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Biden's White House team becomes more important

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UNITED STATES

As the White House faces a crucial few weeks for the president’s domestic agenda, and with next year’s midterm elections already a major factor in political thinking, advice from…

Peruvian Congress will lose fight against dissolution

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PERU

Elections for a new Congress have now been set for January 26. Prime Minister Salvador del Solar has resigned and is replaced by former Justice Minister Vicente Zeballos. Leading…

Party manoeuvrings could become distraction for Jokowi

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INDONESIA

Most PD members say this is a hostile takeover. Jokowi denies prior knowledge of the move and has called on all sides to respect the constitution. Meanwhile, some lawmakers want…

US party leaderships face an internal loss of control

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UNITED STATES

As the two main parties continue to lose control of who is nominated to stand as their candidates at every level of government, the incentives for politicians to act as…

US Congress’s foreign policy capacity still falling

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UNITED STATES

The move comes as a high-level Chinese trade delegation is due in Washington and as global markets and the US foreign policy community including Congress have become unsettled…

Post-Mueller-report fights shift to US Congress

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UNITED STATES

The report summarises the 2017-19 investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, but that the Trump…

Ryan exit will hit US Republicans

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UNITED STATES

Ryan said he will stay on as a representative until this Congress ends in January 2019. However, his departure as speaker, even before it comes, will bring various partisan and…

HDZ leader could supplant Croatia's non-party premier

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CROATIA

The package could be the government's swan song. One coalition party, the centre-right Bridge (Croatian: Most) of Independent Lists, strongly supported a reform agenda from the…

Petrobras undermines Brazil's investment efforts

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BRAZIL

A lagging economy, declining global commodity prices and the crippling corruption crisis affecting state-owned oil giant Petrobras (estimated at 17 billion dollars in losses) have…

Defence will be the bedrock of Finnish foreign policy

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FINLAND

While this has mostly clearly been reflected by Helsinki’s decision to apply for NATO membership, there are many other changes in its relations with Russia. Finland has also…