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The weekly briefing, 6 February 2018: Civil unrest breaks out in Maldives, protesters march through Kiev, US stock market suffers worst hit in six years

Underreported political and security risk updates from around the world. This week includes events in Ethiopia, South Africa, United States, Venezuela, North Korea, the Maldives, Belgium, Ukraine, Libya and Syria.

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The weekly briefing, 18 January 2018: Efforts to stop stricken oil tanker sinking in East China Sea fail, protesters and police officers clash in Kiev, Bangladesh and Myanmar reach agreement over Rohingya repatriations

Underreported political and security risk updates from around the world, including Tanzania, Tunisia, the United States, Peru, Bangladesh, the East China Sea, France, Ukraine, Egypt and Iraq.

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The weekly briefing, 9 January 2018: Possible major environmental disaster in East China Sea, Russian supreme court upholds decision to bar opposition leader from presidential election, Syrian government forces intensify offensive on opposition-held Idlib

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: possible major environmental disaster after Iranian oil tanker and Chinese freighter collide in East China Sea; Russian supreme court upholds decision to bar opposition leader Aleksei Navalny from running in presidential election in March; Syrian government forces intensify offensive on opposition-held Idlib despite agreement to maintain area as de-escalation zone; and more.

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The weekly briefing, 29 November 2018: UN peacekeepers killed in Mali, political turmoil engulfs the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, militants kill over 300 people in northern Sinai

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: four UN peacekeepers killed in two separate attacks in northern Mali; political turmoil engulfs the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as Trump attempts to appoint loyalist as acting director; militants kill over 300 people in bomb and gun attack on mosque in northern Sinai province; and more.

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The weekly briefing, 22 November 2017: Robert Mugabe resigns, commander of US Strategic Command highlights limits to Donald Trump’s executive power, UN warns situation in Yemen is critical

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: Robert Mugabe resigns after 37 years as Zimbabwe’s president; commander of US Strategic Command highlights limits to Donald Trump’s executive power with regard nuclear weapons; UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen warns that situation in Yemen is critical following Saudi blockade of the country; and more.

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The weekly briefing, 14 November 2017: Direct contact between Wikileaks and Donald Trump Jr., cyber-attack group targets individuals and organisations critical of Vietnamese government, Iraqi forces launch offensive to recapture remaining territory held by Islamic State

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: Magazine reveals direct contact between Wikileaks and Donald Trump Jr. in lead up to 2016 US presidential election; Vietnam-based cyber-attack group targets individuals and organisations critical of Hanoi; Iraqi forces launch offensive to recapture remaining territory held by Islamic State in Iraq; and more.

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The weekly briefing, 8 November 2017: US joint chiefs of staff conclude that a ground invasion is only way to completely destroy North Korean nuclear programme, Belgium court releases ousted Catalan president and four other former ministers pending investigation, Mugabe fires Zimbabwe’s vice-president

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: US joint chiefs of staff conclude that a ground invasion is only way to completely destroy North Korean nuclear programme; Belgium court releases ousted Catalan president and four other former ministers pending investigation; Robert Mugabe fires Zimbabwe’s vice-president, clearing way for eventual succession of president’s wife, and more.

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The weekly briefing, 1 November 2017: Catalan leadership flees Spain, president of Iraqi Kurdistan to step down, militants kill 23 people in attack in Somalia

Political and security risk updates from around the world. This week: Catalan leadership flees Spain after Madrid brings charges in aftermath of region declaring independence; president of Iraqi Kurdistan will step down on 1 November; militants kill 23 people in attack on hotel in Somalia; and more.

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