Regions
Asia Pacific
Malaysia will strive to make ASEAN more cohesive
The country will take up ASEAN’s annually rotating chairmanship at the start of 2025
MalaysiaSingapore’s data centre plans will face obstacles
Despite limited land capacity and energy concerns, Singapore strives to become a leader in the data centre industry
InternationalLatin America
Colombia-US relations will be tense under Trump
The Colombian president and the US president-elect have little in common ideologically or in terms of policy priorities
ColombiaRussia’s Rosatom focuses export drive on Global South
Russia continues to be the world’s largest exporter of nuclear power plants
RussiaMiddle East / Africa
Syria's transition is underway, but challenges abound
The outlines of the new order are taking shape slowly, but the new leadership faces major security and economic hurdles
SyriaLungu’s exclusion further weakens Zambian opposition
Former President Edgar Lungu has been excluded from the 2026 presidential election through a controversial court ruling
ZambiaEurope
German attack will dent Scholz’s re-election bid
A deadly attack at a Christmas market in Germany comes two months ahead of the federal election
GermanyTikTok’s global troubles will intensify
With a potential US ban on the horizon, TikTok was hit with a one-year ban in Albania
InternationalRussia/CIS
Russia’s Rosatom focuses export drive on Global South
Russia continues to be the world’s largest exporter of nuclear power plants
RussiaKazakhstan will prioritise nuclear energy adoption
A referendum in October confirmed that Kazakhstan would build its first nuclear power plant
KazakhstanNorth America
Colombia-US relations will be tense under Trump
The Colombian president and the US president-elect have little in common ideologically or in terms of policy priorities
ColombiaUS shutdown averted, but Republican rifts will remain
An unexpected shutdown of government operations was averted over the weekend in a chaotic end to the outgoing Congress
United States