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Latin America climate change progress requires aid

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LATIN AMERICA

Latin America's climate change action.

China will maintain commitment to climate action

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CHINA

The China-US joint declaration to enhance climate cooperation, made on the final day of the summit, gives cause for optimism, despite bilateral relations worsening overall…

Suriname and Guyana face oil-driven climate challenges

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SURINAME/GUYANA

Both economies now look set to be driven by oil investment and production for at least the next decade. This economic trend is the opposite of that experienced by many other…

Australia budget keeps defence spending commitments

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AUSTRALIA

With an election due soon, the governing Liberal-National Coalition’s pledge to ring-fence the defence spending commitments made in 2016 was under some pressure. However, defence…

Post-Cotonou agreement will challenge African states

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AFRICA/EU

The treaty includes joint commitments to improving human rights and gender equality. Perhaps more notably, it also implicitly crystallises the EU’s commitment to implementation of…

US election raises doubts over Japan-US alliance

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JAPAN

The implications for Japan of the US presidential election.

Ukraine’s war recovery will need more external funding

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UKRAINE/INT

Co-organised by the UK and Ukrainian governments, the conference concentrated on Ukraine’s economic stabilisation and recovery from the effects of war. A follow-up to URC2022 held…

Ukraine raises questions about US use of force

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UNITED STATES

Determination to avoid a direct clash between US and Russian forces limits Biden’s options for the Ukraine crisis. It also raises questions about the circumstances under which he…

CAI threatens to undermine EU-US cooperation on China

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EU/CHINA

Under the CAI, which is the first economic agreement between the EU and China, Beijing made most of the concessions in order to get a deal agreed before US President Joe Biden’s…

Misusing historical analogies limits US policy options

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US

The Vietnam analogy implies that President Joe Biden’s decision to leave Afghanistan will have deeply negative consequences for the United States. However, Afghanistan is not…