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Member states will drive EU foreign policy

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EU

However, member states have the dominant foreign policy role in the EU. After Brexit, that will be France and Germany despite the United Kingdom insisting that it wants to…

Brexit will intensify UK foreign policy debate

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UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit foreign policy.

Spain’s influence in the EU will grow, but with limits

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EU/SPAIN

Spanish foreign policy post-Brexit.

Alternative may emerge to full Turkish accession to EU

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TURKEY/EU

Erdogan has not softened his line towards the EU, but there has been some vacillation in the EU's approach. While EU signals on Turkey have been becoming sharper, at the informal…

EU will push healthcare in African diplomacy

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EU/AFRICA

This has sought to guard against negative perceptions of the bloc and counteract China’s competitive ‘mask diplomacy’. The importance of EU-African health partnerships is set to…

UK foreign ministry's power diminishes and disperses

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UNITED KINGDOM

Like the US State Department, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has experienced a long-term diminution of its budgets and standing as foreign policymaking is dispersed…

Future UK-Africa trade policy will mirror EU approach

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UK/AFRICA

Even in a no-deal outcome, the United Kingdom's trade orientation towards Africa will look remarkably familiar as London seeks immediately to replicate the terms of the EU’s…

Moldova heads for uncertain recovery

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MOLDOVA

Modest recovery in Moldova.

There is scope to limit EU-US tension over IRA

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EU/US

The EU worries that the bill will harm the competitiveness of the European economy as it seeks to recover from COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Brussels is contemplating various…

Slovenia's window of opportunity to reform is closing

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SLOVENIA

The economy has been growing respectably, helped by rising exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI), the ECB's quantitative easing and large inflows of EU structural funds…