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Tajikistan's Rahmon will tighten grip on power

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TAJIKISTAN

The stress on democracy is at odds with the recent March 1 parliamentary election, which gave the governing People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) an overwhelming majority…

Saudi Arabia will use security risks to manage dissent

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SAUDI ARABIA

Although Riyadh’s control of internal security is strong, it is facing a time of change, with an untried interior minister, bureaucratic reorganisation in the counter-terrorism…

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…

Saudi power centralisation faces medium-term risks

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SAUDI ARABIA

Those freed include senior prince Walid bin Talal and other heads of large companies: it is unclear whether they handed over economic assets in exchange. Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

An Arab role might transform Israeli political divides

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ISRAEL

The inclusion of Abbas and his fellow lawmakers, necessary to achieve a narrow majority, has opened the government to strong criticism. It has also set a ground-breaking precedent…

Soleimani’s death may further weaken Iran in Syria

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SYRIA

Iranian networks in Syria.

Extremists will exploit South-east Asia defence gaps

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

The quotations refer to the IS-linked Maute group which took control of parts of Marawi City last month. The attack renewed South-east Asian concern about the regional terrorist…

Middle East jihadist splits will widen despite defeats

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MIDDLE EAST

However, even in this extremity, it maintains a hostile attitude to old enemy Islamic State (IS). In Yemen, the other regional country where the two come into close contact, the…

Militias could push the Syrian president towards Iran

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SYRIA

President Bashar al-Assad does not control most of the local and foreign militias that operate in his name in Syria. Some of those follow the policies of Iran’s Islamic Revolution…

Nigeria's pastoralist conflicts face more turbulence

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NIGERIA

The notice comes amid rising violence between pastoralists and settled non-Fulani, predominantly Christian farming communities in the south-west. As southern politicians grow…