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Outlook for a Rakhine solution in Myanmar is poor

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MYANMAR

Another 20,000 were gathering near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border yesterday following Rohingya militia attacks on police and military installations. The situation in Rakhine State…

Turkey-US relationship will become more transactional

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TURKEY/US

The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward…

Top official's defection will reshape Afghan alliances

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AFGHANISTAN

Hanif Atmar's credibility as a presidential contender.

Afghan leader will cede minimum in power-sharing deal

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AFGHANISTAN

A new power-sharing deal in Afghanistan.

Macedonia's Gruevski may survive latest scandal

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MACEDONIA

Both had been in office since 2006, and Mijalkov was seen as indispensable for his control over the country. Along with Gruevski, both are heavily implicated in the wiretap…

Iraqi Kurdish election divisions will erode autonomy

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IRAQ

Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…

Obama will likely wait out Russia's Syria gambit

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US/RUSSIA

The Russian air campaign has mostly targeted rebels fighting against the Syrian regime rather than Islamic State group (ISG), a significant setback for President Barack Obama's…

Macedonia crisis may foster pan-Albanianism in Balkans

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BALKANS

The likelihood of a 'Greater Albania'.

Kosovo parties will seize chance to unseat government

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KOSOVO

Haradinaj was earlier summoned as a suspect to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (SC), part of the Kosovo judicial system but sitting in The Hague and with a mandate to try war…

Anti-government mood will go on after Armenian crisis

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ARMENIA

Sargsyan referred to pledges to observe the ceasefire, allow more international monitors and investigate clashes. There was no official mention of conceding Armenian-controlled…