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Nepal Like with most Western nations today, inflation is increasingly becoming an economic upheaval that most governments are struggling to deal with. However, in Nepal’s case, inflation is not a recent problem. Inflation is at a six-year high, with it increasingly rapidly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, due to the rise in crude oil …

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Fiji While the economy is mostly based on exporting water and fish, potential new partnerships with China could mean economic prosperity for the island nation. The recent Pacific Island Forum demonstrated how China committed in reaching some type of partnership with all the Pacific Island nations In May 2022, China was unsuccessful in its attempt …

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Vietnam Corruption is pervasive and stems throughout the country, especially in the upper echelons of power. The scale of financial crime among the political class has reached a point where even the government can no longer turn a blind eye. In recent years, there have been several corruption scandals, where the perpetrators were prosecuted. During …

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Vanuatu The biggest threat facing countries like Vanuatu are the rising sea levels caused by climate change. The government has been pressured by the people to bring the issue of climate change to international courts. Loughman has stated that international funding for Pacific islands to rebuild societies threatened by rising sea levels would be boosted …

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Taiwan Soon after Russian forces entered eastern Ukraine in late February, there was much concern from the West that this would encourage China to enact the same “military operation” in Taiwan. Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration sent a high-level delegation consisting of ex-defence officials to Taiwan to show support, amid the fears …

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Kyrgyzstan This month Kyrgyzstan held a summit for the Central Asian countries amid Russia’s declining role in the region. Leaders from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan joined Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in the resort town of Cholpon-Ata amid the growing unrest in the region. The summit took place just weeks after several dozen people were killed …

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Kosovo This move towards EU membership has undoubtedly angered neighbouring Serbia, which still refuses to recognise the sovereignty of its former province. Serbian President Alexander Vučić has vowed never to recognise Kosovo as an independent country and previously reacted strongly to rumours of EU membership and possible NATO applications. Threatening to deploy a “strong and …

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This is custom heading element As the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the UK was fertile ground for malpractice, be it the £16bn USD lost through fraud in the furlough scheme, ‘bounceback’ loans and business interruption payments or the ‘fast lane’ of contracts for PPE and other medical equipment that spoke of knowing collusion …

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Spain Corruption costs Spain a full 8% of its GDP, or €90bn EUR each year. Predominantly this is driven by kickbacks, bribery and embezzlement at local level between regional leaders and business chiefs to secure preferential contracts and treatment, with influence and promises being traded as much as the traditional ‘brown envelopes’. Each region thus …

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