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Humanitarian crisis mounts amid Venezuela stalemate

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VENEZUELA

The political impasse continues in Venezuela, where social tensions are running high after a month of energy and water shortages. There have been protests but none threatening to…

Prospects for Russian domestic politics in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for Russian domestic politics in 2020.

US drives hardening of Central American migrant stance

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CENTRAL AMERICA/MEXICO/US

The move follows weeks of heightened tension over Central American migrant caravans, which saw Nielsen launch a new border security strategy with the ‘Northern Triangle’…

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…

Burkina Faso’s government may explore peace talks

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BURKINA FASO

Re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who previously opposed the idea, has indirectly sent signals through surrogates that he is open to exploring dialogue. Nowhere in…

Russia's legal sovereignty claim will lose it trust

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RUSSIA

President Vladimir Putin couches the change in the language of human rights protection, but the aim is to protect the state from politically unwelcome rulings and costly damage…

US corporate diversity to rise slowly, absent new laws

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UNITED STATES

Companies face pressure to provide career opportunities, and better pay and conditions for low-wage workers, many of whom are on the COVID-19 pandemic front line. For many, making…

Trump values reshape US foreign human rights agenda

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UNITED STATES

The report is intended to guide future thinking on human rights in US foreign policy and to emphasise a global battle for values versus China and Russia. It also has a clear…

New constitution will not end Chile protests rapidly

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CHILE

This is its latest attempt to quell the protests and violence that have rocked Chile for over three weeks. Two days earlier, the country’s mayors bypassed the government and…

West African security strategy will miss its mark

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WEST AFRICA

West African security strategy.