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ASEAN-UK trade links will grow post-Brexit

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ASEAN/UK

Brexit's effect on ASEAN economies and outlook for ASEAN-UK trade ties.

No backstop or no deal is Ireland’s Brexit dilemma

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UK/IRELAND/EU

Despite the increasing risk and the implications of a no-deal Brexit, Ireland and the EU remain united in support of the main issue preventing a Brexit deal, the backstop.

Latin America-Israel economic ties set to expand

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LATIN AMERICA/ISRAEL

Israeli Premier Binyamin Netanyahu's recent visit to Latin America.

Kosovo election is break with past but doubts remain

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KOSOVO

It gained 25.8% of the popular vote, on a turnout of 44.0%. Another opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), came second with 24.9%. The former governing parties…

Solving Kosovo’s problems becomes harder without Thaci

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KOSOVO

Thaci resigned ahead of extradition to The Hague, following indictment for war crimes, including murder and torture, and participation in a joint criminal enterprise. The charges…

China pressure on Seoul over THAAD may prove effective

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CHINA

The same day, a South Korean government source revealed that Beijing has ended bilateral military contacts since Seoul decided last July to deploy a US THAAD missile defence…

Abductions will impede Tokyo-Pyongyang ties

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NORTH KOREA/JAPAN

Any such rapprochement would be two-edged: suggesting a less acerbic Pyongyang, but also altering delicate alliance dynamics. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly did…

Prospects for the Balkans in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for the Balkans in 2020.

East Asian trilateralism will survive disputes

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EAST ASIA

Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, last month cited racial solidarity as one motive. The China-Japan-South Korea ('CJK') trio may well reconvene soon nonetheless, initially at…

EU moves will not stop Turkey prospecting off Cyprus

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EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS

Mitsotakis has chosen Cyprus for his first trip abroad two weeks after the EU announced sanctions against Turkey over prospecting operations in disputed parts of the seabed off…