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Venezuela's oil outlook is modest despite tailwinds

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VENEZUELA

Higher oil prices, enhanced sanctions evasion and imported Iranian 'diluents' (liquids used to dilute heavy crude) allowed for a resurgence of Venezuelan oil exports and…

London will diverge from the EU on foreign policy

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK foreign policy.

Chinese firms face changing competition in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

Myanmar's new government needs foreign investment to pay for development, creating fresh opportunities for China. However, attitudes to foreign investment within Myanmar's…

Vietnam’s Trong is unlikely to serve full third term

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VIETNAM

At its 13th National Congress in January-February 2021, the CPV elected Trong to serve a third term as party leader. Trong continues to oversee a campaign against corruption in…

India-UK relations will strengthen markedly

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INDIA/UK

Delhi and London have a strategic partnership, but relations have for many years been lukewarm. Each side has talked up the prospect of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

ASEAN aims to widen focus beyond Myanmar at summits

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ASEAN

This is in response to what some ASEAN members regard as obstructionism towards the bloc’s five-point plan for resolving Myanmar’s post-coup tensions. Min Aung Hlaing will miss…

Afghan foreign relations reach a crossroads

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AFGHANISTAN

The meeting included discussion on how to tackle the crisis created by the Taliban government’s ban on Afghan women working for the UN. On May 6, the fifth…

Floods give a new focus to Pakistan’s foreign policy

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PAKISTAN

Islamabad, which provisionally estimates the economic cost of the disaster at USD10bn, continues to call on external players to provide financial and humanitarian assistance…

Engaging with Afghanistan will get harder for West

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AFGHANISTAN

This was a reference to criticism of Taliban rule by certain international players. While engagement between the emirate and the West remains limited, the Taliban are drawing…

Mexico will be a key player in US-China trade tensions

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MEXICO

However, it appears to have done so in no small part due to geopolitics rather than the strength of its own economy. Chinese investments and Mexican imports of Chinese products…