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Cybersecurity – A zero-trust approach to cyber security (David Morris, The Interpreter)

Amid the steady deterioration of the US–China relationship in recent years, China has become the focus of a new narrative on cyber risks, with...

Afghanistan – How did Afghanistan get to this crisis point? (Amin Saikal, The Strategist)

Afghanistan has been through many painful and destructive transitions in its modern history since its consolidation as a recognisable country from the mid-18th century,...

Japan – Tokyo’s non-cancellable Olympic moment (East Asia Forum)

The Tokyo Olympic Games are set to kick off in less than one month. The decision to proceed in the middle of the COVID-19...

Japan – Japan’s Olympic-sized COVID-19 gamble (Ben Ascione, East Asia Forum)

After a one-year postponement, the Tokyo Olympic Games are set to begin on 23 July. The Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

Myanmar – Myanmar military targets lawyers defending political prisoners (Andrew Nachemson and Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, Al Jazeera)

As Myanmar’s military struggles to consolidate its control over a country in revolt, it has increasingly targeted a different type of resistance: lawyers defending...

China – China releases new video, images from its Zhurong Mars rover (Al Jazeera)

The China National Space Administration has released new footage captured by the country’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 that was launched in mid-May. The videos and photos...

France – French far right beaten in key regional elections: Exit polls (Al Jazeera)

France’s far right has failed to win any region while the centrist ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron suffered another poll drubbing in the...

Colombia – Nine dead in separate attacks amid escalating violence (Al Jazeera)

At least nine people, including four police officers, have died in three separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence...

USA/Afghanistan – How will the US protect its collaborators in Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

For nearly 20 years, thousands of Afghans have risked their lives to work with US troops, in what became America’s longest war. But that war...

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