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Provincial resentment of Ottawa may be growing

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CANADA

The campaign to lead the UCP is likely to bring out a rising sense of frustration with the Liberal government in Ottawa. Quebec is also exhibiting a renewed sense of nationalism…

Potential for protest is growing in Western Europe

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WESTERN EUROPE

Voter discontent in Western Europe.

Expats and Gulf state locals will compete for jobs

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GULF STATES

As the era of high oil revenues comes to an end, the two states are planning for different economies -- with profound impacts on state-society relations and the social contract…

France's security policy will focus on symbolism

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FRANCE

France is confronted with a form of international terrorism -- as many recent perpetrators have claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group (ISG) -- but only the November 2015…

EU defence ambitions face constraints

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EU

Their objectives are to enhance EU cooperation and self-sufficiency in the areas of arms production and procurement, in order to make the EU more resilient in defence and enhance…

Palestinian elections may hinge on US poll outcome

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PALESTINIANS

The deal heightened Palestinian leaders’ sense of diplomatic isolation. The two parties have now declared their commitment to hold long-awaited elections -- the first since 2006…

Bosnia's paralysed institutions add to sense of chaos

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BOSNIA

Intensified political disputes between the main parties are holding up the state budget for 2020, including funding for local elections in November. They also threaten to weaken…

Ethiopian economic reform may prove challenging

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia economic reform prospects

May will struggle to form party consensus on UK Brexit

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UNITED KINGDOM

The event was notable in that it had been preceded and in a sense pre-empted by the Brexit speech May delivered in Florence on September 22.

"Inclusion through consumption" may buoy Brazil's Lula

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BRAZIL

Poorer households' consumption rose markedly under the centre-left governments of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia (2003-10). Some argue this depoliticised the poor; the new…