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Afghan drug ban may be close to unravelling

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AFGHANISTAN

Local villagers were ignoring the ban on the production, use and trafficking of drugs, announced by Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada in April 2022. The Taliban…

Afghan Taliban’s multiple faces reduce scope for peace

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AFGHANISTAN

The militants' losses demonstrate their resilience rather than weakness. Kabul is trying to restart talks with the Taliban and assert ownership of the process. Whether the Taliban…

Taliban may be coaxed back into Afghan talks

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AFGHANISTAN

Talks are integral to US disengagement plans but look uncertain now that the Taliban say they will not attend. Insurgent leaders are divided: some say President Joe Biden's…

Uneven e-government will hinder South-east Asia trade

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ASEAN

E-government systems in ASEAN member states.

Land complaints could test Myanmar government

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MYANMAR

Land controversies in Myanmar.

Afghanistan risks becoming a 'failed state'

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AFGHANISTAN

Outlook for the Afghan state.

Myanmar's NLD faces governance test

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MYANMAR

Grassroots politics in Myanmar.

Pressure on Japan’s prime minister will mount

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JAPAN

This hurts Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s credibility within the LDP and the wider nation. A change of government following the next general election would be the first in over…

Taiwan’s president-elect faces a divided parliament

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TAIWAN

Voters elect representatives from their geographic constituencies (73 seats) and vote separately for a political party, which then fields 34 legislators-at-large not tied to a…

Government instability will be endemic in Nepal

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NEPAL

KP Sharma Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) left the ruling coalition that was formed shortly after the November general election when it became clear that…