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How Kazakhstan is dealing with integration of AI into education

Guest post by Kusto Group, reflecting comments delivered by their Chairman, Yerkin Tatishev, at the 31st CEEMAN Conference Geopolitically, Kazakhstan currently finds itself in an intriguing position. The country is grappling with the most significant conflict of our time in Eastern Europe, which is having a direct impact on Kazakhstan. Furthermore, Kazakhstan is actively […]

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“Connecting railway infrastructure between Ukraine and the EU provides great trade opportunities”

Eastern Europe / ENM

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s land transport connections with the EU have become key for Ukrainian imports and exports. Therefore, EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes have been created to strengthen the cross-border connections. The Connecting Europe Facility II has recently selected nine projects for funding that will aim at improving crossing points. The Commission has furthermore

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The opportunities for Europe of closer cooperation with Africa

Africa / ENM

When asked whether they think that their children will have a better or worse future than themselves, a Gallup poll in 2022 found Europeans to be the most pessimistic, in comparison to people from other continents. Remarkably, the most optimistic were people from Sub-Saharan Africa. Still, migration flows from Africa continue to put a heavy

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“France’s time in Africa is up”

Africa / ENM

During the coup in Gabon, the army has warned that a “continued deterioration of social cohesion” threatens to “lead the country into chaos”, announcing the annulment of elections and the dissolution of institutions. This follows Gabonese Elections Centre, whereby it was officially announced that there had been a victory by Ali Bongo with 64.27% of

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Chief of UN-WTO trade body warns EU deforestation rules risk ‘catastrophic’ impact on global trade

Indo-Pacific / ENM

In an interview with the Financial Times, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the ITC, a joint agency of the UN and World Trade Organization, has lashed out against new EU deforestation rules. She told the newspaper that the ban on goods linked to deforestation from entering the EU in effect favour major corporations able to

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“Coup in Niger is the consequence of Western neglect of Africa”

Africa / ENM

Writing for Euractiv, Francesco Sassi, a research fellow in energy geopolitics and markets at Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche (RIE) in Bologna, comments on the events in Niger and the implications for Europe. “Rome is seeking US and EU support for its “new” and “peer-to-peer” approach towards continental instability – a plan dubbed the “Mattei Plan”,

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“For Ukraine, there is a sober military reality”

Eastern Europe / ENM

Writing in Belgian magazine Trends, Professor Marc De Vos comments how things stand during the Ukraine war: “At the cost of many human lives and equipment, Ukraine has already recaptured several hundred square kilometers of territory. But Russia occupies some 160,000 square kilometers, an area twice the size of the Benelux. Lacking a strong air

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How to create a hydrogen market: keep it simple

Energy / ENM

The Renewable Energy Sources Act In 1999, a group of German parliamentarians drafted the Renewable Energies Sources Act, known as EEG, a simple but revolutionary policy that fundamentally transformed the renewable energy market. The EEG stipulated that anyone who constructed a renewable power plant, such as a solar PV project or a wind farm,

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UK signs first major post-Brexit trade deal

Indo-Pacific / ENM

Earlier this month, UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch signed the “Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership”. The CPTPP is a new trade deal with 11 Asian and Pacific countries, covering a trade area of about 500 million people or 15 percent of world GDP. More countries have applied to join. China is among then.

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“Cost of EU CBAM climate tariff for Africa is four times higher than EU developmend aid”

Africa / ENM

Experts have warned that EU’s carbon border scheme is punitive, and dramatically reduces the space for developing countries to achieve growth and to create jobs. The so-called CBAM enters into force on a transitional basis in October and it introduces a carbon tax on exports to the EU. A study carried out by the African

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