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Russia/Turkey – Leader-Oriented Relations Between Russia and Turkey in Times of Pandemic (The Jamestown Foundation)

Hasan Selim Özertem At the end of April, Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that the Ministry of Health had granted emergency use authorization in Turkey to...

China – What I Learned From the PLA’s Latest Strategy Textbook (The Jamestown Foundation)

Joel Wuthnow In August 2020, China’s National Defense University (NDU) released a revised version of its Science of Military Strategy (战略学, zhanlüe xue) (SMS), a core textbook for...

Belarus/Europe – Belarus president denounces EU-imposed sanctions over plane diversion (Al Arabiya)

Belarus’ authoritarian president lashed out Wednesday at Europe for trying to “strangle” his country with sanctions over the diversion of a passenger jet, and he...

Europe/Mediterranean/Migrants – EU partly to blame for Mediterranean migrant deaths: UN (Al Arabiya)

The European Union is partly to blame for deaths of migrants taking boats across the Mediterranean due to unanswered distress calls, obstruction of humanitarian...

Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Hezbollah – The war on Gaza further exposes Hezbollah’s hypocritical duplicity (Al Arabiya)

Makram Rabah For someone who never misses a chance to threaten Israel with eternal destruction, Hassan Nasrallah and his Iran-sponsored militia have stood idle as...

Myanmar – Myanmar cardinal calls for end to violence after church attack (Al Jazeera)

Appeal from Charles Maung Bo came after four people sheltering in a church were killed in fighting in country’s east. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/myanmar-cardinal-calls-for-end-to-violence-after-church-attack

Indonesia – Why are more Indonesian women getting involved in bomb attacks? (Al Jazeera)

Aisyah Llewellyn and Arif Budi Setyawan Women have played an increasingly prominent role in hardline attacks in Indonesia in a development that reflects ISIL’s influence, analysts say. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/25/why-are-more-women-leading-bomb-attacks-in-indonesia

Israel/Palestine/Ireland – Ireland recognises Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestine (Al Jazeera)

Gov’t now set to vote on amendment that, if passed, would expel the Israeli ambassador to Ireland and impose sanctions against Israel. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/ireland-recognises-israels-de-facto-annexation-of-palestine

Colombia – Ivan Duque least popular Colombian president on record: Poll (Al Jazeera)

Pressure has increased on Duque amid widespread anti-government protests in recent weeks. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/26/duque-most-unpopular-colombian-president-poll

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