Ukraine peace talks are intended to help de-escalation

Peace talks on eastern Ukraine have been revived as an additional diplomatic track, but they bring their own problems

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Bangladeshi-US relations will be difficult to reset

Dhaka is pushing back on Washington's sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion

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Swedish-Finnish bilateral and NATO defence ties grow in salience as concerns about Russian aggression rise

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Military officers seized power in a January 24 coup and have promised to make fighting jihadists their top priority

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A call between the US and Russian presidents appears to have achieved little as Washington warns of imminent conflict

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Economics will drive relations between the Gulf States and Iran, and China; although military ties are growing

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Foreign-policy conflicts are reinforcing anti-government opposition stemming from COVID-19 vaccination and rising prices

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Pyongyang is launching missiles at an unprecedented pace

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Iraqi Kurdistan temporarily closed its border with Syria out of irritation with one of the Kurdish factions there

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Moscow has joined Chinese shows of strength but Beijing offers only general endorsement in its stand-off with the West

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