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Erdogan spoke ten days after instructing the education ministry to change the examination system for secondary-school entrance. His new-found interest in education quality, if…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224787
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The two nations have maintained a correct but tense relationship for nearly a century, only narrowly avoiding hostilities following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227383
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East Timor is the only South-east Asian country categorised by the Freedom House organisation as completely ‘free’. Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275071
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212551
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The theme it has chosen for its chairmanship is ‘enhancing connectivity and resilience’. The reference to ‘resilience’ is apt, as Laos is attempting to manage severe economic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284173
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Dhaka has in recent months relocated some Rohingya refugees to newly built facilities on a remote island, Bhasan Char. The Bangladeshi authorities want refugees to return to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264505
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A ceasefire agreed in November 2020 collapsed in August this year. The fighting has important ramifications not only for civilians currently living in the area but also for the…
If Barrow is inaugurated, it will mark the first peaceful transfer of power since the country gained independence. Incumbent Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 military…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216441
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Thanks to its historical links with Muslims in the Balkans, Turkey has established itself as an influential regional actor, an achievement that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has…