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Iraqi Kurdistan may lose its 'safe haven' reputation

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IRAQ

Baghdad and Erbil are currently negotiating a new budget agreement covering oil revenue and fiscal transfers, which could provide immediate relief. However, internal divisions are…

Indonesia will scale down defence minister’s plans

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INDONESIA

Indonesia is the largest and most populous country in South-east Asia. Its strategic importance makes it a key player in US-China competition in the region.

Sierra Leone’s anti-graft campaign faces obstacles

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SIERRE LEONE

The recently released Auditor General’s 2019 report was unable to account for almost seven times more than the amount the ACC has recovered since July 2018. Meanwhile, a deadline…

Saudi Arabia’s football league will grow strongly

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SAUDI ARABIA

In June, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), took over four domestic football clubs, including Al Hilal. The PIF is aggressively targeting European…

Afghan drug production could boom

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AFGHANISTAN

Anti-drugs rhetoric from senior Taliban figures is intended to allay such concerns, but a sustainable anti-opium strategy would be difficult and destabilising for the Taliban to…

Erdogan may emerge from pandemic even stronger

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TURKEY

Official figures give Turkey a case fatality rate of 2.7% or 49 deaths per million, well below Western European figures and by no means the catastrophe predicted by outside…

Greece has reserves to help economy fight virus impact

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GREECE

This is one of several temporary ECB measures against tightening liquidity in the euro-area due to the coronavirus pandemic which in Greece has cut official GDP forecasts…

EU will struggle to gain post-COVID Balkan influence

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BALKANS

The European Commission has prepared for the summit by making public a package of financial support for the Western Balkans as the region struggles to emerge from the COVID-19…

Greek refugee reception could break down in October

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GREECE

The closure of unofficial transit routes through the western Balkans has stranded about 60,000 irregular migrants in temporary camps in Greece. With winter approaching, the money…

Talks to solve Cyprus problem could be back on again

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CYPRUS

The second round pits against each other two very different visions for settling the division of Cyprus. In one, negotiations resume for a settlement problem under a…