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Public mood points to deepening conflict in Hong Kong

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HONG KONG

Protests are one indicator of public opinion towards the city and central government; polls fill out the picture

'Shadow governance' fragments Middle East states

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MIDDLE EAST

Regional conflicts have given rise to non-state actors that provide alternate types of governance

Regional inequality may widen as China’s GDP recovers

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CHINA

Local governments will spend trillions of renminbi to aid GDP and jobs, but the scope to add productive capacity varies

Shadow governance to deepen weak African state control

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AFRICA

The preponderance of weak states in sub-Saharan Africa provides ample scope for non-state actors to seize territory

Sahel-Sahara governance is key to migratory flows

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MENA

Corruption, ineffective institutions and economic neglect feed off and facilitate migration in a vicious circle

Debt strains will rise in Middle East and North Africa

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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

External debt indicators have worsened in past decade in some Middle Eastern and North African countries

Insecurity plagues Africa's equatorial belt

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CENTRAL AFRICA

From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, violence permeated politics in 2016

'Social unrest' grows as Chinese economy slows

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CHINA

As strikes and job losses mount, the slowdown in China's economy may be less benign than its leaders admit

Battle for Sana'a will test anti-Huthi coalition

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YEMEN

For Saudi Arabia, defeating the Huthis is critical to its internal security as well as its rivalry with Iran

Nuclear deal alters balance in Iran-Gulf 'Cold War'

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MIDDLE EAST

By removing the threat of US military action, the nuclear deal will empower Iran and spur Gulf Arab activism