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On the regular Policy File we round-up some essential weekend policy reading from around the web. This time around we look at US funding cuts to the UNFPA, Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping, and a deadly chemical attack in Syria.

On the regular Policy File we round-up some essential weekend policy reading from around the web. This time around we look at the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the future of the coal industry, and the debate over the death penalty in the Philippines.

On the regular Policy File we round-up some essential weekend policy reading from around the web. This week we look at Trump's meeting with Abe, the Jakarta election, and the 'fake news' phenomenon.

Each fortnight on the Policy File we round-up some essential weekend policy reading from around the web. This week we look at what Trump's victory means for the Asia-Pacific, the political crisis in South Korea, and mass protests in Jakarta.

Each fortnight on the Policy File we round-up some essential weekend policy reading from around the web. This week we look at a possible Brexit change of course, Duterte's swing to China, and what it means for Xi Jinping to be named the 'core' of Chinese leadership.