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Thai infrastructure drive will seek foreign money

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THAILAND

This will constrain future civilian governments from implementing policies not in line with existing master plans. Thailand’s military government will use this as a guarantee to…

Retail banking in the Middle East will be subdued

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MIDDLE EAST

Low global oil prices are weighing heavily on the profitability of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sector. Moody's Investors Service in March downgraded 26 GCC banks…

East Timor elections will yield unsustainable policies

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EAST TIMOR

East Timor’s 2017 parliamentary and presidential elections.

Tourism-reliant economies’ business models will evolve

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INTERNATIONAL

Highly tourist-dependent states in the Global South have suffered dramatic falls in GDP as a result. However, the impact has varied and it is notable that relatively high levels…

Abu Dhabi’s Africa outreach will accelerate

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

State-owned company Abu Dhabi Ports (ADP) is also prominent in the continent’s maritime sector, with agreements to operate ports in Angola and Congo-Brazzaville. The UAE’s…

EU Israel-Palestine policy will remain contradictory

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EU

The lack of a clear strategy is systemic, arising from the lack of a functioning common EU foreign policy. Stuck in the parameters of the two-state solution and refusing to…

Elections conduct will cloud Niger's new presidency

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NIGER

The ruling party’s Mohamed Bazoum won the February 21 second round with 55.75% of the vote against 44.25% for former President Mahamane Ousmane. Ousmane, an ally of Amadou…

Mexico isthmus rail ambitions may prove optimistic

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MEXICO

Tehuantepec deveopment.

Philippines budget will help state and business

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PHILIPPINES

The budget was submitted on August 15 and is President Rodrigo Duterte's first. It is mildly expansive, focusing on the new administration's priorities of infrastructure, law and…

Russia's eastern land giveaway scheme may be expanded

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RUSSIA

The scheme has had surprising levels of take-up even though the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) is among the harshest and least well connected territories. Settlers are…