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Syria will struggle more than Iraq with reconstruction

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IRAQ/SYRIA

Iraq and Syria -- neighbours with many economic, political and social connections -- have both been subject to years of destructive armed conflict. They are now looking to…

Biden will face major US overseas policy challenges

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UNITED STATES

Biden will have to address immediate major foreign policy challenges: stabilising relations with adversaries (Iran, Russia and China), renewing ties with allies, and returning the…

Syria reconstruction prospects may deteriorate further

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SYRIA

In fact, ten years after that conflict started, with President Bashar al-Assad still in control of two-thirds of the country, no foreign state shows any sign of making a major…

Erratic Argentine foreign policy will prove damaging

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ARGENTINA

Fernandez’s visits to Russia, weeks before the invasion of Ukraine, and to China, to witness the opening of a Winter Olympics boycotted by several Western countries, have renewed…

US partnership will strengthen Vietnam’s balancing act

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VIETNAM

The United States thereby joined the small list of countries -- which includes China -- to have this level of diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Hanoi and Washington announced…

Turkey's foreign policy will increase its isolation

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TURKEY

However, it has sometimes combined a very confrontational public relationship, including public attacks on an international institution, with a much more cooperative private…

Central African Republic peace deal needs executing

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The accord, the full contents of which are still not public, differs from previous deals in that it follows the first direct talks between the parties and because the government…

US aims to check Russia in Central Asia 'Great Game'

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CENTRAL ASIA

US relations with Central Asia.

Bangladesh government will shrug off criticism

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BANGLADESH

Critics say the move weakens the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC). The next general election will likely take place in January. The ruling Awami League (AL) continues to reject…

Indonesia president-elect faces thorny issues

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INDONESIA

It confirmed Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto as the winner of the race to succeed Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo as president. The elections for the People’s Representative Council (DPR)…