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Russia will seek influence in Moldova's Gagauz region

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MOLDOVA

However, the June 14 local elections resulted overall in the pro-European parties winning 56.5%, with the pro-Russians securing 31.5%. The result will be a relief for the…

Differing demographic trends create chances and tests

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INTERNATIONAL

Global demographic trends and implications.

Inflation will impede East Asia's economic recovery

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EAST ASIA

China, Japan and South Korea are no exceptions, but their inflation rates and policies differ from those in North America and Europe. How they address the challenge and how far…

Ukraine war will damage South Korea's economic growth

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SOUTH KOREA

It threatens its energy security, creates cost-push inflation due to rising prices of imported commodities and disrupts exports and supply chains. This will slow South Korea's…

New party could shift Zimbabwe's political balance

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ZIMBABWE

Political outlook in Zimbabwe.

War in Ukraine will impel Kazakhstan to diversify

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KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan’s economy has weathered well the turbulences created by the war in Ukraine. A new context for the country’s traditional aspirations to balance and diversify economic…

Vietnam will likely miss 2023 GDP growth target

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VIETNAM

GDP growth slowed to 3.3% year-on-year in the first quarter. The slowdown was mainly due to the decline in exports, with Vietnam’s top export markets -- the United States, the EU…

Seoul’s next leader will be a non-centrist outsider

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SOUTH KOREA

Neither is from their party’s mainstream, and has never been elected as a lawmaker. The conservative, Yoon Seok-youl, is a former prosecutor general. The liberal, Lee Jae-myung…

Argentina's YPF avoids default but not further pain

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ARGENTINA

In January YPF announced a plan to restructure its USD6.2bn foreign debt which, if successful, would represent the largest deal of its kind by an Argentine company. Reportedly…

Politics clouds Central Europe’s short-term outlook

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Last year ended dramatically, with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordering the Polish government to suspend its reform of the Supreme Court, and the European Commission…