East Timor elections will yield unsustainable policies

The next government will face a looming fiscal crunch and oversee crucial international negotiations

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Commercial drilling for Somali oil is years away

Geological evidence and regional discoveries have raised the prospects of oil deposits for Somalia

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Thai-Cambodia economic ties have acquired fresh momentum, boosting prospects for talks on the overlapping claims area

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The nexus, perplexity and timing of many bilateral and multilateral issues complicates Greek decision-making on Turkey

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Moscow and Tokyo agree to cooperate while disagreeing on who owns disputed islands

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Relations with neighbouring states will improve while talk of domestic reform may come to nothing

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There is speculation that the Philippine president's shift towards China might see other states follow

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Conflicts provide fertile ground for criminal organisations, whose interests lie in maintaining instability

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The government has taken an unusually public and assertive posture against the regional security policy of the military

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Russian warships steer clear of disputed waters on exercise in the South China Sea

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