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Northern Kosovo will require international security

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KOSOVO

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic urged Kosovo Serbs to remove roadblocks on December 28, ending nearly three weeks of protests. Despite EU-facilitated dialogue geared towards a…

Lack of reform will impede Kosovo’s EU bid

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KOSOVO

The EU and Kosovo signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in 2015 but Kosovo has not taken the next step, of applying for membership, out of a well-founded fear of…

Kosovo could complicate Serbia's EU accession talks

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SERBIA/EU

The Commission's progress report for Serbia.

KwaZulu-Natal instability weakens South African state

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SOUTH AFRICA

The incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma sparked looting, destruction of critical infrastructure and denial of strategic communication routes. Inter-communal…

Indonesian local business climate set to worsen

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INDONESIA

Outlook for the business climate at the district and municipal levels.

Lawsuits, not regulation, will shape US fracking

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UNITED STATES

The implications of new regulations on fracking.

ASEAN summits will build anti-ISG capacity

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ASEAN

This year's summits, which conclude on November 22, will have particular resonance following soon after the November 13 coordinated massacres in Paris, claimed by Islamic State…

Zambian constitution changes will weaken its democracy

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ZAMBIA

These contentious changes will strengthen the executive and weaken oversight from both the legislature and judiciary. Opposition to the amendments is growing from independent…

Local election wins raise Hungarian opposition hopes

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HUNGARY

Local and municipal election results.

Turkey will be less secularist after Erdogan

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TURKEY

Erdogan is the second head of government (after Necmettin Erbakan, 1996-97) to emerge from a specifically Islamist political movement. Under his leadership, Islam has become more…