Under The Radar – News Articles of the Past Week – 17th January 2023
General Geopolitics
Why BRI Is Back With A Bang In 2023
Before The Bombs Come The Platitudes
De-Dollarization Accelerates In Southeast Asia
Continuity and Change in the Rise of Brazil
Moldova and Turkiye: Keeping Friends Close
How To Re-Arm NATO For The Post-Ukraine Future
Iranian Navy Sending Ships To Panama Canal, Says Commander
Algeria and Morocco’s Diplomatic Disputes
Indonesia Deploys Warship To Monitor China Coast Guard Vessel
Netanyahu Rushes To Take On Israel’s Supreme Court
UN Yemen Envoy Indicates New Truce May Be Agreed
Brazil Boosts Security In Capital As Riot Investigations Progress
German Defence Minister Resigns After Months of Criticism
Is Globalisation Coming To An End? World Economic Forum in Davos
Mali: Four Killed, Three Wounded in Ambush Amidst Soaring Violence
Iran, Syria Set To Renew Long-Term Agreement
NATO Supplies AWACS Surveillance Jets to Romania
NATO Deputy Secretary General Meets New Chinese Ambassador
In Conversation with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
South Korea’s Yoon Calls Iran The “Biggest Threat” To UAE
Erdogan: Sweden, Finland Must Extradite Up to 130 “Terrorists” For NATO Bid
US Geopolitics
Carrier USS Nimitz Operating in The South China Sea
China Geopolitics
China Now Publishes More High-Quality Science Than Any Other Country, Should The US Be Worried?
China’s Population Falls In Historic Shift
China and Benin Ink Deal On Partial Debt Cancellation
What China’s Demographic Decline Means For Its Retirement and Pension System
The Future of Chinese Investment in Afghanistan
Understanding China-Russia Arctic Cooperation
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics
Ukraine War: Dispelling Popular Lend-Lease Myths
Financial Markets
Why Copper Prices Are Rebounding In 2023
China Reports 3% GDP Growth For 2022
Chinese EV Maker Xpeng Cuts Prices After Tesla Move
Second-hand Containership Prices in Free Fall
Singapore Expects Billions More Tourism Dollars With China Boost
Malaysia Says It Could Stop Palm Oil Exports To EU After New Curbs
Sweden Announces Discover of Europe’s Biggest Deposit of Rare Earth Metals
Politics
Vietnam’s President Resigns As Scandal Engulfs Top Leaders
Energy
The UK Loophole That Keeps Russian Oil Coming In
Clean Energy Sector Set For Major Labour Shortage
China’s Coal Production Hits Record High In 2022
China Petrochemical Plant Shut After Huge Explosion
EU Commission Wants To Start Joint Gas Purchases “Well Before Summer”
India’s Oil Imports From Russia Jump 33 Times To Record High
Finland’s Wind Power Capacity Shot Up 75% In 2022
What The End of the US Shale Revolution Would Mean For The World
More Than 100 Bids Received In Latest Round of Offshore and Gas Licensing
Only Six Big-Spend Projects For UK North Sea In Coming Years
On Visit To UAE, South Korean President Backs Return To Nuclear Power
Sri Lanka Set To Open 900 Offshore Blocks For Oil and Gas Exploration
$16bn of Oil and Gas Investment Expected in Asia-Pacific In 2023
Chevron Scores Major Gas Find in East Med
Assessing ExxonMobil’s Global Warming Projections
China Data Showing Reopening Progressing As Forecasting. Why This Means Higher Oil Prices
Growing Demand Puts EU Electricity Grid Under Pressure
Water
As The Planet Warms, Water Risks Abound
Water Wars: The Geopolitics of Resource Conflict in the Middle East
Between Drought and Flood: California Faces Extreme Weather
Tunisian Droughts Create Water Emergency, Threaten Food Security
Technology
UK Scientists Create Robust Optic Fibre That May Unlock Our Quantum Future
Quantum Computing Start-up Eyes Mainstream Adoption After £30m Investment
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023
What Didn’t Make the 10 Breakthrough Technologies List?
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