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WTO accession will bring slow benefits for Kazakhstan

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KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan's WTO membership.

External threats will see Havana retrench

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CUBA

Cuban retrenchment.

Belarus will seek closer integration with Russia

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BELARUS

With both countries facing isolation from the West, Russia and Belarus are seeking to move closer together. The contact mechanisms of the Union State of Russia and Belarus are…

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…

India-Central Asia ties have tepid near-term prospects

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INDIA

Modi's goals include securing more energy imports, countering regional terrorism and improving ties with Moscow and, ideally, Beijing and Islamabad. India also wants full SCO…

Russia may undermine East European liberal democracy

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EASTERN EUROPE

Although Russian influence abroad has become a global concern in light of the US election hacking scandal, Central-Eastern Europe (CEE), which Moscow has traditionally seen as a…

Eastern EU may target those vulnerable to inflation

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EU

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut the supply of major staples to the Baltic states and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Local factors, such as import…

The EU will encounter obstacles in the South Caucasus

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CAUCASUS

This follows years of the region being regarded as of peripheral interest to Brussels. Nonetheless, relations have not always been smooth.

Moldova will keep Russia ties despite drift towards EU

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MOLDOVA

A merger with Romania is unrealistic but is a subset of a broader pro-European agenda supported by the Democratic Party-led coalition government and bitterly opposed by President…

Saudi-Russian oil market leverage adapts to US actions

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RUSSIA/OPEC

US energy policy has pushed Saudi Arabia and Russia closer together, leading to a level of cooperation inconceivable four years ago. Their leadership and coordination on such key…