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AssessmentsOct 21, 2025 | 16:17 GMT
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party reacts on stage during a rally in Dar es Salaam on Aug. 28, 2025, to officially launch the CCM's campaign ahead of the Tanzanian general election.
Previewing Tanzania's General Elections
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is highly likely to be reelected in Tanzania's Oct. 29 general elections, and while her sidelining of opposition forces threatens to trigger potentially violent demonstrations, these are unlikely to pose a threat to her second term, set to focus on advancing constitutional reforms and infrastructure projects. On Oct. 10, Hassan stated at a campaign rally for her Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, or CCM, in the northern Mara region that she would press ahead with constitutional amendments should she be elected for a second term. Hassan's comments built on previous pledges made since taking office in 2021, when she accepted opposition demands for a constitutional review, though precise details have yet to be laid out. But while Hassan's recent comments were likely aimed at shoring up her reformist credentials, authorities have barred the country's two largest opposition parties -- Chadema and the ACT-Wazalendo -- from challenging
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AssessmentsOct 17, 2025 | 20:31 GMT
Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and other senior government members and deputies attend the second plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.
What To Watch for During China's Fourth Plenum
The Chinese government's fourth plenum will reveal its next five-year plan, elucidating economic and security objectives; it will likely also update Beijing's indigenous industrialization plans and fill the thinned ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, giving insights into future policy priorities and the trajectory of President Xi Jinping's political purges. China's Central Committee (CC), the national decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will hold its fourth plenum from Oct. 20-23. In its five-year tenure, each CC holds seven plenums, with this fourth plenum set to discuss China's 15th five-year plan. Each five-year plan is a policy document that roughly outlines the CCP's top economic, security and political priorities for China, with this latest iteration covering 2026-2030. Though the full details will not be published until China's ''Two Sessions'' rubber-stamp legislative meetings in March 2026, the CCP usually publishes a proposal containing the broad policy contours and ideological framing
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SnapshotsOct 16, 2025 | 18:52 GMT
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India and Canada's Diplomatic Reset: Opportunities and Challenges
India and Canada's recent diplomatic engagements open the door to improved bilateral ties and resumed trade negotiations, though lingering mistrust -- particularly over Sikh separatist activity in Canada -- may limit deeper progress. During her visit to India from Oct. 12-14, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand met with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. The two officials agreed on a new roadmap to rebuild trust and deepen cooperation across areas such as trade, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, energy and security. Jaishankar also emphasized that both countries aim to ''de-risk the international economy by forging strong partnerships of growing range and depth.'' Anand was the first Canadian cabinet minister to visit India in two years, after the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil severely strained ties.
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AssessmentsOct 13, 2025 | 15:36 GMT
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Russia's War Economy Is Faltering
The Russian economy is entering a multi-year stagnation that, while enabling the Kremlin to sustain the war effort over the next 12 months, will steadily erode the fiscal, industrial and technological foundations required to keep fighting at current intensity beyond 2026. On Oct. 7, the World Bank released its ''Fall 2025 Economic Update,'' which projects that Russian real GDP growth will decline from 4.3% in 2024 to 0.9% this year, 0.8% in 2026 and just 1% in 2027. The report describes a war-distorted economy in which tight monetary policy, shrinking private credit and labor shortages have stalled civilian production and only defense orders keep output artificially afloat. The Russian economy's non-defense activity has contracted, consumption has slowed and investment has fallen under high borrowing costs. With military spending at a record high and a drop of 17% in oil revenues, the federal budget deficit grew to 1.7% of GDP in
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AssessmentsOct 10, 2025 | 21:06 GMT
Tetsuo Saito, the leader of Japan's Komeito party, attends a meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2025.
End of an Era: Japan's 26-Year Coalition Government Falls Apart
The apparent end of Japan's longstanding conservative ruling coalition increases the likelihood of a fragile opposition government taking power, which would lead to greater political instability and uncertainty in U.S.-Japan trade ties, but would also improve prospects for Japan's regional relations. On Oct. 10, Tetsuo Saito, the leader of Japan's center-left Komeito party, the minor coalition partner of the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party, announced he was ending their 26-year-old coalition agreement. The announcement followed Saito's meeting with new LDP President Sanae Takaichi earlier that day -- the third such meeting since Oct. 4, when the LDP elected Takaichi as party leader. During the Oct. 10 meeting, Saito again requested concrete pledges on political finance reform and corruption investigations, but Takaichi said such moves would take time and require consideration. Saito's announcement has cast uncertainty over the outcome of the LDP's plans to convene an extraordinary Diet session on Oct.
