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Summary: As the US and Russia close a deal to secure a ceasefire in Syria, we analyse the role of international relations in brokering the truce. Plus: Catalan independence continues to rattle Spain’s government, nuclear murmurs from North Korea raise Japan’s ire and why the EU’s copyright laws look set to remain a little bit silly for some time yet.