Politics will check scope of US retrenchment abroad

President Barack Obama has expressed frustration with US allies and orthodox foreign policy thinking

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EU-Turkey migrant deal is unlikely to succeed

The deal might drive migrants to attempt more dangerous routes into the EU

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While critics lambasted the gang truce, militarisation is doing nothing to reduce El Salvador's violence

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While Obama and Castro are keen to improve relations, rapprochement is fragile

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Balancing the demands of civil society, industrialisation and development will be difficult

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Despite rhetoric about impending economic doom, financial pressures in Libya are not yet accute

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Turkey's EU accession negotiations could gain new momentum amid migrant crisis -- if Cyprus is set aside

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With Haiti facing a humanitarian crisis, leadership is fiercely contested

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Many dissidents swept up in a wave of arrests are freed, but not a journalist who exposed high-level corruption

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Turkish women who have reached further education are highly employable but there are not nearly enough of them

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