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Pandemic will test parliamentary scrutiny in Europe

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EUROPE

Far-reaching law-making powers have been delegated to governments throughout Europe, which have engaged in unprecedented levels of public spending; the urgency posed by the…

Successful Libya polls will hinge on uniting militias

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LIBYA

Despite the meeting’s touted success, the greatest challenge to Libya’s stability is the dominance of unaccountable militias in the absence of functioning security institutions.

Trump will undercut the US national security apparatus

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UNITED STATES

Former national security officials and Trump-sceptical Republican lawmakers praised McMaster's appointment as a much-needed stabilising influence on the National Security Council…

South Africa faces long-term threats to stability

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SOUTH AFRICA

This reflects concerns over systemic corruption, high-level impunity, ruling party dysfunction, growing criminality and violence and infrastructure failures, among other…

Sudan’s new government offers few new ideas

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SUDAN

The ruling party's response to the Sudan protests.

South Africa finance ministry faces competing pressure

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SOUTH AFRICA

This occurs in a context of market concerns over the recent exits of five senior National Treasury (finance ministry) officials and serious social and economic challenges…

Weak policing hampers South Africa’s crime response

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, the policing response has been beset by deficiencies of leadership, resources and policies, compounded by structural weaknesses that are the legacy of state capture.

State neglect fosters global illicitly-governed spaces

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INTERNATIONAL

The effect of illicitly-governed spaces

EU security agency is unlikely despite terror risks

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EU

The November Paris terrorist attacks are giving increased urgency to ongoing reforms of Europol, already given impetus by other implemented or foiled terrorist attacks in the EU…

Tepid international engagement will fail war-hit Sudan

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SUDAN

He called for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with which the army has been engaged in devastating hostilities since April, to be designated a terrorist organisation…