Over the course of 2024, activists have mobilised around the world over a range of pertinent issues. With the underlying drivers behind these protests largely unaddressed, demonstrations will continue and potentially evolve this year, writes Shannon Lorimer.
Travel security threats in Sub-Saharan Africa remain influenced by the region's complex political and security dynamics, with escalating conflicts in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, and the Sahel posing risks of piracy, kidnappings, and political evacuations.
Travel security threats across the Middle East and North Africa have intensified amid deepening geopolitical tensions and associated security challenges in Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria.
Tamsin Hunt examines developments in conflict hotspots in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, assessing prospects for peace, and the potential regional repercussions of drawn-out instability.
In recent years, non-Western countries have increased collaboration on issues like security and trade. While unlikely to overtake traditional Western collectives like NATO or G7 in the near term, these partnerships reflect a slow but definitive shift in global power dynamics, write Saif Islam and Erin Drake.
Travel security trends in Asia Pacific vary widely owing to the region’s vast and diverse landscape.
Latin America’s travel security landscape remains dominated by kidnappings, extortion and associated violence driven by organised crime and wider insecurity.
Travellers in Europe remain more commonly affected by opportunistic petty crimes like pickpocketing and theft, rather than violent crimes like extortion and kidnapping.
The deployment of thousands of North Korean personnel to the Russia-Ukraine conflict marks a significant development in the nearly three-year war. Richard Gardiner examines how this involvement could impact not only the conflict itself, but also broader geopolitical dynamics in the region.
As the US approaches the November election, immigration and border security remain at the forefront of policy debates, and candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must navigate growing public frustration about perceived migrant numbers. Erin Drake discusses the potential consequences of a tougher US approach to immigration on Latin America.
As the US presidential elections draw near, attention has focused on the divide in foreign policies between candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Richard Gardiner examines how their divergent approaches may manifest in a fractious yet geopolitically significant region like the Middle East – especially as the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies.…
The outcome of the US election will have consequences for the Federal Reserve’s trajectory over the coming year. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's differing economic approaches could influence its interest rate decisions, which will impact not only the US but also emerging African economies, write Tamsin Hunt and Saif Islam.