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The Chairman’s ghost? Xi Jinping and the Communist Party plenum

Chinese President Xi Jinping was recently granted “core” status. What does this mean for China?

Trump’s world: foreign policy under the next president

An unlikely leader for an uncertain world. How will Donald Trump influence global hotspots?

What to expect from Clintonian foreign policy

Here’s how the Democratic candidate could shape external policy if she clinches victory on November 6.

Weekly Briefing: November 7, 2016

COP22 climate talks, the US election and Venezuela’s government resumes talks with the opposition

The (very real) possibility of election violence in the US

Allegations of vote rigging, media bias, and deep polarisation set the stage for potentially ugly scenes

Weekly Briefing: October 31, 2016

Lebanon gets a new president, Bolivia and Peru discuss a trans-continent railway and Theresa May visits India

Eating grass: the India-Pakistan rivalry renewed

India-Pakistan relations are in crisis again. How close to nuclear war will the rivals go?

Weekly Briefing: October 24, 2016

China’s Communist Party plenum, Spain’s political gridlock comes to a head, and OPEC discusses output deal

A ceasefire in Syria: opportunities and ohallenges

After repeated ceasefires failures, we assess the most likely outcomes for the Syrian conflict.

Down and Duterte: shakeup in the South China Sea

The Philippines’ new president is leaning away from America and towards China – is he hedging or is this a marked strategic shift?