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Japan-UK economic and security cooperation will grow

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JAPAN/UK

Trade is only part of a complex set of bilateral links that have developed over the last five years. The United Kingdom aspires to a global role closer to Asia and the Pacific, in…

Russia row will erode Czech trust in politicians

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CZECH REPUBLIC

The security services have revealed that Russia’s GRU military intelligence service was behind an explosion at an arms depot in Vrbetice in 2014, in which two Czechs died. The…

Extremism is rising in Europe's security forces

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EUROPE

Extremism in security forces.

Defence spending will remain robust in Europe

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EUROPE

However, many countries, including those worst-affected by COVID-19, have committed to maintaining defence spending commitments, suggesting that 2020 will have less of an impact…

Greek GDP will plunge despite latest stimulus package

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GREECE

The speech set out the government’s economic policy guidelines for the remainder of 2020 and 2021, largely extending the package of fiscal measures in place since April 2020…

Cambodia’s Hun Sen faces resistance to succession plan

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CAMBODIA

He said Hun Manet would have to be elected to the post. The next general election is due in 2023. Hun Manet is currently deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces and part of…

New Myanmar government to seek new military hardware

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MYANMAR

This follows Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD)-dominated legislature endorsing a new defence cooperation agreement with Russia on May 10.

Far-right security threat will persist in Germany

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GERMANY

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) says membership of the group has more than doubled since 2016, to 23,000. The group's rejection of the federal…

Middle Eastern airlines face massive potential losses

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MIDDLE EAST

The COVID-19 outbreak is the latest blow to civil aviation in the Middle East, where airlines already face unprecedented security risks and operational complexities. Carriers…

Rising Lebanese chaos may hinder elites and protesters

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LEBANON

COVID-19 cases have spiked in the wake of the devastating August 4 explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut, causing mass casualties and forcing the resignation of Prime Minister…