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Southern Philippines: Making Peace Stick in the Bangsamoro

The newly autonomous area in the southern Philippines is progressing toward full self-rule, but delays in the associated peace process and renewed skirmishes are causing concern. With donor support, regional and national authorities should work to bolster the transition in advance of crucial 2025 elections.

Rethinking Gas Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean

Major gas finds in the eastern Mediterranean seabed over the last ten years have fuelled ambitions to link the region’s energy markets and, in turn, bring its countries in conflict to the negotiating table. These great expectations have proven outsized, but smaller-scale objectives are achievable.

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إعادة التفكير بدبلوماسية الغاز في شرق المتوسط

لقد أوقد اكتشاف كميات كبيرة من الغاز في القاع الشرقي للبحر الأبيض المتوسط، على مدى السنوات العشر الماضية، طموحات بربط أسواق الطاقة في المنطقة؛ وبالمقابل، دفع البلدان المتصارعة فيها إلى طاولة المفاوضات. لكن تبيّن أن هذه الآمال العريضة كان مبالغاً بها. رغم ذلك فإن ثمة أهدافاً أضيق نطاقاً ما يزال من الممكن تحقيقها.

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An Island Divided: Next Steps for Troubled Cyprus

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have moved farther apart since a failed summit in 2017, hampering cooperation in several important matters and increasing tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. Hopes for reunifying Cyprus are faint at present, but the parties can still work toward more modest goals.

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Ένα νησί διαιρεμένο: Κύπρος: Τα επόμενα βήματα για την προβληματική Κύπρο

Οι Ελληνοκύπριοι και οι Τουρκοκύπριοι απομακρύνθηκαν ακόμα περισσότερο μετά την αποτυχημένη Σύνοδο του 2017, με αποτέλεσμα να παρεμποδιστεί η συνεργασία σε πολλά σημαντικά ζητήματα και να αυξηθούν οι εντάσεις στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο. Οι ελπίδες για την επανένωση της Κύπρου είναι ελάχιστες προς το παρόν, αλλά οι δύο πλευρές μπορούν να συνεχίσουν να εργάζονται για την επίτευξη πιο μετριοπαθών στόχων.

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Bölünmüş Bir Ada: Kıbrıs Sorunu İçin Sıradaki Adımlar

Müzakerelerin çöktüğü 2017 yılından beri Kıbrıslı Rum ve Kıbrıslı Türk pozisyonları birbirinden uzaklaşmakta. Bazı önemli konularda iki taraf arasında işbirliği zorluklarla yürüyor.  Bu durum Doğu Akdeniz’de gerilimleri de besleyebiliyor. Yeniden birleşme artık düşük bir olasılık, fakat taraflar daha gerçekçi hedeflere doğru yol alabilirler. 

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A Silent Sangha? Buddhist Monks in Post-coup Myanmar

The Sangha, Myanmar’s Buddhist monastic community, has largely stayed out of politics since the 2021 coup. As youth take the vanguard of resistance, a long-term shift in the country’s civic life – and a conservative backlash – could be in the offing. The issue bears close watching.

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အာဏာသိမ်းမှုအလွန်မှာ သံဃာထုရဲ့အသံ တိတ်ဆိတ်သွားပြီလား

၂၀၂၁စစ်အာဏာသိမ်းချိန်ကစ၍ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ သံဃာထုသည် နိုင်ငံရေးတွင် ထဲထဲဝင်ဝင် ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်ခြင်း မရှိပေ။ စစ်အာဏာရှင်ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုကို လူငယ်များက ဦးဆောင်လာကြခြင်းသည် ရေရှည်တွင် ပြောင်းလဲလာမည့် နိုင်ငံရေးယဉ်ကျေးမှုတစ်ရပ် ဖြစ်ပေသည်။ အဆိုပါပြောင်းလဲလာသည့် နိုင်ငံရေးယဉ်ကျေးမှုကို ရှေးရိုးစွဲအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းက မထင်မှတ်ထားသည့် နည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် တုံ့ပြန်လာနိုင်သည်။ ၎င်းတို့သည် ဂရုတစိုက် စောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရမည့် အပြောင်းအလဲများ ဖြစ်သည်။

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沉默的僧伽? 缅甸政变后的佛教僧侣

自2021年政变以来,缅甸佛教僧侣社群 - 僧伽普遍上没有参与政治。随着年轻人成为反抗运动的先锋,缅甸公民生活的长期转变以及保守派的强烈反对可能即将到来,这个问题需要密切关注。

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Containing Transnational Jihadists in Syria’s North West

The rebels who control north-western Syria are dealing harshly with ISIS cells but have not yet crushed them entirely. The best way to stop jihadists from rebounding is to consolidate the area’s ceasefire. Outside powers can also help by sending more humanitarian aid.

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