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As the Middle East lurches into another high-intensity confrontation, the British government is trying to hold two ideas in the public mind at the...

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On March 2, 2026, Mikhail Gorbachev would have turned 95. Today, when Europe and Russia seem divided by an unbridgeable chasm and threats are...

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A fierce policy debate over the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) reopened a few weeks ago as the European Economic and Social Committee...

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Brussels is urging “maximum restraint” and diplomacy — but the immediate EU exposure is economic (oil and trade routes), operational (Red Sea naval protection)...

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Amid a swirl of rumours that he would be replaced, Bangladesh’s central bank governor, Ahsan Mansur (pictured), abruptly and unceremoniously left his post this...

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Cyprus has emerged as an unexpected pivot point in negotiations over the European Union’s long-awaited Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) overhaul, after proposing limits on...

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The next phase of Bangladesh’s story began last week with the landslide election of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Following his victory, Prime Minister Tarique...

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Brussels is bracing for a fresh confrontation over “sin taxes”, as Europe’s nicotine, alcohol and processed-food sectors mobilise behind the scenes in response to...

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The Milton Friedman Institute firmly denounces the proposal put forward by European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to revise the Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), which, under...

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Allegations of Chinese espionage have been growing, with many countries, including the United States and Europe, accusing China of espionage, cyberattacks and other covert...