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Belarus in flux as Moscow weighs options

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BELARUS

The sheer numbers probably explain why riot police did not follow orders to clear the streets. Alexander Lukashenka has appealed to Russia for help. Prosecutors have opened a…

Election will revive EU-UK tension on Northern Ireland

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UNITED KINGDOM

According to the polls, the nationalist Sinn Fein (SF) is on course to overtake the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and become Northern Ireland's largest party for the first time…

Germany's SPD will struggle to emerge from low point

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GERMANY

Germany's Social Democrats.

France’s Macron faces important election test

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FRANCE

Given the proximity to next year’s presidential election, President Emmanuel Macron and his main rival, National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen, view the regional elections as an…

Fallow politics will impede Libyan talks

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LIBYA

They claim the reason is that the rival Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) and its supporters have continued military operations in the west of the country despite the…

Ankara will firmly focus on the economy

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TURKEY

In the March 31 municipal elections, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to which Imamoglu belongs, gained 37.8% of the vote nationally, beating the AKP in its…

India’s Naxalite threat is much reduced

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INDIA

Declining threat of India's Maoists.

Islam may define 2019 Indonesian election strategies

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INDONESIA

The Jakarta governor election was marked by Islamist groups’ support for Anies and opposition to his rival, now-former governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (often called “Ahok”), a…

Quebec voter shifts do not presage independence

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CANADA

The PQ currently leads Quebec’s fragmented political parties and would be on course to form its next government if present trends continue, despite having won just four seats in…

Nigerian government will double down on autarky drive

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NIGERIA

In late August, Nigeria’s federal government effectively shut the country’s border with Benin and parts of the western border with Niger for 28 days to stop what the federal…