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1 – 10 of 55Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks another term, this time as an independent rather than a representative of his United National Party (UNP). A recent survey on voting…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289597
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PHILIPPINES: Country faces parallel insurgencies
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES283777
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The key battlegrounds in terms of rivalry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress party will be Madhya Pradesh, where…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283068
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Meanwhile, long-standing opposition groups such as the National Resistance Front (NRF) and Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) have re-launched armed campaigns within Afghanistan.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282926
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Separately, regional leaders were somewhat reassured by the modest rapprochement between China and the United States -- influential powers in South-east Asia -- on the margins of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283554
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The BJP is hoping for morale-boosting results ahead of several other state elections due this year and the 2024 parliamentary election, where it will be aiming to secure a third…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276013
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The Golden Temple is the holiest shrine in Sikhism, the dominant religion in Punjab. Sikh separatist insurgency was a substantial problem for India in the 1980s and early 1990s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279793
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Unlike Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the other Central Asian states that border Afghanistan, Tajikistan is suspicious of the Taliban government in Kabul. Meanwhile, the NRF and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278400
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In late November, the TTP ended a ceasefire with Islamabad and ordered its combatants to return to full insurgency. Responding to the threat is a top priority for the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275209
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IS-K says it was also behind a December 26 car bomb that killed the police chief of the north-eastern Badakhshan region. Other IS-K attacks in recent months have targeted the Shia…