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WHAT'S NEXT?: Improving standards are likely to be driven more by business and technological improvement than governments in the future. The latter will be under severe pressure to cut bureaucracy, speed policy making and improve their nation's productivity performance.

• [New] The Foreign Secretary is today announcing that the UK's Financial Services Centre of Expertise will help financial regulators across ASEAN access expertise from the Financial Conduct Authority. GOV.UK
• [New] Today, cyber threats on their own, along with the changing rules, global supply chain challenges, reputational risks, as well as climate-related issues, all require significantly more attention as they become increasingly converged. Concetto Labs
• [New] The rules involving channels of special impact come into force in July 2026 and will include car dashboards as well as smart TVs. Broadband TV News
• [New] As demand for drone deliveries is projected to expand across the EU, Vodafone has been conducting research into how its mobile network can support communication between multiple commercial drones to enable them to fly safely. iTWire
• [New] Iran is seeking a guarantee in negotiations that the United States will not conduct any additional strikes on Iran. Institute for the Study of War
• [New] New rules on health data access, pricing, and evolving AI legislation will make 2025 a pivotal year for privacy and compliance in healthcare. TechAnnouncer
• [New] A decline in American AI dominance could diminish the U.S.'s ability to establish global standards for technology usage. archyde
• [New] The Kremlin's official recognition of the Taliban government could encourage other countries to accept the Taliban's rule, particularly China, Gulf Arab countries, and Central Asian republics, driven by economic, security, or strategic calculations. SpecialEurasia
• [New] The tighter global standards for pollution control and spill response will have the tendency to fuel demand for industrial high-performance absorbents to make compliance easier and minimize environmental damage. Markets and Data
• [New] Healthcare outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 10% in Q1, only to underperform by 18% in Q2 amidst policy uncertainty and a sharp reversal in risk behaviour. Middlefield Group
• [New] Portfolio Threat Actor Intelligence (PTI) harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence to map the behaviour of cyber threat actors and the technologies they most frequently target. CyberCube Analytics
• [New] Even with the use of SAFs, supersonic aircraft may struggle to meet increasingly stringent global emissions standards, particularly as governments and airlines commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Tomorrow Desk
• [New] The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is stepping up to help organizations get a handle on the cyber risks threatening AI systems. Tenable
• [New] The ISSB continues towards its ambition of global standardization in sustainability reporting, making progress in reducing the risk of fragmentation in sustainability reporting as evidenced by ISSB-aligned draft UK sustainability reporting rules. FTI Strategic Communications
• [New] The integration of drones, primarily MALE systems like the MQ-9 Reaper, has enabled France to conduct targeted operations against terrorist leaders and disrupt militant networks while minimising the risk to ground troops. Springer Nature Switzerland
• [New] Power to Shape Global Rules: Nations that lead in quantum computing, encryption, and sensing will shape digital governance norms and global standards. PMF IAS
• [New] A new globally unique set of studies will explore personalised prevention of obesity, applying genomic and other insights to identify people who are at the highest risk of developing obesity make wearables standard in preventative, chronic and post-acute NHS treatment by 2035. GOV.UK
• [New] Suspending US military aid to Ukraine very likely will not compel Russia to conduct meaningful negotiations with Ukraine as President Trump desires, but rather embolden Moscow to continue protracting Russia's war. Institute for the Study of War
• [New] The purpose of the UK Stewardship Code 2026 is to establish the core Principles of effective stewardship and to set a high standard of transparency for asset owners and asset managers, and for the service providers that support them. BCLP - Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner - UK Corporate Brief
• [New] In 2025, predictive analytics is helping marketers forecast customer behaviour, identify trends, and optimize campaigns in real-time. Blogger
• [New] Thailand is developing formal regulations for artificial intelligence through a novel legal framework that will establish standards for accountability, risk mitigation, and adherence to international regulations. Formichella & Sritawat - Attorneys at Law
• [New] 5G FWA, when combined with edge computing infrastructure and mmWave capacity, will provide a new standard of broadband access in underserved markets globally. Precedence Research
• [New] The foreign policy challenges such as China's aggressive behaviour in the East China Sea or North Korea's nuclear threat, and even US President Donald Trump's unreasonable demands on tariff cuts and security burden-sharing are unlikely to influence behaviour of the Japanese voters. Eurasia Review

Last updated: 10 July 2025