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China's think tanks and universities set for shakeup

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CHINA

Reforms of China's think tanks and universities.

Muslim Brotherhood will struggle to recover in Egypt

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EGYPT

Cairo’s aversion to political Islam has seen it dismantle the aging leadership of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB), most of whom are either dead, in prison or scattered. The…

Gender gap in technology will take decades to trim

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INTERNATIONAL

Tech gender gap.

South Africa’s Zuma will limp on as ANC splits further

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SOUTH AFRICA

Earlier this month, the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) released separate reports alleging a corrosive process of ‘state…

Turkey will be less secularist after Erdogan

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TURKEY

Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…

Argentina's Urtubey may lead Peronist shift to centre

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ARGENTINA

A profile of Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey.

Provincial races will undermine Canada climate push

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CANADA

Upcoming provincial elections in Canada.

Nationalism will be core message in Russian election

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RUSSIA

Moscow's creation of a historical justification for current policies.

Egyptian president will keep an eye on Al Azhar

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EGYPT

Sisi and Al Azhar relations.

Peru teachers' strike ends, but will not be the last

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PERU

However, the government and the strikers failed to reach agreement on the key topic of institutionalising periodic evaluations of teachers’ competence. Marilu Marten’s future as…