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Prospects for US politics to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for US politics to end-2016.

Trump and Congress will crimp US agency rule-making

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UNITED STATES

Trump has promised sweeping executive action to roll back regulations enacted under his predecessor, Barack Obama. The House of Representatives has made legislative moves to…

New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware

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MYANMAR

This follows Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)-dominated legislature endorsing a new defence cooperation agreement with Russia on May 10.

Religion will feature heavily in Indonesia’s elections

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INDONESIA

Earlier this month, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo selected Ma’ruf Amin, head of the conservative Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), as his running mate. Jokowi’s challenger will be…

New Myanmar leaders bring policy and diplomacy risks

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MYANMAR

This proposed consolidation follows another key chapter in Myanmar's power transition: the March 15 presidential vote.

African election monitoring will need domestic focus

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AFRICA

Election monitoring in Africa

US Venezuela sanctions strategy will face pressures

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VENEZUELA/US

US President Joe Biden’s administration is under mounting international and domestic pressure to reverse the decision by the outgoing Trump administration to suspend Venezuela’s…

London and Edinburgh are set to clash on fisheries

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UNITED KINGDOM

The UK government’s plans to take on key aspects of the governance and management of such issues have prompted accusations of a power-grab from Edinburgh and Cardiff, and threaten…

New Chile lockdown will add to wider uncertainties

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CHILE

At the same time, a new Central Bank report suggests that, despite a sharp liquidity-driven economic rebound this year, the country faces a lean medium-term outlook.

Clashes among federal powers will intensify in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Bolsonaro has been increasing his attacks on senators leading a Senate-led inquiry into his administration’s handling of COVID-19 and on members of the Supreme Court and the TSE…