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Belarus will enhance trade with Ukraine despite Russia

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BELARUS/UKRAINE

Belarus-Ukraine economic ties.

Renewed EU focus on Ukraine will face old challenges

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UKRAINE/EU

An armed conflict at Europe's eastern end is entering its fifth year, yet international conflict resolution efforts and sanctions against Russia have not produced appreciable…

Ukraine war will erode its Visegrad neighbours’ unity

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EASTERN EUROPE

The war delivered a shock to Europe’s post-Cold War order -- its security, peace and stability. Economically, it marks a turn in global trade relations, supply chains and energy…

Minority strains in Eastern Europe threaten EU unity

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EASTERN EUROPE

Central-Eastern Europe's ethnic and national minorities.

Malaysian-Thai relations will grow steadily

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MALAYSIA/THAILAND

This was his fifth visit to a South-east Asian neighbour since last November. In another development, in-person peace talks aimed at ending Thailand’s southern insurgency…

Synthetic drug krokodil could ravage conflict zones

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INTERNATIONAL

Known as 'a poor man's heroin', the potent and harmful homemade krokodil has reached North America, although most of its use so far is in Russia and neighbouring states.

Ukraine crisis will bring heavy costs for Europe

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EU

The sanctions amount to a middle-of-the-road approach: leaders agreed to keep Russia in the SWIFT payment system and avoid targeting Russian energy exports. They will not cause…

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…

Ukrainian rebel strife will not impact war dynamics

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UKRAINE

Political upheaval in late November in the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) -- one of two rebel-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine -- has not affected the overall dynamics…

Russian campaign failures stem from political errors

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RUSSIA/UKRAINE

The initial plan was for the active phase of the war to be over in two weeks from February 24. Instead, Russian forces have not entered Kyiv and Kherson is the only significant…