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Palestinians will reject any US peace plan

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US/PALESTINIANS

Pence today finishes a three-day visit to Israel that largely celebrated the December 6 Jerusalem announcement by US President Donald Trump. Palestinian and local Christian…

Nepali politics will get stormier in lead-up to polls

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NEPAL

Today, Deuba’s Nepali Congress (NC) party and its governing partners said they will contest the polls as an alliance. The opposition challenge will be led by the Communist Party…

Prospects for Turkey in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Fiscal and monetary stimuli and a policy-induced credit boom have combined with the broad normalisation of social life to contain COVID-19's impact on economic output. However…

Growing US Republican Taiwan focus may provoke Beijing

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US/TAIWAN

Separately, five Republican senators, led by Florida's Marco Rubio, wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on February 7, requesting she invite Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen to…

Taiwan will benefit from US-China friction

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TAIWAN

Taiwan-US relations got a symbolic boost when the US government opened a new 250-million-dollar institute to house the de facto embassy in Taipei, Taiwan's capital, on June 12…

Iran deal will stoke Saudi, UAE regional activism

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GULF STATES

Obama will seek to gain their support for a final deal on Iran's nuclear programme and reassure them that the United States remains committed to regional security. This is likely…

COVID-19 to end Cuban economic reform

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CUBA

Cuban COVID-19 response.

Doha’s Gulf inclusion will fall short of full renewal

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QATAR

The summit is the focus of rising speculation that the 30-month rift between Qatar and fellow GCC members Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain may be nearing…

Gaza will strain but not break Gulf-Iranian detente

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GULF STATES

While tensions across the region have risen sharply, Gulf and Iranian officials have engaged in regular and high-level dialogue that has so far prevented a wider conflagration…

Australia will seek to entrench US 'pivot' to Asia

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AUSTRALIA

The prospects for Australian foreign policy in the next 18 months.