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Cuba faces tough choices despite new constitution

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CUBA

A 21-hour time lag between the closing of polling stations and the publication of the results gave rise to suspicions of fraud but vote count reports from independent observers…

Cambodia’s Hun Sen faces resistance to succession plan

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CAMBODIA

He said Hun Manet would have to be elected to the post. The next general election is due in 2023. Hun Manet is currently deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces and part of…

Renewed war with PKK may risk Turkey's energy security

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TURKEY

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has abandoned its long-stalled 'peace process' with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). In response, the PKK has ended its ceasefire…

Brexit will bring instability to Northern Ireland

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UK/IRELAND

The collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive on January 16, coupled with the prospect of a policed border after Brexit (for the first time since 2005), removes two…

China’s defence spending will remain stable

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CHINA

Defence spending will account for 1.2% of GDP in 2024, having remained stable at around this figure for at least the past two decades. Nevertheless, outside estimates of China’s…

'Middle-class' demands conflict with Modi policy

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INDIA

Middle-class economic and political aspirations.

South Africa's SAA points to wider reform headaches

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SOUTH AFRICA

Uncertainty persists over SAA’s turnaround strategy, as well as that for other ailing SOEs including arms manufacturer Denel and the Land Bank. Operational problems at troubled…

Cambodia handover masks gradual nature of transition

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CAMBODIA

Hun Manet is Hun Sen’s eldest son. He was the presumed political heir to his father for nearly a decade, but his election as an MP in the July 23 parliamentary polls, where the…

New government in Guyana will face challenges

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GUYANA

The government has changed hands only once since independence in 1966: in 1992 the People's Progressive Party (PPP), led by Cheddi Jagan, assumed power following 26 years of…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for Turkey to end-2020.