Author: Admin
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August 2023
Overview. Kazakhstan is quietly sidestepping Russia and actively making new friends but keeping a close eye on its neighbour at the same time. The country’s geopolitical vulnerabilities have never been more visible. It cannot incur the wrath of the West and face sanctions. Nor can it break the rules of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)…
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July 2023
Overview. Whilst Tokayev has deftly tiptoed around great powers, played them off against one another, and grasped benefits wherever he can, it was always going to be a risky game to play; at some point the demands of one side or another, or several, would inevitably harden. It appears that this scenario is beginning to…
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July 2023
Overview. Another month of significant high-level diplomatic activity. Speculation abounds that the Iranians and Americans will reach an accommodation, trading limited sanctions relief for reductions in the pace of the nuclear programme. Watch for further US approvals for the unfreezing of Iranian offshore funds and any statements on the release of dual-national prisoners.…… Read the…
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July 2023
Overview. Egypt has worked extremely hard to rebuild its economy after the damage done by the Arab Spring in 2011, and the ouster of President Morsi in 2013. President Sisi’s strong vision and strategies made him the posterchild of spending, but that image is now becoming tattered and torn. Ten years after he oversaw the…
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July 2023
Overview. On the political front, the main opposition party BNP has (as usual) called for a neutral government to oversee the upcoming elections and called the current Awami League government an illegitimate one, while the Awami League has accused the BNP of trying to run away from contesting the elections.…… Read the rest
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July 2023
President Hassan has now been in power for more than two years. Her political and policy changes have transformed her country. Tanzania’s image has never been better. Hassan shaped her domestic and international agenda using what she calls “the four Rs” of reconciliation, resilience, reforms and rebuilding. Hassan has courted opposition support by agreeing to…