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Central America elections pose risks of unrest

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Campaigning will be muted, as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will constrain public events. Government handling of the crisis will be a consideration for voters, alongside…

Threats to China’s future worsen

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CHINA

Overview of the political and economic risks facing China.

Burkina Faso: Military reshuffle will not win the war

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BURKINA FASO

This comes as part of a general shake-up of the military leadership amid a litany of promises from Kabore and other officials that the country is revamping its counter-terrorism…

Oman's next sultan will face greater social challenges

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OMAN

Challenges for Oman's next sultan.

Next-generation Gulf monarchs will set new rules

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GULF STATES

This brings in different perspectives on issues such as economic diversification, social liberalism, Israel and the role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Political fracturing to drive instability in Zimbabwe

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ZIMBABWE

Crackdowns on regime critics have intensified since President Robert Mugabe's expulsion of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and other ruling ZANU-PF figures in 2014, over…

Suga's strategy will boost semiconductors and regions

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JAPAN

Priorities include digitalisation, a greener society, regional vitality and increased child support. Perhaps the most strategically important element, however, is the aim of…

Politics will check scope of US retrenchment abroad

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UNITED STATES

President Barack Obama has drawn criticism from traditional US allies over a series of interviews with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine entitled 'The Obama Doctrine', in…

Sudan border dispute may complicate Ethiopian politics

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ETHIOPIA/SUDAN

The stand-off has reactivated historical tensions over a slice of territory known as the al-Fashaga triangle, which is historically claimed by Sudan but has been cultivated for…

Kishida will raise confidence in Japan's ruling party

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JAPAN

Kishida is a veteran politician from the party mainstream, who served as former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's foreign minister for many years and then as party policy chief…