Rigorous research will boost cross-border investment

Calculating political risk is becoming a key research focus, indicating that sovereign spreads are an inadequate measure

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The way is open for more Turkish operations in Syria

With the US Syrian position looking unsustainable, a fervent Islamo-nationalism will prevail in Turkey as elections near

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Azerbaijan's presidential election is rescheduled to take place three weeks after Russia's

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Shifting US and Russian policy have undermined Jordan’s policy of backing southern Syrian rebels

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Turkish warships around Cyprus and in the Aegean are fuelling concerns about a new cold war with Greece

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Emirati funds, training, armaments and advisers are changing security dynamics in Yemen and parts of Africa

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The international donor conference undershot targets, and included many more loans than grants

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The Palestinian reconciliation agreement has stalled, and the regional environment is increasingly hostile to Hamas

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Syria’s north-west is hotchpotch of manoeuvring government fighters, rebels, external powers and salafi-jihadist groups

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A minor incident escalated to cause the loss of an Israeli plane and significant damage to Damascus’s air defences

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