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Undersea cable cut disrupts internet access for millions in West Africa

Undersea cable cut has moved to the centre of the policy debate. The economic stakes are considerable. Conservative estimates suggest that disruption on this scale could shave between 0.3 and 0.7 percentage points off re...

Elena Petrova Sep 23, 2026 3 min

Chipmakers race to build new fabs as export controls tighten

Chipmakers race to has moved to the centre of the policy debate. Our analysis of open-source data covering the past eighteen months points to a clear inflection point in the second quarter, when the frequency of reported...

Sofia Lindqvist Sep 22, 2026 3 min

Governments move to regulate frontier AI models before the next election cycle

Governments move to has moved to the centre of the policy debate. History offers some guidance, though not much comfort. Previous episodes of this kind were resolved only after a combination of sustained external pressur...

James Mwangi Sep 21, 2026 3 min

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Undersea cable cut disrupts internet access for millions in West Africa

Chipmakers race to build new fabs as export controls tighten

Governments move to regulate frontier AI models before the next election cycle