Russia's loyal parties lose direction by backing war

'Loyal opposition' parties survive by mixing occasional criticism with basic loyalty, but now only the latter counts

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Iran protests not yet pointing to government collapse

The Mahsa Amini protests are in their fifth week despite harsh repression, mass arrests and internet shutdowns.

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China has launched its own Global Development Initiative that supplement's the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Oil extraction and industrial production have held up surprisingly well, but worse is to come

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The new National Security Strategy warns of great power confrontation and transnational threats, seeing them as linked

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A six-month-long truce in Yemen ended on October 2 as UN-sponsored talks failed

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which India will chair next year, held its latest summit last month

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Ukraine's ability to mount offensives on two fronts show how far it has come from apparent near-defeat

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President Joe Biden has signed a new, classified policy document setting out a tighter procedure for drone strikes

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Venezuelan migrants are coming to the US southern border in record numbers and more will come if sanctions are tightened

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