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Africa

José kidding?

Angola’s president of four decades may be stepping down, but his cronies will ensure power and wealth stay in the family

By Francesca Spinola, Ellie Mears

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Asia

Lawless order

The Philippines’ ongoing war on drugs will shatter hopes of peace for a generation

By Rikard Jalkebro

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Middle East/North Africa

The blame game

Holding Saudi Arabia responsible for Islamist terrorism lets Western governments off the hook

By Emily Winterbotham, Michael Jones

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Foreign and security policy

Controlling the killer robots

We need to keep a human in the loop

By Jennifer Baker

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Interviews

Keeping the peace – just about

Kenya’s presidential rivals are urging calm following a hotly contested election

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Leaving the West behind

Former UN envoy Michael von der Schulenburg says the world has seen Western democracy and found it wanting

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The politics of memory

70 per cent good, 30 per cent bad

China has found a simple formula to assess Mao Zedong’s legacy

By Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer

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Europe

Europe’s last dictatorship

Will Belarus be able to shrug off its autocratic image?

By Dzmitry Halubnichy