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Nuclear states will ignore arms ban treaty

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UN/INT

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

French drawdown would accelerate Sahel security trends

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FRANCE/SAHEL

There were suggestions in February that France might reduce the size of its military commitment in the run-up to a Sahel summit in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. However, at the…

Serbia will not substitute China for EU

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SERBIA

Serbia’s supposed turn towards China.

Bulgaria’s grand coalition may yield modest outcomes

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BULGARIA

After two inconclusive elections, GERB and PP-DB have conditionally agreed to cooperate. The cabinet headed by Nikolay Denkov (PP-DB) ends the long rule by a caretaker…

Kim has the initiative in US-North Korea relations

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NORTH KOREA

This followed Pyongyang’s breach of its 17-month moratorium on missile testing with two volleys on May 4 and May 9, each personally supervised by Kim and both including…

Biden-Moon summit indicates a new realism in Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

The first was Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, in April. While this priority sends a clear signal to Beijing, in each case there was also a substantial bilateral and…

North Korea missile development will proceed apace

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NORTH KOREA

No warning was given to shipping. With rare speed, owing to Chinese fury at the timing of this during the G20 summit in Hangzhou, the next day the UN Security Council (UNSC…

Political splits hamstring governance in South Korea

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SOUTH KOREA

The day before, however, a Blue House meeting with leaders of three main political parties saw no agreement nor any joint statement. Park angrily denied opposition charges that…

China-Malaysia maritime dispute may intensify

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CHINA/MALAYSIA

Malaysia scrambled fighter jets to intercept them and issued a rare public complaint against China.

Erdogan is strengthened as Turkey's democracy weakens

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TURKEY

The authorities are following up the swift defeat of the amateurish attempt to seize power by a group of junior officers on July 15-16. The would-be coup was violent: at least…