Politics will check scope of US retrenchment abroad

President Barack Obama has expressed frustration with US allies and orthodox foreign policy thinking

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Military force will exacerbate violence in El Salvador

While critics lambasted the gang truce, militarisation is doing nothing to reduce El Salvador's violence

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After a year of fighting, the campaign against Huthi militants may be entering its final phase

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Instability in Libya is threatening its neighbours -- particularly Tunisia

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Successive terrorist outrages will make government policy more confrontational and isolationist

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General Khalifa Haftar is not only a key obstacle to implementing Libya's unity deal, he risks the agreement's collapse

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Plans to boost sector will be at risk if leisure and tourism sites are seen as fruitful targets

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Responses to terrorist attacks could make politics more illiberal

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The campaign to retake Mosul depends on the success of US-led efforts to rebuild the Iraqi army

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Relatively few people go to fight in Syria but social media give them unprecedented publicity

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