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Lebanon – Lebanon MPs stall lifting immunity in port blast probe (Al Jazeera)

Lebanese legislators on Friday held up an investigation into the Beirut port blast, less than a month before its first anniversary, demanding more proof before...

Israel/West Bank – Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians; hundreds wounded (Al Jazeera)

Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators who rallied against an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday, with more...

Israel/West Bank – Israeli settlements amount to ‘war crime’: UN expert (Al Jazeera)

A top UN rights expert has called for Israeli settlements to be classified as war crimes, urging the international community to demand accountability for...

USA – Businesses Are Victims of Gentrification, Too (Willow Lung-Amam, Brookings)

Before the pandemic, small businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods in U.S. cities like Oakland, Miami and Washington, D.C., faced many of the same pressures as residents....

USA – Did Trump damage American democracy? (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

Did Trump permanently damage American democracy? This question has spawned a veritable cottage industry of hand wringing over the state of American democracy—understandably so....

Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s remarkable development journey: Government had an important role too (Akhtar Mahmood, Brookings)

This year, as Bangladesh celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence, a plethora of writings have tried to explain its remarkable transformation from a...

Germany/USA – Germany’s upcoming election and the future of nuclear sharing (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

The United States has long deployed nuclear weapons in Germany under “programs of cooperation” in which the weapons are maintained under U.S. custody but,...

China – Global China’s growing role in the world (Ryan Hass, Emilie Kimball, and Bill Finan, Brookings)

China is no longer just a rising power; it is now a truly global actor, economically and militarily. In a new book from the...

Malaysia – Countering terrorism on Malaysia’s borders (Piya Raj Sukhani, East Asia Forum)

Internal threats have hampered the overall effectiveness of Malaysia’s border security in the past. Given that the threat of violent extremism in Southeast Asia has...

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