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No backstop or no deal is Ireland’s Brexit dilemma

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UK/IRELAND/EU

Despite the increasing risk and the implications of a no-deal Brexit, Ireland and the EU remain united in support of the main issue preventing a Brexit deal, the backstop.

Wagner leader poses a threat to Putin’s Russia

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RUSSIA

On the back of his mercenaries’ success in Ukraine, he has used social media to berate the defence ministry, the general staff and Putin himself, albeit indirectly, as a doddery…

Iran deal will strain US-Israeli ties

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US/ISRAEL

The accord threatens to deepen the longest crisis in US-Israeli relations. Ongoing political strife, strategic differences and potential clashes over implementation and…

Implementation of Yemeni deal will be slow and partial

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YEMEN

Representatives from the internationally recognised government and the Huthis signed three agreements on December 13 at the end of UN-sponsored talks in Sweden. The most…

Risks remain for Ukraine economy despite debt deal

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UKRAINE

The deal points to clear compromises that had to be made by both sides. Yet it also represents an important victory for Kyiv, which has received much-needed and substantial debt…

Israeli-Arab normalisation will freeze, not reverse

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ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST

Deepening Gulf-Israel normalisation -- and particularly heavy US-backed efforts to advance a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia -- set the context for the Hamas attack against…

Ukrainian leader tries to limit corruption-case damage

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UKRAINE

Such scandals are nothing new in Ukraine but some allegations demanded urgent attention as they concerned harm to the war effort. Under pressure from media revelations, Zelensky…

Trump could shift US thinking on nuclear weapons

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UNITED STATES

Uncertainties surround Trump's willingness to uphold past US foreign policy commitments; nuclear weapons policy is no exception. The next administration will take power with…

Trump leaves field to Putin and Erdogan in Syria

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TURKEY/US/RUSSIA/SYRIA

The team includes the defence and foreign ministers, the intelligence chief and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s special adviser Ibrahim Kalin. They will visit Washington later…

Gaza will strain but not break Gulf-Iranian detente

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GULF STATES

While tensions across the region have risen sharply, Gulf and Iranian officials have engaged in regular and high-level dialogue that has so far prevented a wider conflagration…