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Bosnia’s unresolved divisions will impede joining EU

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BOSNIA

The Council declared Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) a potential EU member in June 2003, but withheld candidate status until end-2022. The 1995 Dayton peace agreement reconstituted BiH…

Turkish foreign policy will seek a power balance

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TURKEY

Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…

The EU will encounter obstacles in the South Caucasus

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CAUCASUS

This follows years of the region being regarded as of peripheral interest to Brussels. Nonetheless, relations have not always been smooth.

Czech-Slovak rift may limit Visegrad effectiveness

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CZECH/SLOVAKIA

The unprecedented move is the first rift since the two countries peacefully parted more than three decades ago. It came soon after the Visegrad Four (V4) of Czechia, Hungary…

Paraguay-Venezuela diplomatic ties will remain cool

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PARAGUAY/VENEZUELA

PARAGUAY/VENEZUELA: Diplomatic ties will remain cool

Beijing-Canberra ties will improve

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CHINA/AUSTRALIA

CHINA/AUSTRALIA: Ties will improve

Germany will push for EU expansion and internal reform

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GERMANY

GERMANY: Push for EU expansion and internal reform

German government will push for EU reforms

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GERMANY

Baerbock used the occasion to push publicly for ambitious EU reform proposals on issues such as qualified majority voting (QMV) and making representation in the European…

Belarusian ties with Russia will grow even stronger

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BELARUS

BELARUS: Ties with Russia will grow even stronger

Bolivia will join amid doubts over the Mercosur bloc

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MERCOSUR

MERCOSUR: Bolivia will join amid doubts over the bloc