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1.	Shield against external aggression in national security policy. (7)
4.	Nation whose war reshaped U.S. foreign policy. (7)
9.	Disastrous failure in diplomacy or war. (7)
11.	Offensive action against a military target. (6)
12.	Domain of aerial warfare. (3)
13.	West African mountain range and UNESCO World Heritage Site. (5)
16.	African state shaped by a Cold War proxy war. (6)
17.	Global financial messaging network central to sanctions. (5)
19.	Dynasty overthrown at the First Battle of Panipat. (4)
20.	Resource transported through Nord Stream. (3)
21.	Land bridge linking Africa and Asia. (5)
23.	City that gave its name to the 1993 Israeli–Palestinian accords. (4)
24.	Food security monitoring network, in brief. (4)
26.	Distance a missile can travel. (5)
28.	Sovereign political entity in international law. (5)
30.	Northern Irish county bordering Lough Neagh. (6)
32.	Traditional vessel of the Indian Ocean trade. (4)
33.	Only landlocked country in mainland Southeast Asia. (4)
35.	Nobel Peace Prize laureate who led post-apartheid South Africa. (7)
36.	Missile named after two rivers. (7)

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1.	Home of Europe’s oldest reigning monarchy. (7)
2.	Union with shared central and state powers. (10)
3.	Agency behind many Cold War covert operations. (3)
5.	Region at the centre of Indo-Pacific rivalries. (8)
6.	Independent of Cold War power blocs. (10)
7.	Trading venues influenced by geopolitics. (7)
8.	Growing integration of economies and societies. (13)
10.	Country born from the 1971 Liberation War. (10)
14.	Home to Diego Garcia, in short. (2)
15.	Country code of the Niger River nation. (2)
18.	Preliminary pact setting terms for future negotiations, in brief. (2)
22.	Core democratic value often invoked in foreign policy. (7)
25.	High-level meetings between world leaders. (7)
27.	Swiss city synonymous with multilateral diplomacy. (6)
29.	Former capital of West Germany. (4)
31.	Military logistics process for arriving forces, in brief. (4)
34.	European product conformity mark. (2)

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