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Chinese investment in eastern EU will test cohesion

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EUROPE/CHINA

Chinese investment in CEE.

Resigning Slovene premier aims to limit election loss

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SLOVENIA

The proximate reason is the Supreme Court’s decision that the Cerar government’s referendum campaign backing a second railway line between the state-owned port of Koper and the…

Russia will seek to exploit common interests with Iran

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RUSSIA/IRAN

Points of convergence in Russia's relationship with Iran.

Taiwan infrastructure plan risks corruption and waste

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TAIWAN

The Taiwanese government's infrastructure investment plan.

Uzbek-Tajik talks set tone for Central Asian reset

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CENTRAL ASIA

The summit is a direct consequence of leadership and policy change in Uzbekistan, leading to warmer ties with other Central Asian states. Uzbek President Shavqat Mirzioyev's March…

Iran will work to improve ties in the South Caucasus

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IRAN

Iran perceives that it has become isolated in the South Caucasus, as a result of changing geopolitical relations over the past three years. Israel has increased its presence…

Kaliningrad upset warns Lithuania against recklessness

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LITHUANIA

Lithuania announced in June that it was applying EU sanctions to goods going by rail across its territory to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. Moscow complained that this violated a…

Bilateral tensions threaten East African integration

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EAST AFRICA

These tensions have deep and specific roots, but the two-way spillover between trade and political disputes is an issue that has long undermined regional economic and political…

Central Asia may win from Uzbek thaw with neighbours

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UZBEKISTAN

In his first two months as interim leader of Uzbekistan, Shavqat Mirzioyev is showing signs that policy towards neighbouring states will be more amicable than under his…