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IRAQ: Kurdistan’s external vulnerability will increase
The Gaza conflict has led to a resurgence of attacks by Iran-backed armed groups on US forces, breaking the earlier unofficial truce. Some of those attacks have targeted bases in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283818
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282083
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RUSSIA: Ukraine will squeeze Black Sea trade
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES281083
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The demonstrations were triggered by Assad’s mid-August announcement of big fuel price increases, only partly mitigated by rises in salaries and pensions. However, they have been…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281840
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That represented a 1.9-percentage-point (pp) rise in import share and a 0.4-pp fall in export share. Turkey's economic and commercial ties with Europe (EU and non-EU) are strong…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280284
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US sanctions have been a blunt instrument, but the threat of re-escalation comes at a moment of vulnerability for Venezuela. The US intervention could have counterproductive…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273028
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Russia is encouraging a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that does not explicitly include Iran, a key economic and military backer of the Damascus government. Tehran worries…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275797
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Ample gas reserves in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) could potentially help address energy shortfalls in Baghdad and Ankara. However, internal and external…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276182
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IRAN: Energy shortages will reduce regional outreach