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Cambodian interventions will not ease Myanmar crisis

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MYANMAR

Cambodia is the 2022 chair of ASEAN, which has a five-point plan for resolving conflict between the Myanmar junta and its opponents. Hun Sen held talks with junta leader Min Aung…

Yemen’s war will restart if UN talks fail

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YEMEN

Both sides -- the internationally recognised Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and the Huthi -- appear ready to give Grundberg a little more time to secure a new agreement…

US Venezuela sanctions strategy will face pressures

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VENEZUELA/US

US President Joe Biden’s administration is under mounting international and domestic pressure to reverse the decision by the outgoing Trump administration to suspend Venezuela’s…

China-Central Asia relations will deepen

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CENTRAL ASIA/CHINA

Beijing values Central Asia as an important partner as its global rivalry with the United States escalates on the one hand and Russia’s regional role weakens on the other. Central…

Debt woes will push Laos even closer to China

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LAOS

It is relying on China -- a fellow one party, Marxist-Leninist state -- to help ease its woes. Meanwhile, the ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is preparing for its…

Comoros referendum raises new backsliding fears

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COMOROS

The highly contentious vote has been described by opposition parties as a dictatorial power grab by Union of the Comoros President Azali Assoumani.

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…

Peru's Kuczynski may survive but critically weakened

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PERU

Kuczynski’s decision to pardon former President Alberto Fujimori has further polarised political divides and eroded his room for manoeuvre with respect to the pro-Fujimori…