Category: Country Reports
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February 2023
Overview. The regime has responded to on-going protests (now in their fifth month) with more lethal force in the outlying provinces and with a series of death sentences and executions of young people accused of being involved in protest activity. This seems to have cooled all but the most fervent demonstrators’ enthusiasms for now.…… Read…
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February 2023
Overview. Egypt’s economy is staggering. Prices in all sectors continue to surge, putting inflation at its highest rate since 2017. The search is still on to find a sustainable economic system that can support Egypt in the long term. Stabilising the economy is now imperative. If it were to fail, the ensuing political turmoil and…
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February 2023
Overview. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the main opposition, BNP, to get its act together and participate in the next general elections, while BNP has demanded the formation of a caretaker government before the elections are held. On the economic front, the World Bank has cut Bangladesh’s GDP growth estimates down to…
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February 2023
Pakistan is reeling with political crises, economic woes, soaring inflation and terrorism. All of this compounded by deadly floods that have killed hundreds and decimated crops. The World Bank describes the country as Asia’s “weakest economy”. We don’t see that changing anytime soon. Islamabad appears to lack the political will to implement the sweeping reforms…
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February 2023
Overview. Last year’s political upheaval and violent clashes are now firmly in the rear-view mirror. Kazakhstan continues to move forward and international investors are eager to get involved. That doesn’t mean that 2023 will be uneventful. We have elections to get through, inflation to curb, and an extra harsh winter is biting hard.…… Read the…
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January 2023
Overview. Deadly protests continue into a fourth month but have yet to lead to concessions by the regime or produce alternative political leaders. Iran feels further international isolation as China and Iran’s regional rivals cosy up to one another and Iran is kicked out of a UN Commission for its response to protesters’ calls for…