Prospects for the Gulf states in 2018

Regional squabbles will weaken the Arab Gulf countries

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Prospects for North Africa in 2018

North Africa governments are preparing for elections over the next two years

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The resignation of Kurdish President Masoud Barzani underlines the extent of the post-referendum debacle

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The early days of the new administration show the outgoing president still wields significant influence

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The key figures in an unusually open process are a cabinet minister and the head of Russia's largest oil company

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The government's ambivalence to ending the protracted civil war undermines attempts at an economic rebound

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The Saudi monarch's Moscow trip showed a will for engagement but delivered less than the headlines suggest

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With Kirkuk and ‘disputed areas’ lost to Baghdad, the Kurds' oil pipeline and key border crossings are now under threat

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Anti-poverty efforts are slow to demonstrate results and will be a low priority for the government in its final months

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After a brief period of appreciation, the peso may have turbulent times ahead

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