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Germany's EU leadership role to become more difficult

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GERMANY

Germany's post-Brexit EU policies.

Italy's Renzi will face critical tests before year-end

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ITALY

This is a crucial step for the government before year-end, together with long-term banking issues and slowing economic recovery. The European Commission has allowed Italy…

Hopes for Cyprus solution now lie with external powers

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CYPRUS

It was aimed at determining whether negotiations could soon restart on a Cyprus problem solution. The conference failed as no common ground was reached. It was doomed to fail…

Leader deficit will not halt anti-corruption momentum

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INTERNATIONAL

Anti-corruption trends.

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2016.

Yemen’s humanitarian crisis will worsen

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YEMEN

The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening the existing humanitarian crisis. Already 17 million of Yemen's 30 million people are living at an emergency level of food…

Putin is unlikely to tempt Russia’s wealthy to return

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RUSSIA

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Leonid Volkov, among others, contend that imposing sanctions on critics of the war is unfair, and that other sanctioned elites might be encouraged to…

South Korea approaches political turning point

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SOUTH KOREA

The outlook for South Korea's domestic politics and international relationships.

Stabilisation initiatives will falter in Iraq

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IRAQ

These operations follow the recapture of Tikrit, Sinjar, Ramadi and Fallujah from Islamic State group (ISG) in the past 18 months. Western countries backing the government and…

Operation Takuba Sahel successes may be short-lived

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SAHEL

Operation Takuba, which began in mid-July, marks a fundamental change. For the first time, several European countries other than France have agreed to participate in frontline…