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Why Brexit is about more than just Britain

  • Since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, attention has focused on internal UK debates about leaving the EU. Yet potentially the most important outcome of the UK’s vote to leave is how it is driving significant change in the EU itself. Brexit has catalyzed debates across Europe that...
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Is this the beginning of the end for globalization?

  • Recent equity market volatility, including last week’s 800-poins fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, has many economic drivers. However, another headwind is geopolitical risk with growing concern about the future of globalization itself, which has long characterized much policy orthodoxy....
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From Hong Kong to Moscow, is freedom on the march again?

  • Protesters gather before a march to West Kowloon railway station, where high-speed trains depart for the Chinese mainland, during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong. (AFP) Angela Merkel and other European leaders are preparing to commemorate the 30th...
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All eyes on ‘Five Eyes’ response to Huawei schism

  • A pedestrian walks past a Huawei product stand in central London. (AFP) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a key trip to Asia-Pacific this week, with a vital stop-off at Thailand’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign minister forum, before heading to Australia. In...
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Next UK PM must forge an elusive national consensus

  • Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson held their first head-to-head television debate on Tuesday night in their battle to become the UK’s next prime minister. With polls still indicating the sometimes-faltering Johnson could win the vote among Conservative Party members by a landslide, the irony is tha...
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Europe’s new leaders to face major early tests

  • Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen, currently a defense minister in Angela Merkel’s Cabinet, has been proposed for the European Commission president’s role. (Reuters) EU leaders on Tuesday agreed in principle on a new team to lead the Brussels-based club into the 2020s after a battle...
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After wild five years, EU prepares for 2020s

  • European presidents and prime ministers meet for a landmark summit on Thursday and Friday that will shape the continent until at least 2024. The meeting will focus on the bloc’s future strategic agenda, but the most difficult business will be carving up top EU jobs, with a transition of power u...
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Next UK leader must tackle troubled Tory legacy

  • Theresa May announced, with unusual emotion, on Friday that she will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7. While she will stay on as Britain’s prime minister until at least July, her time in office is now ending with an unfortunately lousy legacy. So, with the selection of a new...
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Abe to continue charm offensive as Trump visits Japan

  • Donald Trump starts on Saturday a multi-day trip to Japan with a packed agenda, including preparations for next month’s G-20 summit. The primary reason for the visit, from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s viewpoint, is the opportunity to deepen his personal bond with the mercurial...
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Troubled EU plots its future course

  • Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrives for the informal meeting of European Union leaders in Sibiu, Romania. (Reuters) European presidents and prime ministers met on Thursday for a landmark summit aimed at helping to set the EU’s strategic agenda for the next five years. The s...
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