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22 Jun 2023 5 minute read

Country Profile: United Arab Emirates

Ibtisaam Babikr profiles the wealthy Gulf state determined to rehabilitate its image.

6 Feb 2023 4 minute read

Country profile: South Korea

Hailey Maxwell profiles the East Asian nation and its flourishing soft power.

Two women and a man smile outside a green and blue building. The man carries chopped wood.

24 May 2022 5 minute read

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Country profile: Belarus

Alexey Sakhnin considers the country that made international headlines for massive anti-government protests...

30 Apr 2020 5 minute read

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Country profile: Ukraine

Written well before Russia’s recent invasion, this 2020 profile of Ukraine, by Bennett Murray, provides...

Girls sit at desks in a school classroom

2 Feb 2022 5 minute read

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Iraq: at a glance

For so long subject to ‘the tyranny of strangers’, Zoe Holman explores the ongoing appetite for change in...

19 Aug 2018 3 minute read

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Botswana: losing its sparkle?

Wame Molefhe profiles Botswana, where prosperity has morphed into corruption and inequality.

23 May 2018 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Lebanon

Civil war, ISIS invasions, mountains of rubbish. Reem Haddad reports from Beirut.

26 Mar 2018 3 minute read

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Paraguay: An unequal land

Paraguay’s land activists are under attack. Toby Hill profiles the country’s precarious democracy....

18 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Fiji: really a tropical island paradise?

Inclusive rhetoric by Fiji’s PM is belied by police repression, reports Wame Valentine.

14 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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A look at Bahrain today

Despite the atrocious human rights situation in the country, the West finds much to celebrate about Bahrain. Zoe...

Two women sheltering from the heat. A look at Uzbekistan today

1 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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A look at Uzbekistan today

In December, the country elected the successor of long-time dictator Karimov. But things might not get much better.

30 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Somaliland between clans and November elections

Despite its ‘exceptional’ peace and stability, Somaliland remains fragile, says Claire Elder.

1 Jun 2017 3 minute read

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Stagnation, oil and oligarchy: a look at today's Algeria

Power rests in the hands of a corrupt military and political oligarchy that denies people the right to self-determination,...

1 May 2017 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Nepal

After the 2015 earthquake, foreign governments and organizations pledged $4.1 billion in gifts and loans, but funds are yet to...

1 Apr 2017 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Cambodia

Both cash flow and political power have remained concentrated in Cambodia, writes Zoe Holman.

1 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Bolivia

A flourishing economy, more jobs and less poverty - is Bolivia a Latin American success story?

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