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Myanmar peace effort could falter after March

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MYANMAR

Prospects for the peace process with ethnic groups under the incoming National League for Democracy government.

Common interests will preserve French-German unity

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FRANCE/GERMANY

French-German relations.

Domestic crises will challenge US-Nigeria relations

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NIGERIA/US

Distracted by a spiralling pandemic and crisis in its political institutions, the incoming US government will struggle to establish new initiatives both in Nigeria and across West…

Prospects for Colombia and Venezuela to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Mutual suspicion nevertheless remains, and US priorities in the region will be a complicating factor, particularly in an election year.

Kokang conflict will damage China-Myanmar ties

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MYANMAR

The fallout from the violence in Kokang.

New islands will harm ASEAN's marine ecosystem

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ASEAN/CHINA

The environmental politics of artificial island-building in the South China Sea.

Mozambique's northern crisis will enter new phase

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MOZAMBIQUE

Despite a drop in attacks earlier this year, the Islamist-inspired insurgency shows little sign of abating, while US diplomatic and military involvement in Mozambique’s…

Impasses likely to persist in 116th US Congress

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UNITED STATES

The impasse has bedevilled the 115th Congress that is now in its ‘lame duck’ period after November 8’s midterm elections, already causing two government shutdowns this year.

Nigerian government will look to prevent more protests

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NIGERIA

However, except in a few states, these panels have been slow to start restitution processes. Their existence was recently threatened by a legal challenge -- now withdrawn -- by…