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Paraguay-Argentina river rift will have a wider impact

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PARAGUAY/ARGENTINA

In response to the toll placed on river traffic using the Argentine section of the Paraguay-Parana waterway, known as the Hidrovia, the Paraguayan government has also withdrawn…

Laos-Vietnam trade hub prospects are unconvincing

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LAOS/VIETNAM

Lao and Vietnamese cooperation in infrastructure development and Laos's prospects as an inland trade hub.

Panama Canal woes will have local and global impacts

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PANAMA

The situation has sent policymakers scrambling to identify fixes, as shippers explore alternative routes and the country faces the loss of hundreds of millions of US dollars in…

Moldova and Ukraine to upgrade cross-border links

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MOLDOVA/UKRAINE

Chisinau is pursuing an overhaul of critical cross-border infrastructure. Modernising railway and road networks could provide neighbouring Ukraine with another corridor to the EU…

Russia will cement its presence in Abkhazia

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GEORGIA

The Russian Navy has lost several warships and other vessels during its war with Ukraine; its main bases in Crimea are vulnerable. Seemingly this is prompting a reconfiguration of…

Infrastructure is key to Colombian government goals

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COLOMBIA

Petro is uncomfortable with public-private partnerships, but appears willing to look beyond that in pursuit of broader development goals; improved infrastructure is considered…

Isolation from West will bring Russia and Iran closer

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RUSSIA/IRAN

The two countries have turned to each other amid increasing isolation from international banking systems, export markets, and foreign resources and technologies. Deepening their…

Ukraine grain imports test EU unity

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EASTERN EUROPE

Ukraine’s free access to the EU market has caused a glut of wheat, maize, sunflower and rapeseed in neighbouring countries, triggering a political backlash and demands for…

Nuisance level will drive world response to piracy

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INTERNATIONAL

Declining maritime crime around the world.

ASEAN aims to widen focus beyond Myanmar at summits

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ASEAN

This is in response to what some ASEAN members regard as obstructionism towards the bloc’s five-point plan for resolving Myanmar’s post-coup tensions. Min Aung Hlaing will miss…