Syriza sets collision course with Greece's creditors

If the governing coalition, an awkward alliance of left and right, splits, Syriza could win fresh elections

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Park's populist pledges prevent policy progress

President Park Geun-hye's promises of welfare without tax rises look increasingly unrealistic

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Greater regulatory oversight is still needed to encourage greater banking penetration.

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With financial pressures increasing, Algiers faces a dilemma of how to maintain the largesse that underpins stability

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Politics could upend energy reforms even as failures of the 2013 national energy policy erode growth

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Marrying short- and long-term corporate tax policy with infrastructure spending could be a path to overdue reform

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Two-thirds of African states are net oil importers, resulting in mixed economic effects from the price drop

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ECB bond buying will dampen Spanish and Italian yields while stoking German determination to take hard line with Greece

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The president increasingly appears to be a lame duck, raising instability fears over his last 18 months in office

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Laos's economic development and ASEAN integration will not bring significant political reforms in 2015

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