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Serbia’s choice: move closer to the West or remain with Russia
THIS YEAR will be a decisive one for Serbia. Many considered the elections held on April 24 as a sort of national referendum. The vote not [...]
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NATO needs better nuclear deterrence in the new Cold War
RUSSIA’S increasingly confrontational policies since 2014 have forced NATO to adapt its strategy to a more volatile and challenging security [...]
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Sharp deal shocks Japan Inc.
THIRTY years ago, Japan’s corporations seemed unstoppable. A lot has changed since then, as shown by the takeover last month of one of the [...]
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Reforming Nigeria’s oil industry will be a tricky balancing act
WITH global oil prices low and corruption in Nigeria’s energy sector endemic, President Muhammadu Buhari has put reform of the industry at [...]
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Ukraine’s new government pleases few at home and in the West
THE PAST weeks have brought extremely bad news from Ukraine. The country now finds itself at a crossroads, where fundamental and disturbing [...]
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El Niño causes regional disaster in southern Africa
THE DROUGHT now spreading across southern Africa will have a significant economic and political impact. Depending on the severity of ensuing [...]
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Brazil braces for more turmoil as Rousseff’s impeachment looms
BRAZIL is facing both a political and an economic crisis: its president will soon be impeached and its recession grinds forward. There is no [...]
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India’s Modi aims for growth through budget discipline
INDIA’S government is trying to stick to tight fiscal policy in the face of a depressed farm sector and a banking sector overburdened with [...]
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Chinese firms spending huge sums on investment abroad
CHINESE companies made record bids for foreign acquisitions in the first quarter of 2016, focusing especially on agriculture, manufacturing [...]
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Economic conditions are sowing seeds for monetary policy change
IN MARCH, the United States Federal Reserve kept its main interest rate on hold, while the European Central Bank cut its main interest rate [...]
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Oil-dependent Iraq weighs production freeze
IRAQ is the second largest producer of oil in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after Saudi Arabia and was the second [...]
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China’s polar strategy looks into the second half of the 21st century
INTREPID explorers battling the cold were once the only people to reach the earth’s poles, but now the Arctic and Antarctic are hotbeds of [...]
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Kazakhstan-EU energy links tighten despite Russia’s concerns
IN DECEMBER 2015, the European Union and Kazakhstan signed a new “enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement,” which, among other [...]
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March of the killer robots shows no sign of halting
AUTONOMOUS weapons are set to be a prominent feature of the battlefields of the future. These robots, also known as lethal autonomous [...]
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The West needs a strategy as Islamic conflict zone widens
AS WAR threatens to engulf a region stretching from Iraq to Sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, Europe and their allies must come up with [...]
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European military spending rises
DEFENSE spending in Europe is on the rise again after experiencing severe reductions during the global financial crisis. Having cut their [...]
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Multipolarity is the natural tendency of geopolitics
IT IS undeniable that Russian geostrategic mischief is resurgent. Russian military, diplomatic and economic maneuvering, along with open [...]
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Italian intelligence faces new challenges in Libya and Iraq
WHEN Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi took office in 2014, he had to appoint an undersecretary for intelligence. Marco Minniti, already [...]
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China’s alternative role in UN peacekeeping
Over the last decade, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has increased the number of forces it contributes to the United Nations [...]
- Have Your Say
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