Iran conservatives will stall Rouhani's reform efforts

With the nuclear deal agreed, pressure is mounting on the president to fulfil his election pledges on domestic reform

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Ankara will stick to its Syria policy despite Moscow

With Turkey scrambling jets against Russian intruders, relations could enter their coolest phase since the early 1950s

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Embedded factors are driving Central-East European attitudes to migrants, which is opening a rift with Western Europe

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After a slow start to his term, the prime minister is shaking up the establishment with a radical reform programme

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The Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates are still influential in the Gulf despite their recent setbacks

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Havana will seek political capital from the pope's visit even as it seeks a return to global finance sources

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Ankara's turn to the East is at least partly to compensate for increasing tensions with its traditional Western allies

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Governments have struggled to respond to militants' sophisticated use of social media

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As memories of the war of independence fade, the ageing political elite is losing legitimacy among Algeria's youth

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Deadly clashes rock Tajikistan as regime forces closure of Islamic party and cracks down on opposition

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