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Every alliance contains a struggle over who gets to decide what the alliance is for. The unusual thing about the Mecca Alliance, formally known as the “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,” is that all three of its members appear to believe they possess something that should give them that privilege: Saud

How badly are things going for Republicans in what for more than a decade has been the reliably red state of Ohio? Just ask Jon Husted.

Labour pledge to keep state pension out of tax puts pressure on chancellor to raise allowance or find workaround

Amazon's AWS is unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war damage Reuters

Yemen conflict displaces over 100,000 people, UN says Reuters

Egypt's Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince stress need for security of Red Sea navigation Reuters

The EU's digital sovereignty agenda is missing a funded, independent institutional capability to hold its own technology investments democratically accountable." The post Digital sovereignty and Europe’s democracy stack: Delivering on the European Union’s priorities for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Fin

We're headed for a slightly lower open today.

Most Gulf bourses in red on Houthi attack and Hormuz shipping slump Reuters

While overall democracy has deteriorated globally in recent years, countries that democratize still see greater economic growth and prosperity over time. The post Democracy is losing ground. The economic case for it is not. appeared first on Atlantic Council.