New Kosovo government avoids crisis but looks fragile

Western pressure may have secured a political deal to avoid a power vacuum but it may be only a temporary stop-gap

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France aims for wider buy-in in the Sahel

Paris has a keen interest in counter-terrorism issues in the Sahel, but does not want to shoulder the burden alone

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Delhi and Beijing appear to have resolved the two-month border confrontation at Doklam

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Districts disputed between Baghdad and Erbil are pushing to join in next month’s controversial independence referendum

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Key locations around the border of Syra, Jordan and Iraq

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Showing key locations in Lebanon, and territories formerly controlled by Islamic State and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

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Central Asia's most populous state works on relations with its neighbours

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ASEAN and China are inching towards a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea

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Both countries’ prime ministers have met to discuss their disagreements over borders

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Political impasse in Prishtina holds up establishing normal relations with Belgrade -- a must for each country’s EU bid

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