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US Supreme Court moves quickly on conservative agenda

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UNITED STATES

A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…

US abortion reform is unlikely before 2020

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UNITED STATES

This comes as several states this year have passed legislation to restrict abortion with few exceptions and often not including incest or rape. This is partly an attempt to get…

Radical nationalists could upset new Slovak government

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SLOVAKIA

Incoming Prime Minister Robert Fico’s gradual adoption of nationalism, aversion to migration and conspiracy theories have jeopardised Slovakia’s reputation as a reliable partner…

Prospects for US politics to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

The election comes as the country grapples with COVID-19 and its severe economic fallout, and race and justice-based protests in many urban centres.

Extremist groups will use pandemic to advance agenda

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INT

Extremist and far-right activities.

Brazil evangelical 'boom' will bring political change

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BRAZIL

Some projections indicate that this group could outnumber Catholics for the first time by the early 2030s. Since the late 1980s, evangelicals have become increasingly active in…

Argentina judicial reform points up Fernandez weakness

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ARGENTINA

With an agenda increasingly influenced by Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), the objectives of judicial reform now appear limited to closing pending…

China COVID-19 outbreak will weaken Xi

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CHINA

The political impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

Slovak government is weighing up early elections

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SLOVAKIA

SaS’s departure from government could trigger early elections and bring to power a new government with a less firmly pro-Western orientation that might substantially change…

US Biden would face COVID-19 and Dem rifts, if elected

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UNITED STATES

Former Vice President Joe Biden will formally become the party’s presidential candidate for the November 3 election, joined by Senator Kamala Harris (California) as running mate…