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Interim government will enjoy little leeway in Peru

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PERU

Outgoing President Martin Vizcarra’s impeachment was a response to congressional dissatisfaction with his government’s policies, especially those designed to root out corruption…

Conservative line will delay Turks' gender progress

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TURKEY

He claimed Turkey had implemented many reforms to improve women's situation, but he and those around him have adopted an increasingly conservative discourse on women and been…

Prospects for US politics to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

The election comes as the country grapples with COVID-19 and its severe economic fallout, and race and justice-based protests in many urban centres.

Protests could shift Albania towards authoritarianism

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ALBANIA

Student protests demanding fundamental reform have resumed with the new term and are spreading beyond Tirana to other groups, including -- worryingly for Prime Minister Edi Rama…

China’s ‘Two Meetings’ set out new policy goals

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CHINA

A new Hong Kong anti-sedition law and unprecedented omission of a GDP growth target overshadowed other important policy developments.

French voters will respond to reforms in the street

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FRANCE

Update on Macron’s reform agenda.

Greek vote may give conservatives only small majority

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GREECE

The conservative opposition New Democracy party (ND) leads the incumbent leftist Syriza party by a wide margin of about 7-13 percentage points in public opinion polls. That would…

Israeli debates on religion will have economic impacts

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ISRAEL

Debates over the role of religion in society, especially the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community, have emerged as a central theme ahead of September’s election.