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US Supreme Court moves quickly on conservative agenda

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UNITED STATES

A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…

Battery production to influence politics in eastern EU

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EASTERN EUROPE

The global shift to a green economy coupled with the EU’s decarbonisation policy is creating new opportunities for business in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Low labour costs…

Nearby Ukraine will weigh on Central European assets

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CENTRAL EUROPE

This is forcing the region’s central banks to prioritise efforts to curb price pressures over policies to shore up growth. Central Europe’s currencies, particularly the…

Kosovo's governing coalition may not survive exodus

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KOSOVO

The mass exodus from Kosovo to the EU.

US Supreme Court's role is shifting

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UNITED STATES

At a time when political polarisation at the federal and state level makes the role of the Supreme Court as a neutral arbiter more important, the Court’s standing with the public…

Riots may herald further attacks on Brazil's democracy

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BRAZIL

The failures that made the attack possible lay bare the tensions between the new government led by centre-left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the large ‘Bolsonarista’…

Islam is likely to influence Turkish education reform

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TURKEY

Erdogan spoke ten days after instructing the education ministry to change the examination system for secondary-school entrance. His new-found interest in education quality, if…

Growth failure leaves governing French left vulnerable

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FRANCE

The government's reforms have failed to deliver growth and lower employment as it had hoped. This leaves it poorly placed before December's regional elections and the 2017…