China's middle class will grow, even as economy slows

The country's economic geography is shifting and its middle class growing, but the consequences are not all benign

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Myanmar's ethnic troubles will pose security threats

Failure to resolve three ethnicity-based questions poses political and security problems for Myanmar

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The presence of obstacles on the road to Albanian unification does not mean unification will never happen.

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Astana places increased focus on middle class growth but reforms are needed for this social group to flourish

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Increasingly, private capital will fund an ageing population's retirement

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Knowing an overt military assault will invoke NATO's Article 5, Russia will increase Baltic covert interference

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New South China Sea islands will increase sovereignty competition, while harming the local environment

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The failure of the transition provides lessons for resolving the conflict, and political transitions more broadly

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The rise in rental costs in job-generating cities will have considerable knock-on economic effects

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Poor water management and lack of rainfall risk widespread political and economic consequences

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