Discontent lies beneath Chad’s ethnic balancing act

The president comes from the small Zaghawa ethnic group, so rule is by an ultra-minority

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Space servicing industry could destabilise geopolitics

A US aerospace firm in October launched the world’s first commercial robotic satellite servicing mission

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Power balances have shifted in favour of state actors, despite fragmented fighting on the ground

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Ankara’s attack on Syrian Kurds has raised multiple concerns in Erbil

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Syria is dominated by foreign powers allied with local factions, of which the government is by far the strongest

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Tensions between Iran and the United States are increasingly spilling over into the cyber domain

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Economic performance is a factor in shaping Western Balkan states’ viability and their populations’ desire to emigrate

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A Turkish incursion into north-eastern Syria, months in the planning, has begun but could provoke a major backlash

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Vetevendosje is at last poised to enter government but its policies face potential resistance at home and abroad

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Ireland and the EU may prefer a no-deal Brexit to a deal with no backstop

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