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The ‘exploratory’ meeting is the first between the NATO partners since 2016. It follows months of sabre-rattling in the Eastern Mediterranean, and takes place against the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259174
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Rabat had budgeted nearly USD11.8bn for defence expenditure in 2023, a significant increase over past years. Rabat’s weapons procurement is driven by perceived threats from…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278802
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Russia has in recent years sought to increase its economic engagement with South-east Asia to circumvent Western sanctions and mitigate the risk of overdependence on China. Moscow…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267853
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According to the most recent data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the value of arms imports from China outstripped Nigeria’s ‘traditional’ main…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273700
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It is the fourth election since April 2021. President Rumen Radev -- the real power behind Prime Minister Galab Donev's caretaker government -- is widely suspected of wishing to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273001
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The coalition supports the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi. However, the credibility of pro-Hadi forces has been sapped by the Huthis’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264679
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Christodoulides is taking charge at a time of high political volatility. Though he is from the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY), he was not DISY's candidate, won with the support of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276841
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Germany had refused to grant permission to re-export the German-built MBTs at a meeting of Western supporters of Ukraine at the US Ramstein airbase on January 20. Prime Minister…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275504
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The Turkish leadership believes that a new US administration may stand back from its predecessor's criticisms of Turkey and be better placed to strike a deal with Russia and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214853
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They have backed opposing sides in the Syrian and Libyan conflicts and pursued different objectives there and in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the hope that conflict trends would benefit…