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Public Policy Dialogue – Budget 2025 – Economic Realities Vs Political Realities
NEXUS hosted the 2nd in the series of public policy dialogues on 19th February under the theme “Budget 2025- Economic Realities Vs Political Realities”, moderated by Shiran Ilanperuma with panelists Dhananath Fernando (CEO, Advocata Institute) and Bram Nicholas (Economist & COO,ETIS Lanka) speaking of different aspects of the proposed budget. While Dhananath pointed out that
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Trump, Stargate, DeepSeek: A new, more unpredictable era for AI?
As the AI summit in Paris approaches, the US administration is taking a comparatively brakes-off approach on AI regulation. Can the UK and EU forge a leadership role on AI safety?
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Warming India–Indonesia rhetoric belies challenges of Global South leadership
New Delhi and Jakarta share many development challenges and foreign policy objectives. But despite last week’s summit, there remain several challenges to realizing the full potential of the bilateral relationship.
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To defend Europe, the UK–EU reset should prioritize defence industrial cooperation
The UK must be allowed to contribute to building a European – not EU – defence industrial base to ensure Europe is less reliant on the US for its defence.
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Negotiating tactic or not, Trump’s Gaza plan has already done irreparable damage
President Donald Trump has started a new reality in the Middle East, regardless of what comes next. Did he also torpedo the hostage deal in Gaza? Possibly. What other outcome should people expect if proposed US policy on the territory has led to warnings against ethnic cleansing by the UN Secretary General and would effectively end the US
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Independent Thinking: How dangerous are Trump’s trade threats?
President Trump has threatened to put tariffs on Mexico and Canada and imposed them on China, fuelling fears of a looming global trade war. With the European Union likely next in his sights – what is the US president trying to achieve with these tactics? And what are the consequences? Bronwen Maddox is joined by
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Israel and Palestine
Research includes work on Israeli-Palestinian relations and internal dynamics, the role of Middle Eastern states, and international policy towards the conflict.
Nexus Research Group 