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Seventy years of the Geneva Conventions: what of the future?

    By Emanuela-Chiara Gillard

This latest report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the current state of international humanitarian

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Chinese Investment and the BRI in Sri Lanka

    By Ganeshan Wignaraja; Pabasara Kannangara; Dinusha Panditaratne; Divya Hundlani

This latest report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at China's Belt and Road Initiative. China’s

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Implementing Brexit: the role of the joint committee

    By Georgina Wright; Joe Owen

This latest report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the joint committee established

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Reducing the prison population

    By Aidan Shilson-Thomas

This latest report from UK think tank Reform looks at how to reduce prison overcrowding. This Reform Perspectives assesses

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The reset moment

    By Various Authors

This latest report from UK think tank British Future looks at attitudes to immigration. The reset moment:

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