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Saudi Arabia/UAE/Yemen – Saudi Arabia and the UAE consolidating strategic positions in Yemen’s east and islands. As the peace process has stalled between the...

Bruce Riedel https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/05/28/saudi-arabia-and-the-uae-consolidating-strategic-positions-in-yemens-east-and-islands/

USA/Russia – To face Russia and Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden needs a smart strategy. Michael O’Hanlon argues that to reduce tension with Russia, the...

Michael E. O’Hanlon https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/05/28/to-face-russia-and-vladimir-putin-joe-biden-needs-a-smart-strategy/

TechInnovation – The TechStream newsletter: Modi hardens crackdown on online freedoms (Brookings)

Member of All India Student Federation teaches farmers about social media as part of demonstrations against proposed reforms to Indian agriculture laws. (Pradeep Gaur...

Ethiopia – Social assistance in Ethiopia during COVID-19 (Brookings)

Ashwini Deshpande, Addis Kassahun Mulat, Wenhui Mao, and Mohamed Mustafa Diab In a pandemic, government support to improve people’s ability to cope with health and economic challenges is...

Germany – Germany is becoming ground zero for the challenges of deep decarbonization (Brookings)

Samantha Gross Global climate politics in 2021 is focused on generating more ambitious climate pledges from member countries of the Paris Agreement before the Conference...

USA – The true costs of the Tulsa race massacre, 100 years later (Brookings)

Greenwood Avenue south of Easton Street, Tulsa. Photo by Tulsa City County Library via Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Andre M. Perry, Anthony Barr, and Carl Romer https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-true-costs-of-the-tulsa-race-massacre-100-years-later/  

Cybersecurity – SolarWinds hackers are behind a widespread phishing campaign impersonating USAID, Microsoft says (CyberScoop)

Sean Lyngaas The same Russian spies who exploited SolarWinds software to infiltrate U.S. government agencies have in the last week launched a phishing campaign that...

Cybersecurity – Pulse Secure VPN hacking also hit transportation, telecom firms, FireEye says (CyberScoop)

Sean Lyngaas A sprawling Chinese espionage operation against U.S. and European government organizations extends to additional commercial sectors than previously known and involves four new...

Cybersecurity – Cozy Bear revisits one of its greatest hits, researchers say: election skulduggery (CyberScoop)

Tim Starks It looks like the Russian government-linked hacking group Cozy Bear is back in the election trickery business. https://www.cyberscoop.com/cozy-bear-volexity-election-fraud-usaid-spearphishing/

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