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India’s Naxalite threat is much reduced

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INDIA

Declining threat of India's Maoists.

Qatar’s rewarding Afghan role carries future risks

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QATAR

Qatar has become central to international efforts to engage with the Taliban after the fall of Kabul. Its role in facilitating the withdrawal of Western forces and massive…

Mining will stoke tensions in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

The move raises risks for Noboa, who presented himself during his presidential campaign as environmentally aware. An ongoing dispute in Cotopaxi between indigenous communities and…

South African labour movement will fracture further

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SOUTH AFRICA

COSATU is part of the longstanding tripartite alliance with the ruling ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP). Relations between Zuma and COSATU are irreparably…

Thai, Myanmar unrest fuel Asia’s first online alliance

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ASIA

The Alliance is particularly important to the resistance movement in Myanmar, where ongoing conflict has thrust the country into isolation. Opposition forces there favour the MTA…

India will crack down heavily on Naxalite rebels

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INDIA

Bastar’s seven districts have for decades been the epicentre of a low-intensity conflict between the rebels and the Indian government. In October 2018, the then home minister said…

Chances of renewed conflict in western Yemen are high

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YEMEN

That is one of the terms of the Stockholm Agreement, signed in December 2018, which was the first -- and thus far only -- successful step toward de-escalation taken by the warring…

Political anxiety over social media in Africa to grow

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AFRICA

Outlook for social media in sub-Saharan Africa.

Islamic State poses limited risk in restive Thai south

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THAILAND

Thailand's southern insurgency.

Hong Kong protesters cannot rely on foreign support

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HONG KONG

The foreign policy dimension of the ongoing protest movement in Hong Kong.