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Struggle for succession - could Russia have a more dangerous leader than Putin?

Shoigu's shopping list in Pyongyang - trade out of necessity and violation of UN resolutions

Not quite the usual Chinese purge - is Xi changing foreign policy by changing the minister?

Europe is not sliding towards the extreme right - election results more convincing than a moral panic

Trump in the maze of trials - his best-case scenario is the worst for American democracy

Putin's fear of flying - how to weaponise paranoia?

Heat waves are not incidents but a rule - Europe is late with a systematic response

The economy is now the Priority of Turkish Diplomacy

China's climate blackmail - a modest result of John Kerry's first mission in Beijing

The Russian threat to transporters of Ukrainian grain - a bluff that requires a strong response

The call that Netanyahu has been anxiously waiting for - are the US and Israel headed for normalisation?

Iran's morality police in action again - was Mahsa Amini's sacrifice in vain?