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China could seize Taiwan's outlying islands

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TAIWAN

They are difficult to defend and therefore a tempting target. Beijing might try to seize them as a way to frighten and demoralise Taiwan's government or as preparation for an…

United States and EU have little time to save Bosnia

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BOSNIA

His visit is part of a flurry of belated Western diplomacy to secure agreement on reforms, the lack of which has driven Bosnia’s recently escalating crisis. Success would…

Foreign policy will rise up Beijing's agenda

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CHINA

China's foreign policy machinery.

TPP could spur ASEAN integration, eventually

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ASEAN

ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

China's peacekeeping forces to grow in size and scope

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CHINA

His visit coincides with the arrival in South Sudan of the first of 700 infantry China will send to participate in UN peacekeeping there. Over the past two years, Beijing has…

Shared aims could trump Turkey-Iran tensions in Iraq

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IRAN/TURKEY

Abadi is walking a difficult line between Turkish and Iranian allies, who fear each other’s intentions in Iraq. These tensions are focused on the post-Mosul era, which opens the…

Australia-New Zealand-EU trade talks will be tough

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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/EU

The economies involved could collectively gain as much as 12.3 billion US dollars from market liberalisation under the FTAs by the EU’s estimate. Australia and New Zealand would…

Drone exports will expand Ankara’s international reach

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TURKEY

Leading this transformation is the domestic production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Rapidly proliferating exports of UAVs have been both a lucrative undertaking and a way…

El Chapo arrest will not improve Mexican security

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MEXICO

The recapture of the world's most-wanted drug trafficker.

Government incompetence risks major unrest in Romania

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ROMANIA

The old guard’s resistance to reform.