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Across

1. European state that maintains permanent neutrality but is an EU member

5. Gulf state that hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet

10. FIPS code for the Palestinian territory west of the Jordan River

12. Two-letter initials of the Brussels-based bloc shaping Europe’s collective diplomacy

13. City where Nigeria relocated its capital from Lagos in 1991

14. Three-letter shorthand used for India’s foreign-policy ministry

16. Regional organisation bringing together South Asian states

17. Five-letter name for the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2

19. Three-letter ISO code for the Central American country whose capital is San José

21. Three-letter country code for the Nordic state whose capital is Stockholm

23. Two-letter ISO code for the country whose capital straddles the Danube

26. ISO code for the Gulf kingdom involved in the conflict with Yemen’s Houthis

28. Two-letter ISO code for Serbia

30. Policy of shielding domestic industries from foreign competition

32. Two-letter ISO code for the G7 member whose capital is Rome

33. Two-letter ISO code for the Central African state whose capital is Kinshasa

35. Two-letter ISO code for the Central Asian state whose capital is Bishkek

37. Two-letter ISO code for the Caribbean state that maintains a socialist political system

38. Third word in the name of the Indian Ocean regional organisation

40. Three-letter ISO currency code for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s convertible mark

41. Surname of the Australian co-chair of the ICISS

44. G7 presidency holder in 2024

46. Prefix used by Argentina’s naval vessels

47. City at the centre of the 1857 siege

48. Two-letter ISO code for the AU headquarters country

50. Two-letter ISO code for the South American country east of Guyana

51. Restriction on trade or economic activity with a country

52. Political councils that formed the basis of the Soviet state

Down

1. Condition central to realist thought in international relations

2. Riyadh’s adjective in diplomatic headlines

3. Three-letter country code for the East African country whose capital is Kigali

4. Two-letter country code for the European state known as the “Celtic Tiger”

6. Two-letter country code for the Gulf federation whose capital is Abu Dhabi

7. IATA code for Hughes Airport in Alaska

8. People whose modern political identity spans much of West Asia and North Africa

9. Seven-letter adjective completing the name of the NPT

11. Describing a radical transformation of a political or social order

14. Two-letter ISO code for China’s Portuguese-influenced special administrative region

15. Two-letter term describing the technology reshaping the future

17. Temporary suspension of fighting agreed between opposing parties

18. Official representatives conducting relations between states

20. Two-letter ISO code for the world’s largest country by land area

22. Two-letter country code for the Pacific island state formerly known as Western Samoa

24. Japanese city associated with the 1997 climate agreement

25. Emerging-economy grouping central to the Global South debate

27. China’s transcontinental infrastructure and connectivity initiative

29. Three-letter ISO code for the world’s youngest country

31. State at the centre of the Crimea dispute since 2014

34. Meetings that bring heads of government to the same table

36. Tag linking a product to its geographical origin

37. Two-letter ISO code for the G7’s northernmost member

39. Last word in the name of a famous ecotourism village in Papua

40. Final word in the name of the major 1944 German offensive on the Western Front

42. Two-letter ISO code for the Holy See

43. ISO code for the African state whose capital is Windhoek

45. Three-letter currency code for the Yemeni rial

47. Three-letter abbreviation for North Vietnam’s wartime state

48. ISO code for the Red Sea state that gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993

49. Two-letter ISO code for the West African state whose capital is Lomé

50. Two-letter ISO code for the Horn of Africa state on the Gulf of Aden

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