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East Timor-Australia ties are at a crossroads

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EAST TIMOR/AUSTRALIA

He urged Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to help resolve a long-running impasse over whether gas from the Greater Sunrise gas field should be refined in East Timor or…

Philippine economy should perform solidly this year

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PHILIPPINES

Inflation is a top challenge for the government, which targets 6.0-7.0% GDP growth in 2024, compared with 5.5% in 2023. GDP grew by 5.7% year-on-year in the January-March quarter…

Bhutan’s new government may find itself stretched thin

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BHUTAN

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was the winner. Poll campaigning was dominated by debate over the economic headwinds facing the small Himalayan kingdom, which lies between…

South-east Asia’s economic influence will grow

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The Fortune 500 is a list of the top US companies according to publicly available data, published each year since 1955. The South-east Asia list is the latest in a handful of…

Protests show Macron is running out of election ideas

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FRANCE

Macron’s inability to appease the protesters or satisfy environmentalists poses electoral damage to his centrist En Marche party.

Tourism will drive Caribbean economic rebound

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CARIBBEAN

This is down largely to the revival of international tourism following the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery looks set to continue into 2023, boding well for ongoing revenue and…

Biden will prompt reset of US-Caribbean relations

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CARIBBEAN/US

The US foreign policy stance towards the Caribbean is likely to become more constructive under Biden. As previously, Washington’s main regional interests will relate to Haiti and…

Year of elections will not shift Spain's economic woes

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SPAIN

Economic backdrop to the election cycle.

Costa’s victory strengthens stability in Portugal

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PORTUGAL

The PS has led the previous two governments, but this result means Costa will lead a majority government for the first time and thus will no longer require support from radical…

South-east Asia security cooperation faces May test

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

This follows a recent spike in ASG activity with the discovery on April 25 of a severed head believed to belong to a Canadian kidnapped by ASG last year and an April 9 clash…