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More US adults are experiencing loneliness

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UNITED STATES

Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…

Tribal role in Yemen war is under-rated

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YEMEN

Tribes are an important and under-acknowledged element in Yemen’s social, security and political structures. Any agreement to end the civil war needs to take into consideration…

Neglect of Sahel border regions will sustain smuggling

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SAHEL

Smuggling in the Sahel.

Online activism will cross Maghreb national divides

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NORTH AFRICA

For a quarter of a century, tensions between national governments in North Africa (notably between Morocco and Algeria, over the Western Sahara conflict) have obstructed regional…

Prospects for Turkey to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for Turkey to end-2016.

Low growth to dog Salvadoran economy in 2018

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EL SALVADOR

El Salvador's economy.

Mexico will retain passive foreign policy

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MEXICO

The same day, it was confirmed that Mexico’s lead USMCA negotiator, Jesus Seade, is seeking to head the World Trade Organization. Mexico will join the UN Security Council for…

Pandemic will speed Greece towards teleworking

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GREECE

Almost overnight businesses lost contact with their customer base and were largely unable to provide teleworking arrangements for staff. However, larger Greek businesses…

Russian security agencies vie for roles in repression

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RUSSIA

The discreet power struggle is motivated by competition for budgets and powers, a desire to avoid blame and genuine disagreement about the best strategy to adopt.

Xi's third term will see stronger state intervention

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CHINA

The outcomes further tighten the grip of the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping personally over the government and the private economy. Increased representation of delegates…