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Middle East socioeconomic trajectories are negative

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MIDDLE EAST

Lower global oil prices contributing to new tensions in both oil-producing and oil-importing countries.

Arab gripes pose challenges for Syrian Kurds’ control

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SYRIA

Kurdish-Arab tensions in north-east Syria

Puntland crisis underscores Somali election dilemmas

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SOMALIA

Deni and the Puntland electoral commission seek to hold direct elections, while the opposition demand a return to a clan-based electoral system. Meanwhile, with the election…

Discontent lies beneath Chad’s ethnic balancing act

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CHAD

Ethnic balance of power.

Partiality may hobble West as Macedonian crisis broker

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MACEDONIA

Macedonia's political impasse.

Integrating Pakistan’s tribal areas may reduce terror

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PAKISTAN

Proposed merger of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Ethiopia’s new cabinet embodies continuity, not change

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ETHIOPIA

However, the new government appears to be continuing the polices of the last administration, not least by opening its term with a new offensive targeting Tigrayan rebels.

Myanmar killing is likely to raise security risk

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MYANMAR

Religion and security in Myanmar.

Ethiopia's national dialogue faces deep divisions

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ETHIOPIA

The process has so far been mired by delays, leadership issues, capacity concerns and, crucially, a lack of confidence among key stakeholders. These notably include Oromo…

Chile government will struggle with indigenous issues

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CHILE

Meanwhile, part of the area remains under a state of emergency in an attempt to contain a surge in the violence that has plagued it for over two decades.