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China’s influence in Africa will continue to grow

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CHINA/AFRICA

Although the minister’s tour included visits to several of the region’s Chinese-funded infrastructure mega-projects, Wang Yi was careful to cast these investments as just one…

Spread of governance indicators conceals pitfalls

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INTERNATIONAL

Indicators of government performance are used increasingly by a range of stakeholders, including donors, lenders and investors, to inform or justify their decisions.

Islamist influence will grow in Bangladesh

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BANGLADESH

The government promised severe action against the perpetrators, many of whom support hard-line Islamist parties and pressure groups. Although the attacks attracted widespread…

China-EU academic links will face closer scrutiny

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CHINA/EU

European academic and research institutions have built increasingly close links with China over the past two decades. By doing so they have increased their incomes and research…

Australia’s foreign scrutiny law will irk Beijing

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AUSTRALIA

The bill comes as the federal government is increasingly concerned about Chinese political and economic influence in Australia; Beijing has criticised Canberra in recent months…

China’s soft power in Western Europe is declining

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EU/CHINA

The deft application of soft power has cultivated closer relations between China and Europe. However, China's power to persuade or attract is now under threat as public and elite…

Beleaguered Jordan will squeeze opposition space

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JORDAN

This comes following high tensions with teachers, who engaged in a series of widespread protests after the Attorney-General ordered the closure of the Teachers' Union and forcible…

Future integrity of the United Kingdom is at risk

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UNITED KINGDOM

The Brexit process also has coincided with the rise of national over British identities in Scotland and Wales, as well as an increase in younger generations supporting…

Turkey attracts East Europe more than Western ‘core’

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TURKEY-SERBIA

Erdogan’s visit to Serbia.

Australian push on India ties likely, but with hurdles

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AUSTRALIA

Australian policy thinking on India.