns and Teneo Senior Advisor Gabrielle…

Strategic silence from Abe and Aso undermined Yoshihide Suga, but the prime minister’s own gambits hastened his departure. Taro Kono is set to enter the race as the favorite, and Kishida may now be joined by Ishiba and other candidates. The LDP’s prospects for the general election will now improve,…

The recent Amigo ruling, where Mr Justice Miles declined to sanction the proposed Scheme of Arrangement despite scheme creditors (including consumer redress creditors) voting overwhelmingly in favour, has cast doubt on the viability of schemes as a tool to restructure struggling lenders. But does that mean the end of the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) remains inadequate vis-à-vis the region’s external financing needs. Yet, the debate on how rich countries can transfer SDRs to countries in greater need has been dragging on for months. Experience with multilateral pandemic crisis management to date suggests…

Amid Berlin’s badly delayed evacuation mission for Afghanistan, centrist parties seem to have decided that looking ill-prepared is preferable to a conversation about Germany’s foreign and migration policies of the last decades. In a somewhat nonchalant demeanor, Chancellor Angela Merkel pointed at “wrong assessments” regarding the changing situation on the…