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Raising its Balkan profile will cost Russia little

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BALKANS

Russia's contacts with Balkans political parties.

Gulf alliances leave Eritrea in hostile neighbourhood

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ERITREA

Eritrea and regional geopolitics

Sanctions may sacrifice West's international leverage

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INTERNATIONAL

Five weeks after the invasion began, most non-Western states are steering a middle course. As shocks to the global economy from the war and sanctions unfold, most countries are…

China will ultimately set Gulf Arab ties above Iran

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IRAN/CHINA/GULF STATES

There has been increased Western media speculation over a possible deepening of the Iran-China relationship -- and the implications for Gulf stability -- following the leaking in…

Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

Pyongyang’s Beijing and Moscow ties will be complex

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NORTH KOREA/CHINA/RUSSIA

The PoE has since 2009 reported regularly on North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. Beijing and Moscow are resisting an ineffective UN sanctions…

EU expects return as it offers more to Western Balkans

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EU/BALKANS

The EU is increasingly worried about the region. It is offering various financial and political rewards, but the EU’s leverage is weakened by continued equivocation on the…

Venezuela election abstention risks new divisions

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VENEZUELA

‘Interim president’ Juan Guaido and 26 parties have already ruled out participation in the elections. However, absent a strategy for removing incumbent Nicolas Maduro and amid…

Russia will opt for caution while Trump settles in

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RUSSIA/US

Moscow's evolving response to Donald Trump's election win.

EU’s Visegrad Four will not continue in current format

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EU

Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…