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Geo-politics, The Threat to The West, and The European Dilemma
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Senior Advisor in geopolitics at Audley, Associate Fellow at RUSI, and former Commander of the SAS, offers his ‘reflections from the side-lines’ on the precarious state of geopolitics.
Weekend Box #116: Life's No Beach at G7 Resort & more
In this week’s Box: Italian PM welcomes delegates to the G7, a history of horror repeats in Darfur, Donald Trump finds unlikely support in Silicon Valley & more
Weekend Box #115: À La Modi? Not Any More…, Debates & more
In this week’s Box: PM comes out swinging in first debate with Keir Starmer, Modi suffers setbacks in Indian election, security concerns at Paris Olympics & more
Weekend Box #114: A Tri-Ing Time, Audley Talks Trade & more
In this week’s Box: Our humble opinion on opinion polls, trilateral talks in Seoul, a one-of-a-kind album is finally heard by the public & more
Weekend Box #111: Will Ofcom Crack the Code?, Scholz Beefs Up Baltics & more
In this week’s Box: Chad elects a new president, Ofcom publishes its Children’s Safety Code, Toyota puts brakes on profit growth & more
Weekend Box #110: Sunak’s Mayoral 'Mare, Quinn Calls it Quits & more
In this week’s Box: UK goes to the polls for local elections, the Red Roses rise to Six Nations victory, residents of a film estate used in a classic film rebuke demolition plans & more
Weekend Box #109: Milei Gets Matey with NATO, Red Alert & more
In this week’s Box: Short sellers make big profits on falling tech shares, spies have the UK & Europe on ‘Red alert’, the Venice Biennale & more
Weekend Box #108: All At Sea in Solomon Islands & more
In this week’s Box: China vies for influence of the Solomon Islands in a tumultuous election, Microsoft and G42 on cloud nine with $1.5bn deal, who was in the limelight and the lowlights at the Olivier Awards? & more
Weekend Box #107: #FreeKara-Murza, Tik-Scholz & more
In this week’s Box: Two years since the imprisonment of Vladimir Kara-Murza, Mexico calls for Ecuador to be kicked from UN, will K-pop’s stock flop? & more
Weekend Box #106: WCK, RedX Crosses Out AIM & more
In this week’s Box: International outcry at WCK worker killings, PASTEF pushes past obstacles to victory in Senegal, RedX exits London’s AIM stock exchange & more
Weekend Box #105: Cuba’s Civil Crisis, Reasons to Be Cheerful? & more
In this week’s Box: Rare protests erupt in Cuba, Tusk takes pole position as the Weimar Triangle returns, a pro-doping alternative to the Olympics & more
Weekend Box #104: Centre-Right Takes Centre Stage & more
In this week’s Box: Democratic Alliance win Portugal's elections, Standard Chartered's leadership overhaul, EU members back legislation to improve gig workers' rights & more
Weekend Box #103: Germany Makes the Wrong Call, Mongolia Goes Orbit-Owl & more
In this week’s Box: German-French tensions rise over a leaked call, Mongolia takes one giant leap with the help of SpaceX, France enshrines abortion rights in its constitution & more
Bankruptcy: Coming to a town hall near you?
What’s behind the epidemic of bankruptcies at Britain’s councils? How do we stop it? Audley Director Rolf Merchant investigates.
Weekend Box #102: China Tests Pacific Waters, St David’s Day & more
In this week’s Box: US on the alert at China’s presence in the Pacific, trouble brews at UK universities post-government reform, miners from the ‘Land of their Fathers’ help out “mining brothers” in Kyiv & more
Weekend Box #101: Share Buybacks, ‘Just Stop Hoyle’ & more
In this week’s Box: HSBC and Barclays embark on ambitious buyback strategies, a call to seize the moment and seize Russian assets, a new chapter for BT Tower & more
Weekend Box #100: Arm’s Race to #1, A Body (Shop) Blow & more
In this week’s Box: A special newsletter as the Audley team mark 100 editions of The Weekend Box! Tories in trouble in rural constituencies, Arm races to the top of the FTSE100 & more
Weekend Box: Pakistan Elections, Facebook Reaps Dividends & more
In this week’s Box: A tight race and turmoil as Pakistan goes to the polls, Meta issues its first ever dividend, a booming gaming industry & more
Weekend Box: Aggro-Culture, UK and What Army? & more
In this week’s Box: Agriculture gets aggro with farmers’ protests in Europe, a conscription debate kicks off in the UK, a week of ups and downs for Elon Musk & more
Weekend Box: UN Disunited, Tea Science a Mug’s Game & More
In this week’s Box: A challenger to Vladimir Putin takes a stand, the UN is disunited over China, US-UK relations hit a rough patch over tea & more