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Israeli neutrality on Russia will undermine US ties

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ISRAEL

Israel has been reluctant to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To ward off international criticism, including from pro-Israeli US politicians, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…

Defence will be the bedrock of Finnish foreign policy

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FINLAND

While this has mostly clearly been reflected by Helsinki’s decision to apply for NATO membership, there are many other changes in its relations with Russia. Finland has also…

Improvement in Turkish-US ties will be limited

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TURKEY/US

The deadly tremors on February 6 have ushered in a period of calm in bilateral relations, and Ankara is signalling that it could lift its veto on NATO’s enlargement to Finland and…

Moldova-Russia relations will grow hostile

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MOLDOVA/RUSSIA

MOLDOVA/RUSSIA: Relations will grow hostile

Prospects for Russian politics in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Russian politics in 2016.

US leadership could firm EU wobbling on Ukraine

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EU

Eastern EU member-states, from the Baltics to the Black Sea, are united in applying existing sanctions against Russia, with only Hungary overtly weakening political unity on the…

Washington’s interests will dominate US-ASEAN summit

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US/ASEAN

The event was originally due to take place in March but was postponed because some South-east Asian leaders could not attend on the scheduled dates. Washington and ASEAN are…

EU views of China are slowly converging

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EU

There has been growing convergence between EU member states over the perceived China threat, especially related to economic matters. However, at the same time, EU countries are…

Latvia's ruling coalition may go through a reshuffle

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LATVIA

The election of Rinkevics, who has been Latvia’s foreign minister since 2011, indicates that there will be continuity in setting foreign policy, in which an activist president can…

US rhetoric masks absence of fresh North Korea policy

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NORTH KOREA/US

South Korea’s unification minister (MOU) warned on April 10 that any US strike on North Korea would put “the safety of the public” at risk. A day later, Seoul’s defence (MND) and…