Geopolitics & Defense
Geopolitics, conflicts and defense: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, China and Taiwan, NATO, military industry, sanctions, trade and energy security.
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Smart curation keeps the outlook sunny at this year’s Frieze London and Masters art fairs
The opening of Frieze London is casting the world’s art market in a positive light – and catching the eye

Catalonia’s exiled separatist leader is likely coming back – but to a fractured movement
Carles Puigdemont will have to reconnect with a Barcelona that looks vastly more fragmented than the one that he left

Art, sound and a very small house: Three Tokyo exhibitions to see in October
This month’s highlights include an installation by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, a retrospective of Yoshihisa Tanaka’s works made on
European carmakers are getting their show back on the road to drive off Chinese threat
French cars have historically dominated at the Paris Motor Show but as China takes over the industry, Europe is having
Recent strikes on Saudi airports show that the kingdom still has a way to go when it comes to security
Saudi Arabia’s airports are under renewed Houthi bombardment, forcing the kingdom to test its global alliances and re-evaluate whether its
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