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AssessmentsOct 3, 2025 | 15:15 GMT
The Geopolitics of Trade
The Geopolitics of Trade: Due Diligence and Congo's Critical Minerals
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is likely to remain a high-risk location for sourcing critical minerals in the coming years, sustaining various legal, financial and reputational pressures. The potential easing of Western regulations could temporarily reduce these risks, though it would also incentivize due diligence shortcuts that increase exposure to conflict-linked minerals over time. According to numerous metrics, Congo is the world's highest-risk location for so-called "conflict minerals," meaning those extracted from areas experiencing typically prolonged conflict often driven by competition over resources, intercommunal violence, proxy wars and insurgencies. The conditions under which these minerals are extracted often include human rights violations, at times spanning from their initial extraction process through to their final sale. In Congo, conflict minerals are concentrated mainly in the eastern region, an area home to more than 120 armed groups. Within eastern Congo, the most common conflict minerals are tin, tungsten and tantalum --
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AssessmentsSep 30, 2025 | 20:16 GMT
The U.N. Security Council holds a meeting on Iran at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, on Sept. 19, 2025.
U.N. Sanctions Snapback: What's Next for Iran?
Iran's initial response to the snapback of U.N. sanctions will likely be pragmatic, but over time, the economic fallout from the sanctions could prompt Tehran to double down on its relationships with Russia and China, fuel social unrest within Iran, and strengthen the political influence of Iranian hard-liners who are calling for more aggressive action against the West. Wide-ranging U.N. sanctions against Iran were formally reimposed on Sept. 28. This action followed months of unsuccessful negotiations between Iran and the West, and also came after a last-ditch effort by China and Russia to delay the sanctions was defeated in a U.N. Security Council vote two days prior, with the United States and European powers opposing the delay. The reimposition of U.N. sanctions was widely anticipated after Europe's so-called E3 countries -- France, Germany and the United Kingdom -- triggered the sanctions snapback provision in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally
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Quarterly ForecastsSep 29, 2025 | 00:00 GMT
2025 Fourth-Quarter Forecast
The fourth quarter will bring shifting trade tactics, evolving wars, and pivotal elections and flashpoints worldwide that will test governments’ stability and market confidence.
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On SecuritySep 24, 2025 | 17:08 GMT
An aerial view of the IAD71 Amazon Web Services data center is seen on July 17, 2024, in Ashburn, Virginia.
The Coming Violent Backlash Against AI
Thus far, only sporadic violent plots and a few low-level attacks have targeted AI infrastructure like data centers. For the most part, pushback has taken the form of rhetoric and some nonviolent protests. The muted response reflects the fact that, for now, AI has yet to significantly demonstrate the type of grand promises or perils forecast by its dreamers or doomsdayers. This will not last. As AI ripples across societies and workplaces, upending daily life, labor markets and politics, the upheaval will inevitably spark backlash -- and at least some of the aggrieved will resort to violence.
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AssessmentsSep 22, 2025 | 17:24 GMT
An H1B visa (for specialty workers) stamp is seen in a passport.
The H-1B Fee Will Undermine U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness
If the $100,000 fee for H-1B visas for the United States remains in place for a sustained period of time, it will undermine U.S. innovative competitiveness and hurt job growth in science and technology-intensive industries. On Sept. 19, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation restricting the entry of foreign citizens under the H-1B visa program, except for those ''whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000,'' effective just two days later at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, Sept. 21. The executive order's broad language and quick implementation period triggered technology companies employing large numbers of H-1B visa holders to urge visa holders to remain in the United States and for those abroad to try to return before Sept. 21. U.S. officials have attempted to ease immediate concerns by saying that the new fee will not be charged to existing visa holders, nor will they need
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