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  • Nov 1
  • 7 min read

Sri Lankan president will be confident about polls

Parliamentary elections are less than two weeks away

Sri Lanka
  • Oct 30
  • 7 min read

Greater stability will help Vietnam pursue key goals

The ruling party chief relinquished the state presidency last week in a reconfiguration of the country’s leadership

Vietnam
  • Oct 28
  • 7 min read

India-China mistrust will endure despite key step

The two countries seemingly made considerable progress last week on easing their border tensions

India
  • Oct 24
  • 6 min read

Cabinet size will add to challenges in Indonesia

The new president has the largest cabinet in decades

Indonesia
  • Oct 22
  • 7 min read

New Argentina-IMF deal would leave near-term doubts

Argentina may be close to agreeing a one-year extension of its soon-to-expire IMF Extended Fund Facility

Argentina
  • Oct 22
  • 7 min read

Concern over human rights in Cambodia will grow

The government’s critics continue to face repression

Cambodia
  • Oct 21
  • 7 min read

Strategic and personal factors drive Israel’s premier

Israel is pressing forward with the wars in Gaza and Lebanon despite major blows against Hamas and Hezbollah

Israel
  • Oct 18
  • 6 min read

Maldives will try to keep both China and India close

Maldivian foreign policy was under the spotlight during the president’s recent state visit to India

Maldives
  • Oct 15
  • 7 min read

African industrialisation goals may prove elusive

Many African states are returning to an emphasis on industrialisation in their economic development programmes

Africa