CSi Analysis

CSi Interviews
Angus Knowles-Cutler speaks on the future of work, education in the age of pandemic, surveillance technology, and automation. An advisor to the UK government and major businesses on the impact of technology in the workplace, he explains how COVID-19 has served as an accelerator across multiple sectors, and also discusses the tension this has exacerbated between the China and the West.
His recommended reading includes: Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond; The 100 Year Life: Living and Working in the Age of Longevity, by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott; The Technology Trap: Capitol, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation, by Carl Benedikt Frey; The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff; Rich People Have Always Been Assholes During Plagues, by Emily Alford.
CSi Analytic Articles and Reports
CSi’s cadre of experts synthesise global events, breaking news, and policy shifts to determine real-world impacts to international business and regional power dynamics. Click on the updates below to read more.
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Regional Archive
Specialist CSi Analytic Reports and Articles from November 2019. The articles have been divided regionally and chronologically.
Asia
New Freight Link Between Uzbekistan and China Connecting Central Asia
Dr. Tracey German, King’s College London
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‘New’ U.S. Strategy in Central Asia Lacks Originality, Reality
Coronavirus Impacts CIS-China Relations
Dr. Tracey German, King’s College London, and Dr. Victor Madeira
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Georgia Faces Continued Instability as Elections Near
Uzbekistan Flirts With China, Russia
Middle East
COVID-19 Refuels Familiar Geopolitical Conspiracies in the Middle East
Iran: Prisoner Swaps Do Not Portend Diplomatic Opening
Saudi Arabia Using Pandemic to Save Face in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition’s April decision to declare a unilateral ceasefire in the long-running Yemen war allows Riyadh an opportunity to retrench in light of falling oil prices and the domestic strain of a COVID-19 outbreak that has prompted the government to close Mecca during Ramadan…(read more)
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Iraq Eking Through 2020’s “Perfect Storm”
Since 2003, the political system in Iraq has weathered many storms, including insurgency (2003- 2006; 2014-2017), civil war (2006-2008), oil price crashes (2015, 2018), and mass-scale protests (2015-16; 2019-present). Today, the system is facing its greatest set of challenges yet, thanks to the addition of the Coronavirus pandemic and plummeting oil prices. (read more)
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Covid- 19 Ravaging Iran Amidst Growing Legitimacy Crisis
Muhammad Bin Salman- Costs of Breaking With Tradition
Iran's Upcoming Majlis Elections Unlikely to Result in Redistribution of Power
John Raine CMG OBE, Senior Advisor for Geopolitical Due Diligence at IISS
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Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030- Progress and Problems
Dr. Dina Rezk, University of Reading
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The Implications of the U.S.-Iran Dispute on Iraq
Dr. Renad Mansour, Research Fellow at Chatham House
Islamic State Strategic Priorities in 2020: Returning to Local Activities
Oman's New Sultan Chosen to Face Modern Challenges
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Iraq’s New Prime Minister Will Not Be A Fix
Dr. Renad Mansour, Research Fellow at Chatham House
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Saudi Arabia MBS Maneuvers Loyalists into Key Aramco and Government Positions
Saudi Arabia: Aramco's Politicized Valuation
Saudi Arabia: Implications of Aramco IPO
Egypt: Protests and Political Upheaval
Dr. Dina Rezk, University of Reading
Iraqi Protests Unlikely to Yield Meaningful Changes
Report on Qatar
Report on Saudi Arabia
Russia
Russia Dangles 'Donbas- For- Dam' Deal
Russian Recession Hiding Behind Doctored Figures
National Interest, Drought Driving Russian Grain Sales
U.S. Navy Operations Assert Right to Arctic
Dr. Tracey German
Surface ships from the U.S. 6th Fleet sailed into the Barents Sea earlier this month for the first time since the Cold War. A joint U.S.-UK surface action group (SAG), comprising four U.S. vessels and one from the Royal Navy, were in the Barents Sea as part of a planned anti- submarine exercise…(read more)
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Russia Concedes on Weak Oil Deal but Prices Still Drop
Dr. Victor Madeira
Russian Economy Unprepared for EU Carbon Tax Shocks
Dr. Victor Madeira
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Russia Eyes Arctic Opportunities
Russia Seeks to Capitalise on U.S. Disengagement in Africa
Dr. Tracey German, King’s College London
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Russia, Iran Still Partners of Convenience Post-Suleimani
Gas Deal ‘Concessions’ Play to European Pro-Russia Lobby
‘Apple Law’ Bans Won't Help Russian Consumers, Businesses
Russia 'Embarrassed' Twice in a Week by CN Media
No Russian Internet ‘Kill-Switch’ Anytime Soon
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