EU/US: End of arms ban poses transatlantic issues

The lifting of the EU embargo on arms sales to China, which will probably take place in the first...

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IRAN: Hardline conservatives consolidate power

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei this week ordered the Majlis to stop impeaching members of President...

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While considerable uncertainty surrounds the future of the United States, there are several key...

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Five key uncertainties, including the evolution of foreign and defence policy and the precise...

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Kim Jong-il's regime faces mounting domestic and external challenges to its survival, most of...

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The independent Volcker Commission is expected to release its interim report later this month...

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The new conservative Majlis majority faction is proving more assertive and hard-line than...

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The latest test of the US missile defence programme failed on December 15. The setback...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday that...

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Al-Qaida remains a viable transnational terrorist organisation, though it is increasingly...

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