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Getting Damascus to take the steps needed to restore its links to the outside world may cost Moscow its reputation as a reliable ally.

Moscow’s response to the Western alliance’s expulsion of Russian diplomats is aimed at undermining transatlantic unity and deterring additional U.S. sanctions.

A submarine capability would make it more difficult for the U.S. or South Korea to destroy all of Pyongyang’s potentially nuclear-armed weapons in a first strike.

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Numerous triggers could easily incite more sectarian clashes, including funerals for the victims and ongoing disputes over the probe into last year’s port explosion.

Retaliating against YPG militants in northern Syria would put Ankara back on a confrontational path with Russia and Damascus.

The president's appointment of more moderate officials will widen his support in Congress, though it’ll likely anger the indigenous groups living near Peru’s lucrative mining and oil reserves.

The Arab Gulf country's long coastline makes it particularly vulnerable to the effects of warming sea temperatures, including more frequent tropical storms.

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After 20 years of building up economic, political and security ties with the former Afghan government, New Delhi now finds itself back at square one.