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Publication date: 31 May 2019

This comes as US foreign policy, especially towards China and Iran, is forcing some political tightrope-walking for US partners. It also comes as UK Prime Minister Theresa May…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 December 2017

Washington supported the SDF to fight Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that it is largely defeated, there are questions over the superpower’s commitment. The United States has…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 August 2021

This comes as local press report that powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr might be prepared to lift his election boycott, on certain conditions. Sadrist backing was crucial to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 January 2018

Media coverage often focuses on the speech's tone and its implications for the president’s popularity, but presidents since the 1970s have seen no change in approval rating after…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 February 2020

He promised the protesters -- who reject him as a member of the ruling establishment -- wholesale reforms, a say in the new cabinet and an end to the security crackdown. This came…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 November 2019

Under pressure from the US and EU ambassadors, Bosnia's leaders have reached agreement to form a state government. The breakthrough has provided a badly needed respite from…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 March 2022

The deal gives Nepal access to USD500mn in development grants. Key players in the governing coalition were refusing to support Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on ratification…

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Publication date: 5 February 2016

The Philippines-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 August 2022

Duda’s image has changed. Whereas only a year ago, the president did not deal with fundamental issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, he now appears as a politician of substance…

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