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Turkey's election will be plebiscite on Erdogan

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TURKEY

Early campaigning for the June 7 general election.

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.

Uzbek leader is free to reform but may lack will

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UZBEKISTAN

The Uzbek president's removal of his security chief.

EU security agency is unlikely despite terror risks

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EU

The November Paris terrorist attacks are giving increased urgency to ongoing reforms of Europol, already given impetus by other implemented or foiled terrorist attacks in the EU…

Radicals will continue to press for Bosnia's break-up

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BOSNIA

Reports leave it unclear whether the meeting lifted the threat, which arose from RS claims that a SIPA raid in Bosanski Novi on December 10 infringed RS jurisdiction. SIPA…

Nazarbayev's re-election will boost Kazakh 'siloviki'

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KAZAKHSTAN

Three candidates competed for the country's supreme political office in the election on April 26. Unsurprisingly, Nazarbayev (74) won by a landslide, obtaining 97.7% of the total…

Turkey's emergency rule will arouse fears of abuse

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a…

Tensions will rise as Montenegro 'coup' comes to trial

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MONTENEGRO

The authorities’ allegations that members of Russia’s security services were involved in a failed plot to overthrow the government last October.

China's national security law extends state powers

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CHINA

The Law has received much negative publicity internationally for its broad definition of national security, which implies wide latitude for authorities at all levels to intervene…

Ankara bombings will entrench social divisions

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TURKEY

No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's history, but it is believed to have been carried out by Turkish nationals sympathetic to…