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Talks between the warring parties in Yemen have achieved a ceasefire but other commitments agreed in Stockholm are slow to be implemented; without further progress the ceasefire could crumble and Yemen could be tipped toward famine.
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This paper looks at the possible options for dealing with returning terrorist fighters
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In January 2019 the US and the Taliban reached a basic agreement after direct talks, but was it really a breakthrough?
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It has been reported the Home Office believes Ms Begum is entitled to Bangladeshi citizenship as a result of her heritage. The position regarding her child may be more complex.
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It has been reported the Home Office believes Ms Begum is entitled to Bangladeshi citizenship as a result of her heritage. The position regarding her child may be more complex.
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What could happen if the EU and UK negotiators don't agree a withdrawal agreement in time and the UK has to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 without one - and with no framework for future relations either? This paper looks at how such a situation might come about, the constitutional implications for the UK and in some cases for the devolved administrations, and what the impact might be in a range of policy areas.
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The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] would create a framework to enable law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to apply to a UK court for an ‘overseas production order’ requiring a person (in practice, generally a communications service provider or ‘CSP’) in a foreign jurisdiction to produce or grant access to electronic data for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. An application would only be granted if the judge was satisfied that the data was likely to be of substantial value to the criminal proceedings or investigations for which it was sought, and that it would be in the public interest.
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The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2017-19 (HC Bill 219) was published on Wednesday 6 June 2018. Consideration of Lords amendments by the House of Commons is scheduled for 22 January 2019
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This briefing covers events in Indian-administered Kashmir since 8 July 2016, which have been characterised by a dramatic upsurge in protest and violence on the ground – what some are calling the “worst crisis in a generation”.
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This briefing sets out duties on schools in England to safeguard children from extremism, and promote British values, and related policy debates.
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This paper looks at the Political Declaration on the Framework for the Future Relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which was agreed by EU leaders on 25 November.
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Always high, the political temperature in Bangladesh rose further during 2018 as elections - due to be held by the end of the year - approached. This briefing surveys recent developments and election prospects. It also looks at Bangladesh's response to the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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The resignation of Saad Hariri, Lebanese Prime Minister, then his withdrawal of that resignation drew attention to Lebanon's entanglement with the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for influence in the region.
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What do we still not know about the Brexit process or the withdrawal agreement with the EU that is currently being negotiated? This paper looks at some of the main unknowns.
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The Government published its White Paper on future relations between the UK and the EU on 12 July. It envisages a 'common rulebook' to facilitate 'frictionless' trade, and among other things, UK cooperation in security matters, a commitment to maintain high environmental, data and consumer protection standards, UK participation in some EU agencies and solutions to the Irish border issues - all underpinned by a new governance structure that will pay "due regard" to the EU Court. Would the White Paper proposals work and do they respect both UK sovereignty and the indivisibility of the EU Single Market? David Davis's 'alternative' white paper proposes a somewhat different future relationship. This paper looks at proposals in both documents.
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