Western Europe

  • Jun 26, 2018
  • 7 min read

Public-private cybersecurity ties will intensify

Governments have no choice but to hire private cybersecurity firms, even though such links are risky for both sides

International
  • May 21, 2018
  • 2 min read

EU’s GDPR enforcement may prove patchy

Not all EU countries are ready to enforce GDPR from May 25

EU
  • Apr 16, 2018
  • 7 min read

Facebook will probably avoid US regulation

After two days of hearings on Facebook's privacy practices, it is unclear what concrete action may emerge from Congress

United States
  • Mar 12, 2018
  • 7 min read

Rows over EU funding abuse may affect budget reform

Persistent misuse of EU funds in Central-Eastern Europe will lead to tension at EU budget talks

EU
  • Mar 5, 2018
  • 7 min read

Far-right extremism is rising in the West

Incidents of far-right violence outstrip Islamist-inspired attacks in the United States and are rising in Europe

United States
  • Feb 28, 2018
  • 11 min read

China and the United States are locked in a 5G race

As 5G mobile networks are rolled out, both China and the United States aim to take the lead

International
  • Jan 19, 2018
  • 6 min read

Fake news may survive Facebook changes

Facebook will move away from news and business content towards emphasising person-to-person interactions

International
  • Sep 18, 2017
  • 6 min read

ECB faces multiple challenges in withdrawing stimulus

Euro strength makes unwinding policy more important but the ECB will tread carefully as financial markets are vulnerable

EU