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      Ben Hall
      Ukraine’s democracy is facing a wartime election test

      Zelenskyy has hinted presidential vote may still be possible next year, alarming civil society groups

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    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Christian Davies
      Japan and South Korea’s rapprochement is shakier than it looks

      Tokyo may need to show genuine compassion over forced-labour issue to establish partnership with Seoul that lasts

      Yoon Suk Yeol, left, Joe Biden, centre, Fumio Kishida
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      James Kynge
      China hopes expanded Brics will turn world upside down

      The size of proposed 11-country grouping would put G7 in the shade

      Xi Jinping wearing an earpiece with the flag of China on the table in front of him
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Martin Arnold
      Ireland’s wild data is leaving economists stumped

      Eurozone statistics have been seriously distorted by US tech and pharma groups that found a home in Dublin

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    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Bryan Harris
      Lula brings retro playbook to a modern Brazil

      Subsidies for manufacturers and a non-aligned foreign policy are rooted in the former trade union leader’s formative years

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Martin Sandbu
      The EU is doubled up over riddle of Russia’s euro assets

      The fate of hundreds of billions of euros of Moscow’s money hinges on the intricacies of double-entry bookkeeping

    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Leila Abboud
      Macron’s ‘bonsai army’ needs more money to grow

      France plans to boost defence spending by 40% but will not get many new capabilities

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    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      John Reed
      Washington’s embrace of Modi carries a price

      Concerns over democratic standards will be set aside as the US regales India’s leader this week

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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
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      Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has finally convinced officials to offer Balkan membership applicants more than honeyed words

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
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      Two points of national pride collided in the scandal over Ben Roberts-Smith

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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      Macron offers ‘strategic humility’ to woo Europe’s east

      The French president has laid a path to repair relations that frayed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Michael Stott
      Latin America is beating the world at wasting opportunities

      Region’s presidents should be making the most of a rare chance to prosper

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    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
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      India and China play down the big demographic news

      New Delhi and Beijing give little weight to long-projected population crossover

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    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
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      Beijing’s rise leaves Paris Club of creditors struggling to find forum

      Breaking the debt deadlock will require China to adopt a more collegial approach

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
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      ‘Anxious and frustrated’ Lula takes swerve to the left in Brazil

      President has in effect abandoned his ‘big tent’ coalition only a few months into his third term

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      Pentagon leaks cast harsh light on South Korea’s timid foreign policy

      Seoul has been reluctant to partner with the west over Ukraine

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    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
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      Modi will struggle to cage the Gandhi dynasty

      The defenestration of India’s most prominent opposition leader could backfire for the ruling BJP

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      The jilted ally behind Macron’s pensions crisis

      No French president has passed reforms by ignoring Laurent Berger’s CFDT union

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      Hyperinflation Argentina is ready to bloom

      The South American nation is in the grip of another crisis but there are tantalising opportunities on the horizon

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      Fix Europe’s ‘women problem’ to ease the jobs crisis

      European Commission puts the cost of gender gap at €370bn a year

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      China’s foreign loans are becoming a US burden

      Critics, including Janet Yellen, say Beijing’s bilateral lending comes at the rest of the world’s expense

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      Biden vowed to stand by Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’. But will America?

      Once rock-solid support for supplying Kyiv with weapons and money is softening in the US

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    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
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      A year of war in Ukraine has left Europe’s armouries dry

      Reality of sustaining Kyiv’s army through a long, bloody conflict is dawning on the west

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      Meloni bristles over Italy’s ‘junior’ seat at European table

      Italian premier has toned down anti-EU rhetoric but remains in shadow of Draghi era

      Giorgia Meloni
    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Sam Fleming
      Ukraine wrongfoots reluctant EU states with accession reforms

      Brussels says Kyiv is moving rapidly on change despite punishing wartime conditions

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