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Turkey's emergency rule will arouse fears of abuse

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the SoE following a four-and-half-hour National Security Council meeting on July 20, five days after a failed coup. A countrywide SoE is a…

Voter ID rulings will help Democrats in US election

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UNITED STATES

In the 2016 federal election scheduled for November 8, 33 states will have voter ID requirements in place for Election Day. However, five states have had their voter ID and…

Conditions for a Libya peace deal are poor

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LIBYA

The previous day, the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy -- in an unusual show of unity --rejected the Turkish intervention and also called for an…

Cambodia will try to rebalance its partnerships

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CAMBODIA

Cambodia, chairing ASEAN this year, is attempting to further the bloc’s five-point plan for easing Myanmar’s post-coup tensions. Separately, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…

Colombia’s peace deal may face dangerous delays

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COLOMBIA

The move follows emergency negotiations in the aftermath of the public’s shock rejection of the original deal on October 2. While both the Senate and the House of Representatives…

Nicaragua elections will be tainted by persecution

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NICARAGUA

More than 1,500 non-govermental organisations have been closed, numerous radio and television stations shut down, and hundreds of people including civil society figures…

Sudan power-sharing deal may raise fears of false dawn

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SUDAN

The agreement purportedly ends a divisive period of confrontation between the two groups, but its resilience may be tested in its implementation phases.

Regional engagement with Myanmar will steadily grow

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MYANMAR

ASEAN continues to champion its ‘Five-Point Consensus’ (5PC) plan for easing the country’s tensions, but in parallel, key players within the group -- namely Indonesia and Malaysia…

Iran protests not yet pointing to government collapse

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IRAN

The crackdown is part of attempts to suppress the five-week-old nationwide protests following the death of a student, Mahsa Amini. These anti-government protests have outlasted…

Boluarte will fail to regain lost ground in Peru

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PERU

In the streets outside, police clashed with demonstrators demanding her resignation and early elections. A new president of Congress was elected two days earlier following a deal…