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Biden backs Ukraine but domestic agenda is fragile

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UNITED STATES

The speech, which until recently was built around an effort to relaunch the president’s domestic agenda, began with an intense section designed to show the strength of US resolve…

Rakhine violence will puncture Myanmar’s peace process

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MYANMAR

Crisis in Rakhine State.

German foreign policy will struggle under coalition

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GERMANY

On foreign policy, the three parties are rhetorically committed to adopting a tougher stance towards China and other authoritarian countries. However, they differ on what this…

Turkey will shift focus to Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq

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TURKEY

Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…

Xi visit may revive North Korea nuclear diplomacy

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's foreign relations.

Sanctions hurt North Korea, but Kim’s grip is strong

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's worsening economic situation.

North Korea peace process may hit sanctions roadblock

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NORTH KOREA

It expands the peace process launched at the summit in April, including a military annexe with concrete measures to reduce border tensions. Kim also recommitted to…

Russia tensions may hinder Arctic governance

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ARCTIC

It claims an additional 1.2 million square kilometres of seabed below the North Pole ice cap under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). If…

ASEAN will pursue incremental engagement in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

Myanmar’s junta for the first time accepted the invitation to have a ‘non-political’ representative at high-level ASEAN meetings, standing since its exclusion from such events…

Beijing-Washington ties will be competition-based

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CHINA/UNITED STATES

Despite some positive short-term outcomes, the two sides’ read-outs reflect the structural nature of their competition and the limits that this places on cooperation.