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China’s Africa policy shift will be mainly symbolic

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CHINA/AFRICA

The commitment is significant, but no larger than the pledge made at the last FOCAC three years ago. Meanwhile, although this year’s summit emphasised Africa’s place in China’s…

Parallel efforts to ease Myanmar crisis could clash

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MYANMAR

Indonesia, the group’s 2023 chair, has in recent months engaged with different sides in the conflict behind closed doors. Separately, on April 25, a small group of regional…

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…

Turkey's authoritarianism will be harder to ignore

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TURKEY

The European Commission has upped its contribution to 1 billion euros, with Germany next at 428 million, and Italy fourth at 225 million, after securing agreement that it would be…