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19 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 688
The Bahamas: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested
19 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 687
The US: Rekindling relations with Africa at Leaders Summit

6 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 684
Jiang Zemin and his Legacies
6 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 683
Taiwan: Local elections present unanticipated outcomes

30 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 681
Putin's address in the Valdai Club" Four Takeaways
30 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 680
Elon Musk's Twitter deal
23 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 679
The UK: Liz Truss' resignation spins political chaos

16 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 677
UN deems Russia’s referendums illegal
13 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 676
China: UNHRC proceeding on Xinjiang
9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 675
Trade and Statistics Outlook 2022-23: Four takeaways

9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 674
OPEC: The curious case of OPEC's production cuts
9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 672
Reducing Inequality Index 2022: Three Takeaways
2 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 665
The new DART Mission: A new era of planetary defence
29 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 669
Iran: Protests spark against hijab rules
25 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 664
Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

22 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 668
EU's food waste 2022: Three takeaways
18 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 663
Sweden: 2022 elections reflect political polarization
18 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 662
SCO Summit 2022: Who said what

16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 666
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 2021: Six takeaw
16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 665
North Korea: New legislation hinders denuclearization talks
16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 664
Ukraine: Counteroffensive in Kharkiv and Kherson
11 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 661
Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s State visit to India

11 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 659
Russia: Military exercise Vostok 2022
8 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 658
The UN report on Xinjiang: Four Takeaways
1 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 656
Iraq-Al-Sadr Withdraws, Protests Intensify
7 August 2022 | GP Short Notes # 653
Sri Lanka starts bailout talks with IMF

31 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 651
Tunisia: Referendum paves the way for one-man rule
24 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 649
Putin’s meeting with Khamenei and Erdogan

17 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 648
Elon Musk Versus: 'Twas a troll after all
3 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 643
NATO 2022 Strategic Concept: Four takeaways
26 June 2022 | GP Short Notes # 639
Saudi Arabia: Rapprochement with Turkey
26 June 2022 | GP Short Notes # 638
Europe: Approving Ukraine's candidature for the EU
8 May 2022 | GP Short Notes # 635
EU: New sanctions on Russia
24 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 631
Russia: New nuclear-capable ICBM test
17 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 629
Elon Musk and the battle for Twitter

10 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 627
New actions and sanctions on Russia
28 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 625
Europe: The new focus on defence

28 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 624
The G7 Summit: Focus on Russia and Ukraine’s defence
20 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 622
China: A careful strategy on Russia and Ukraine
13 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 620
China: Fifth Session of the 13th NPC
13 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 619
Ukraine: The Versailles declaration of the EU leaders
6 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 617
Sanctions against Russia: Effects and Divides

12 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 614
Quad summit in Australia: Focus on the Indo-Pacific 
12 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 613
The One Ocean Summit: A framework toward conservation

5 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 612
Escalation and de-escalation in the Ukraine crisis
29 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 610
The Normandy Format: Europe, Russia and Ukraine
15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 609
Mali: Tensions escalate as ECOWAS imposes sanctions

15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 608
Kazakhstan: Russia, China and the protests
15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 606
India, China 14th round of military talks in Ladakh
8 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 605
The US: Remembering 6 January

12 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 602
The US and Russia: Biden-Putin video conference
5 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 601
Honduras: The Return of the Left

28 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 598
From the US to China: Releasing the strategic oil reserves
21 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 597
Russia: The Anti-Satellite test

7 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 592
Japan: LDP secures a comfortable win in the 2021 elections
7 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 591
COP26: Focus on Deforestation, Methane, and Coal
31 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 590
China's White Paper on Climate Change
24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 589
The EU: Poland continues to defy the EU

24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 588
Russia: The Afghan summit
24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 587
China: The hypersonics missile tests
17 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 585
Afghanistan: The G20's "Extraordinary Summit"

10 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 583
Europe: The impending energy crisis
26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 580
Tunisia: President announces rule by decree
26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 579
Canada: Justin Trudeau wins but fails to secure a majority
12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 571
Lebanon: a new government after 13 months
12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 570
France: Trial begins for the 2015 terrorist attack
12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 569
US: 20 years after 9/11

5 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 568
The New Afghanistan
29 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 567
Kamala Harris' visit to Southeast Asia
1 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 557
Myanmar: Six months of the military rule

25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 555
COVID-19: China rejects the WHO investigation proposal
25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 553
China and India: Torrential rain and Deadly floods

18 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 550
Lebanon: Deepening political crisis
4 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 545
Backgrounder: Communist Party of China

4 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 544
China: CPC celebrates 100th founding anniversary
27 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 543
Europe: Russia's responses
20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 540
G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe
20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 538
China: Stern response to G7 and NATO summits
20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 537
G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe

13 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 535
Sahel: End of France's military operation
6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 531
Israel: End of Netanyahu era
6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 528
China: Following the census, a new three-child policy
30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 527
US: Another investigation into COVID origin
30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 524
Mali: The "coup within a coup"
16 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 517
China: What does the Census 2020 say?

2 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 511
Three years after inter-Korean talks
2 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 510
The US: Hundred days of President Biden
25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 508
Hong Kong: China now targets media freedom
25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 506
The US: Biden brings back the Climate change agenda
18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 505
Japan: The US fortifies alliance in the Indo-Pacific

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 503
US: Climate envoy John Kerry visits China
11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 499
Ukraine: Escalation of tensions with Russia
11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 497
Pakistan: A "new era" with Russia

11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 496
Iran: Return of the JCPOA talks
21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 490
The US and China: Biden's first dialogue with Beijing
21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 487
Japan and South Korea: The US returns to East Asia
21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 486
Afghanistan: The Moscow Summit
28 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 478
Afghanistan: Talks in Doha resume after weeks of delay
21 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 472
Iran: The new US offer to restart a dialogue
14 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 470
UAE: The Hope mission enters the Mars Orbit
23 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 461
The US: Biden brings America to Paris


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