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A second Covid-19 surge is putting to the test assumptions that the pandemic’s public health impact across the continent has been comparatively mild. Health crises and on-and-off lockdowns may be a recurring feature of 2021 and beyond, if (or perhaps when) fresh Covid-19 surges materialize. To date, the region is…
The first high-level talks between Chinese officials and the new US administration have been held. In Italy, Mario Draghi’s new cabinet could be announced. After the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election, it is still unclear who came in second. South Africa’s president will deliver his annual State of the…
Below please find key take-outs from our February 4th panel with the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); and chaired by Principal of Teneo’s Situations and Politics practice and former Downing Street Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver. Key Takeaways…
The new government has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with violating the country’s export-import laws, which carries a possible three-year jail term. Apparently, her staff had about 10 imported walkie-talkies. The intention may be to justify her immediate and continued detention, since other MPs from the National League for Democracy…
Teneo Senior Advisors Ursula Burns and Gabrielle Sulzberger join Kevin Kajiwara to discuss the current economic, political and social landscape, including the Biden Administration, challenges facing corporate leaders and boards, and their work with the Board Diversity Action Alliance. Listen to the…
The political effects of the coup in Myanmar will be damaging. The Commission’s chaotic attempt to weaponize the Northern Ireland protocol has badly undermined the EU’s political credibility. A Chinese cell phone manufacturer filed a complaint in a US federal court. In Italy, a way out of the government crisis…
A renewed debate has emerged about the infamous debt brake after, in a newspaper op-ed, the chief of Angela Merkel’s chancellery argued for changing the constitution to effectively abandon the rule. This, however, remains highly unlikely. Instead, the more interesting question is whether the next government might drop the “black…
As the pandemic shapes up to dominate another year, how companies and governments prepare for and navigate the increasing complexity of a post-pandemic world will define 2021 and beyond. Adding to that challenge, the heightened risk of domestic extremism and unrest during the post-inauguration period demands short-term contingency planning. Such…
Two Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines will be scrutinized by the WHO. Italy’s prime minister could resign in the coming days. The popularity of Brazil’s president has declined amid a worsening of the pandemic. Meanwhile, Japan will pass a supplemental budget, a new coalition government will be formed in Estonia, an Argentinian…
Below please find key take-outs from our January 22nd panel with Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist; Tony Danker, Director General of the CBI; Lord William Hague, former Foreign Secretary; and chaired by Principal of Teneo’s Situations and Politics practice and former Downing Street Director of Politics and Communications,…
Steve Clemons, Editor-at-Large of The Hill, and Orson Porter, Senior Managing Director at Teneo, join Kevin Kajiwara to discuss the Biden Administration. Listen to the Call Kevin Kajiwara (KK): Well, good day, everyone. Thank you for joining today's edition of Teneo Insights.
China is fighting the worst Covid-19 outbreak since March 2020. Italy’s Prime Minister faces a tougher test in the Senate after winning a confidence vote in the lower house. In Germany, Armin Laschet is expected to be confirmed as the new leader of the Christian Democrats. Meanwhile, negotiations between protesting…
