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China's commercial media will recover from crackdown

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CHINA

This is part of a broader wave of conservative moves against the country's freewheeling popular culture and entertainment industry, underlining President Xi Jinping's aspirations…

India to avoid social uprising despite conflicts

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INDIA

India's democratic consensus.

Indian middle-class support for Modi may prove fickle

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INDIA

Proponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic agenda await the political responses of India's urban middle classes. It was above all the urban middle-class vote at the…

Urbanisation will rise as birth rate declines in Peru

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PERU

Results of the 2017 census.

Firms working in Israel face pressure on Palestinians

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ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS

The July 19 law’s limiting of the right of national self-determination in Israel to the Jewish people has angered the Arab minority and provoked international criticism, including…

Basic income in Europe will face increasing scrutiny

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EUROPE

Universal basic income in Europe.

Arab youth opinion points to instability, reform risks

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MIDDLE EAST

Arab youth opinion.

Saudi Arabia will use social media to deter criticism

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SAUDI ARABIA

Since 2010, social media has played a major role in connecting Saudis and creating a space for debate in the absence of political participation. However, government monitoring of…

Sidama’s birth heralds breakup of Ethiopia’s south

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ETHIOPIA

While this fulfils long-held Sidama aspirations, it also opens a Pandora’s box that will likely see the further fragmentation of the SNNPR.

COVID concerns will consume Macron's domestic agenda

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FRANCE

It was expected that the reshuffle would reflect a policy pivot towards social and environmental priorities in the wake of COVID-19 and as a response to the outcome of local…