India’s improvement in The Ease of Doing Business index is the first tangible proof of Modi’s election promise of “maximum governance, minimum government.”
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Japan’s Looming Imperial Abdication
Japan’s succession will provide the country with symbols of its past, though some will try to hijack them as markers for the future.
Why Saudi Arabia’s Lebanon Gamble May Pay Off
Hezbollah may choose to focus on its all-important goal of securing Lebanese-Syrian relations, at the expense of the Houthis in Yemen.
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