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Policies cannot relieve demographic pressure on Japan

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JAPAN

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made support for children and parents a priority, in an attempt to raise fertility and avert what is widely regarded as a demographic crisis…

Hungary will ease immigration to meet labour shortage

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HUNGARY

The poorly publicised law provides for an entirely new visa system, focused on streamlining guest-worker and skilled worker permits from third countries. It addresses an…

Economic reforms will boost Omani employment

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OMAN

This comes on the back of government efforts to implement reforms, including the passage of a new labour law in July. The law aims to support growth and increase the employment…

Russian church will become more politicised

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RUSSIA

The Orthodox Church and Russian politics.

Kurz will have much leverage over new Austrian leader

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AUSTRIA

Despite stepping down, Kurz will remain leader of the centre-right Austrian People’s Party (OVP) and the party’s parliamentary group leader. The Greens, which had threatened to…

Discontent lies beneath Chad’s ethnic balancing act

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CHAD

Ethnic balance of power.

Falling marriage rate frightens Chinese government

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CHINA

The consequences of China's growing population of unmarried people.

Post-COVID era could be better for European populists

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WESTERN EUROPE

This left little room for politicisation by parties to engage public opinion. However, support for such parties is stable compared to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting they are…

Africa's future will hinge on closing skills gap

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AFRICA

Skills development in Africa.

Dutch ties with Turkey and Russia may not recover soon

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NETHERLANDS

This comes after the formal withdrawal of the Dutch ambassador to Turkey in early February and the resignation of Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra on February 13 marked new lows in…