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Leadership meeting elevates Quad's importance

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AUSTRALIA

A February gathering of foreign ministers agreed to an annual leaders’ meeting but holding one so quickly underlines the importance that the Biden administration places 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…

Georgia will face serious obstacles to EU membership

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GEORGIA

Georgia officially embarked on the path to EU membership along with Ukraine and Moldova shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite Tbilisi not meeting the…

US WTO reform proposals will gain little traction

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UNITED STATES

Tai will continue to make the Biden administration’s case that the WTO needs reform to make it fit for purpose in the 21st century. Opposition to reform will come from India and…

ASEAN-Australia relations will grow

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ASEAN/AUSTRALIA

Besides a leaders’ plenary and retreat, there were events linked to four thematic tracks: business; climate and clean energy; maritime cooperation; and emerging leaders…

Disaffection leaves 2019 Argentine elections in doubt

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ARGENTINA

Lagarde’s visit to Buenos Aires to attend the G20 finance ministers meeting, and assurances of IMF support for the government’s economic policy plans, provided photo opportunities…

Catalan divisions deepen after Madrid talks begin

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SPAIN

The meetings yielded an investment to expand Barcelona’s El Prat airport, but they have exacerbated divisions between Catalonia’s governing pro-independence parties: the moderate…

BRICS trade strategies might be headed for a shift

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INTERNATIONAL

Prospects for a change the BRICS' trade strategies.

Bonn meetings will be key in global climate deal

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INTERNATIONAL

The most important climate summit since the 1997 Kyoto gathering will open in Paris at end-November, with the goal of producing the first universal binding climate treaty ever…

Kosovo solution looks remote as internationals bicker

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EU/BALKANS

The outcome of the meeting, called by Germany and France, was insubstantial, with Kosovo and Serbia agreeing only to play a ‘constructive’ role in taking forward an EU-led…