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Nepal’s government will be constrained by infighting

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NEPAL

Although his party contested the November 20 elections as a key component of an alliance headed by then premier Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, it now holds power as part of…

A transitional UK-EU Brexit deal is likely

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EU/UK

The nature of Brexit and its medium-term implications will only become clear as the negotiations surrounding Article 50 and any longer-term trade deal get under way. The nature of…

Fresh Iraqi elections are likely

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IRAQ

Sadr has demonstrated that forming a new government is unlikely to be possible without his tacit approval, and that such approval will not be forthcoming until after the systemic…

Northern Ireland strains on EU-UK ties will persist

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UK/EU

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now focused on selling the agreement to Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The outcome…

Farmajo-Roble row may further disrupt Somali elections

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SOMALIA

This will complicate the final steps to electing a new government before the end of the year.

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.

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…