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AssessmentsOct 20, 2025 | 20:57 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Oct.15, 2025.
Syria-Russia Reapproachment Reinforces Damascus's Non-Confrontationalism
Syria will adopt a pragmatic approach to its relations with Russia that will leave the door open for diversified economic and security ties, help de-escalate tensions between Russia and Turkey, and could eventually facilitate small steps toward Syria's rapprochement with Iran. On Oct. 15, Syria's provisional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. This was al-Sharaa's first state visit to Russia since taking control of Syria in December 2024, following the ouster of Russia's ally, former leader Bashar al Assad, in December 2024. During the meeting, Putin and al-Sharaa addressed several key issues. They discussed the status of Russia's remaining military bases in Syria, which Moscow previously used to fight against rebels challenging the al Assad regime, including al-Sharaa's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Other topics included humanitarian aid, economic ties and the future status of al Assad himself, who remains in exile in Russia and whom Syria
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AssessmentsOct 17, 2025 | 20:31 GMT
Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and other senior government members and deputies attend the second plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China.
What To Watch for During China's Fourth Plenum
The Chinese government's fourth plenum will reveal its next five-year plan, elucidating economic and security objectives; it will likely also update Beijing's indigenous industrialization plans and fill the thinned ranks of the Chinese Communist Party, giving insights into future policy priorities and the trajectory of President Xi Jinping's political purges. China's Central Committee (CC), the national decision-making body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will hold its fourth plenum from Oct. 20-23. In its five-year tenure, each CC holds seven plenums, with this fourth plenum set to discuss China's 15th five-year plan. Each five-year plan is a policy document that roughly outlines the CCP's top economic, security and political priorities for China, with this latest iteration covering 2026-2030. Though the full details will not be published until China's ''Two Sessions'' rubber-stamp legislative meetings in March 2026, the CCP usually publishes a proposal containing the broad policy contours and ideological framing
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SnapshotsOct 16, 2025 | 18:52 GMT
A digital illustration of the Indian and Canadian flags.
India and Canada's Diplomatic Reset: Opportunities and Challenges
India and Canada's recent diplomatic engagements open the door to improved bilateral ties and resumed trade negotiations, though lingering mistrust -- particularly over Sikh separatist activity in Canada -- may limit deeper progress. During her visit to India from Oct. 12-14, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand met with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. The two officials agreed on a new roadmap to rebuild trust and deepen cooperation across areas such as trade, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, energy and security. Jaishankar also emphasized that both countries aim to ''de-risk the international economy by forging strong partnerships of growing range and depth.'' Anand was the first Canadian cabinet minister to visit India in two years, after the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil severely strained ties.
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AssessmentsOct 16, 2025 | 18:29 GMT
An Israeli military truck carries a tank in southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 14, 2025.
The Regional Implications of the Oct. 8 Gaza Ceasefire
The ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war will temporarily ease regional diplomatic tensions and free Israeli military resources for other fronts, but a collapse in the coming phases would almost certainly reignite conflict with Hamas, cause diplomatic friction with regional powers and risk a wider escalation involving Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran. On Oct. 15, Israel and Hamas entered negotiations over the second phase of the U.S.-backed 20-point Gaza peace plan that they reached on Oct. 8 as tensions flared over Israel's accusations that Hamas was not complying with the first phase by not releasing enough bodies of Israeli hostages. On Oct. 15, Israel announced that while three bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day were those of Israeli hostages, a fourth body was not. Meanwhile, mediators began discussing the deployment of an initial 1,000-strong Palestinian police force, trained by Egypt and Jordan, to help manage security in Gaza under
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SnapshotsOct 15, 2025 | 17:07 GMT
Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participate in a ceremony at the Pyongyang Sports Palace on Oct. 9, 2025, during Lam's three-day official visit to North Korea.
Vietnam's Lam Extends Diplomatic Balancing Act With Rare North Korea Visit
The first visit by Vietnam's leader to Pyongyang in nearly two decades reflects Hanoi's balancing strategy and North Korea's bid to broaden ties beyond China, though numerous constraints limit how far ties can deepen beyond certain symbolic steps. From Oct. 9-11, Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam visited Pyongyang at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the first Vietnamese leader-level trip since 2007 and only the second since 1950. The visit coincided with the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), around which Pyongyang organized a series of large-scale commemorations and diplomatic events. During his visit, Lam received a formal welcome ceremony, including a 21-gun salute and held high-level talks with Kim. The two leaders committed to deepen exchanges across party, parliamentary, governmental and local levels; broaden cooperation in sectors such as culture, education, health, tourism and information and communications; and intensify
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AssessmentsOct 14, 2025 | 21:26 GMT
Afghan men gather in support of the Taliban government during a rally in Khost, Afghanistan, on Oct. 13, 2025, amid heavy cross-border clashes with Pakistan.
Deadly Border Clashes Sharply Escalate Afghanistan-Pakistan Tensions
The recent deadly clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan will have a high risk of recurring over the coming weeks, while the two countries' entrenched disputes will challenge international efforts to prevent their re-emergence in the coming months and probably beyond. Late on Oct. 11, Afghan Taliban fighters opened fire on Pakistani security forces along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, fueling hours of the most intense clashes reported between the two sides since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021. Both sides reported inflicting heavy casualties on the other, while claiming to have sustained far fewer casualties themselves. They also reported striking and/or capturing dozens of the other's border outposts during the violence. These allegations, however, have not yet been independently verified. The border clashes followed a series of attacks targeting Pakistani security forces in northwest Pakistan on Oct. 10, which killed 23 people, including a handful of civilians. The attacks
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SnapshotsOct 14, 2025 | 15:43 GMT
Supporters of Bolivia's presidential candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Rodrigo Paz, listen to him speak during a campaign rally in El Alto, Bolivia, on Sept. 30, 2025.
Bolivia Set for Swing to Right in Presidential Runoff Vote
With Bolivia's presidential runoff on Oct. 19 pitting two right-wingers against each other, austerity measures and a foreign policy realignment toward the West are certain, but persisting risks of unrest and a potential future rollback of pro-business measures could extend current high debt and challenges to the country's investment attractiveness. Bolivia will hold its first-ever presidential runoff election on Oct. 19. Right-wing former President Jorge Quiroga of the Freedom and Democracy Alliance (Libre) will face off against center-right Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). The vote follows general elections on Aug. 17, in which Bolivia's ruling left-wing Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party lost control of the legislative branch and was eliminated from the presidential race. In the first round of the presidential election, Paz received 31% of the vote and Quiroga 26.7%. Pre-election polling for the runoff has indicated that Quiroga is leading. Unitel reported in
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Bolivia
Economics
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AssessmentsOct 13, 2025 | 15:36 GMT
Russian flag on a cracked wall, illustrating an economic decline with a downward arrow.
Russia's War Economy Is Faltering
The Russian economy is entering a multi-year stagnation that, while enabling the Kremlin to sustain the war effort over the next 12 months, will steadily erode the fiscal, industrial and technological foundations required to keep fighting at current intensity beyond 2026. On Oct. 7, the World Bank released its ''Fall 2025 Economic Update,'' which projects that Russian real GDP growth will decline from 4.3% in 2024 to 0.9% this year, 0.8% in 2026 and just 1% in 2027. The report describes a war-distorted economy in which tight monetary policy, shrinking private credit and labor shortages have stalled civilian production and only defense orders keep output artificially afloat. The Russian economy's non-defense activity has contracted, consumption has slowed and investment has fallen under high borrowing costs. With military spending at a record high and a drop of 17% in oil revenues, the federal budget deficit grew to 1.7% of GDP in
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