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International intervention will aid Venezuela's Maduro

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VENEZUELA

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled President Nicolas Maduro to stabilise his domestic position. The government is leveraging humanitarian needs to bypass US…

Seoul compensation verdict will roil ties with Tokyo

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SOUTH KOREA

Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono called the ruling “totally unacceptable” and warned that Tokyo is considering “every option”. South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said he…

Iraqi media and online commentators face new threats

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IRAQ

The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…

Fractured French populace may thwart Macron

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FRANCE

Macron won 66% of the vote versus Le Pen’s 34%, on a turnout of nearly 76% -- the second-lowest for a second-round election since 1965. Once Macron is sworn in (by May 14), his…

The Supreme Court will foster US polarisation

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UNITED STATES

Although public confidence in the Court is falling, there is little chance that Congress will impose any structural changes, or even a code of conduct. Further conservative…

Abductions will impede Tokyo-Pyongyang ties

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NORTH KOREA/JAPAN

Any such rapprochement would be two-edged: suggesting a less acerbic Pyongyang, but also altering delicate alliance dynamics. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly did…

Venezuelan regional election results are uncertain

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VENEZUELA

An EU election observation mission continues to deploy, despite the government’s withdrawal from Norwegian-led dialogue efforts. The opposition goes into the elections divided and…

'Proxy war' underlies corporate crackdown in China

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CHINA

Private sector tycoons and elite politics in China.

Ukraine will struggle to re-activate peace process

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UKRAINE

In the last year, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s team has hinted that elections in these areas -- a Russian demand -- might be possible. In the last month, Zelensky has clarified…

US Court term will affect debt and ships

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UNITED STATES

Among the cases the Court will consider in its first two months is one questioning the validity of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board and another affecting waterborne…