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Asia

The Xi Factor

Steve Tsang on the outcome of the CCP congress and Trump’s expected visit to China

By Steve Tsang

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Europe

Chaos in Catalonia

Catalan MEP Javi Lopez on why violence will get the Spanish government nowhere

By Javi López

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Middle East/North Africa

‘There is no military solution’

The US is right to renew its commitment to Afghanistan. But focussing on killing terrorists above nation-building is a mistake.

By Mirco Günther

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Macron: the honeymoon's over

Professor Rainbow Murray discusses the French president's rapidly declining popularity

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“The economy isn’t working for workers”

American union leader Richard Trumka on Trump, trade and tax breaks for the rich

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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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Asia

Security by the back door

Japanese MP Shôichi Kondô discusses a controversial anti-terror law that critics say weakens civil liberties

By Shoichi Kondo

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Europe

“Brussels is financing the entire Orbán machine”

Hungarian journalist Péter Magyari discusses how to tackle the autocracy taking over his country

By Péter Magyari

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Europe

Game, set and match

Stefan Dehnert on the success of Macron’s party in the final round of France’s legislative elections

By Stefan Dehnert