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SnapshotsJun 10, 2025 | 16:58 GMT
A protester holds a sign reading "Pedro Sanchez, give us back the democracy" during a demonstration in Madrid against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government on June 8, 2025.
In Spain, Sanchez's Struggles Risk Rendering His Government Ineffective
In Spain, mounting political instability, driven by corruption scandals, opposition pressure and legislative gridlock, is weakening Madrid's ability to govern effectively, complicating its commitment to hike defense spending and undermining policymaking that will worsen uncertainty for households and businesses. Thousands of people gathered in central Madrid on June 8 to protest against the Spanish government and demand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's resignation. The event was organized by Spain's main opposition party, the conservative People's Party, which claimed that some 100,000 people attended (the government said that some 50,000 people attended). Speaking at the event, People's Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo said that "Spain needs a revolution of decency and freedom" and urged Sanchez to step down and call for an early general election (Spain does not need to hold an election until mid-2027). In response, members of the Spanish government belittled the protest and mocked the alleged low turnout.
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Spain
Economics
Politics
AssessmentsJun 9, 2025 | 22:17 GMT
A stock image showing industrial magnet parts.
In Trade War With U.S., China Finds a Pressure Point With Magnet Restrictions
Although China appears to be expediting the approval process of rare earth shipments, Beijing will likely continue to wield restrictions on such exports in the face of growing U.S. technology and trade restrictions, sustaining a high risk of future supply chain disruptions, particularly for automakers. U.S.-China trade talks in London focusing on export controls began on June 9 amid a growing supply chain crisis for U.S. and other Western automakers following China's April 4 introduction of a new export licensing regime covering seven rare earth elements. China introduced those measures in response to sweeping new U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods that the United States announced on April 2. Since then, China has approved far fewer exports of these rare earth magnets, which have aerospace and defense applications due to their high heat tolerance, but are also widely used in vehicles. This has led to global shortages due to China's market
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United States
China
Economics
Environment, Science & Technology
Global Trade
AssessmentsJun 6, 2025 | 20:40 GMT
Smoke and fire erupted from the site of an Israeli airstrike on a suburb south of Beirut, Lebanon, on June 5, 2025.
What To Make of Israel's Latest Strikes on Lebanon
Israel's airstrikes against alleged Hezbollah targets in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, indicate a growing impatience with the pace of Hezbollah's disarmament, but such military pressure instead risks hardening the group's stance, hampering the Lebanese government's influence and leaving the door open to a return to wider conflict. On June 5, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out at least 10 airstrikes against multiple buildings in Dahiyeh, a suburb located south of the Lebanese capital of Beirut. The IDF alleged that the targeted buildings held underground drone production sites for Hezbollah's aerial unit. However, a Lebanese security source told Reuters that the Lebanese Armed Forces had received prior notice about alleged military equipment in Dahiyeh and conducted an inspection, but found no such materials. Meanwhile, on June 6, the Lebanese Armed Forces issued a statement condemning Israel's airstrikes, warning that such actions undermined the army's credibility and could compel Lebanon
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Israel
Lebanon
Military & Security
On GeopoliticsJun 5, 2025 | 21:47 GMT
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) interacts with Oman Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Asaad (second from right) as they prepare to pose for photos with leaders during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders' Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, 2025.
Is the Era of U.S. Interventionism in the Middle East Over?
Much has been made of U.S. President Donald Trump's recent tour of the Middle East, where he slammed the interventionist policies of his predecessors. "In the end, the so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built. And the interventionalists [sic] were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand," he said in Riyadh, about the widely panned Iraq invasion of 2003. Some have hailed Trump's remarks as signaling the end of American interventionism in the Middle East, or at least the beginning of the end, as the United States retrenches. Trump's newly appointed ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, even went so far as to say, "The era of Western interference is over. The future belongs to regional solutions, but partnerships, and a diplomacy grounded in respect." Doveish though this all sounds, the reality is that the United States remains poised to use its many tools to reshape
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United States
Iraq
Israel
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Economics
Energy
Military & Security
Politics
AssessmentsJun 5, 2025 | 21:11 GMT
Taiwanese lawmakers prepare to vote on reconsidering controversial bills in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 21, 2024.
After One Year Under Lai, Taiwan's Political Dysfunction Shows Little Sign of Easing
Political infighting since President William Lai's inauguration has impeded Taiwan's efforts to bolster military spending and has prompted Chinese military and economic retaliation. Going forward, this dysfunction will imperil the fulfillment of U.S.-Taiwan trade and arms deals. May 20 marked one year in office for Taiwanese President William Lai of the center-left Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP. Four months before his May 2024 inauguration, RANE forecasted that the results of the January 2024 general election -- which secured Lai's presidency but also put the conservative Kuomintang and center-right Taiwan People's Party in charge of the legislature -- would bring about tortuous policymaking and institutional obstacles. Reality has been even more dysfunctional than projected. The opposition has attempted to erode the separation of powers in favor of the legislature, threatening a constitutional crisis for the nation's top court, and pushed through a budget with historic cuts aimed at hobbling the implementation
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China
Taiwan
Economics
Military & Security
Politics
Situation ReportJun 5, 2025 | 19:40 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: Leading Opposition Figures Barred From Final Electoral Roll 
Leading Ivorian opposition figures, including leader of the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI) Tidjane Thiam and former president Laurent Gbagbo, were not included in the final version of Cote d'Ivoire's electoral roll, effectively barring them from running in the country's October presidential election, Radio France Internationale reported June 4.
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Cote d'Ivoire
Politics
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