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Shift in US aid policy could reduce global prosperity

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INTERNATIONAL

US development policy.

China will largely abide by Hong Kong handover terms

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HONG KONG

This case adds to a growing list of incidents, including the abduction of five Hong Kong booksellers by mainland agents in 2015, that feed fears in Hong Kong that Beijing is…

Nicaragua’s Sandinismo is unlikely to survive Ortega

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NICARAGUA

Parrales, an ally-turned-critic of President Daniel Ortega, is one of many to have fallen victim to the government’s crackdown on dissent. Their stories compound questions…

Sahelian militias aid and undercut peace prospects

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WEST AFRICA

The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…

African conflict mineral systems face challenges

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AFRICA

Conflict mineral tracing systems in Africa.

Local fiefdoms will undermine Syrian service provision

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SYRIA

Syria’s civil war is fought not just with bombs and bullets, but with salaries and services. The government has been able to win this aspect of the war by denying services to…

Afghan economy is unmanageable despite fiscal gains

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AFGHANISTAN

Meanwhile, the government is struggling to mitigate economic collapse. Nearly half the population is close to hunger, although international aid has helped prevent a worse…

Syria will struggle more than Iraq with reconstruction

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IRAQ/SYRIA

Iraq and Syria -- neighbours with many economic, political and social connections -- have both been subject to years of destructive armed conflict. They are now looking to…

Surveillance firms will aid dictators worldwide

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INTERNATIONAL

Surveillance technology.

Security likely to outweigh US-Vietnam trade ties

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US-VIETNAM

The load was primarily symbolic, of Hanoi’s response to pressure from Washington to reduce Vietnam's 38.3-billion-dollar (2017) trade surplus with the United States, although…