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Can China’s commercial space sector achieve lift off? (East Asia Forum)

R Lincoln Hines, Cornell University China announced in 2014 that it would allow private investment into its traditionally state-dominated space sector. This decision led to rapid proliferation...

Senkaku Diaoyu Islands/Japan/China – Japan’s Senkaku public awareness campaign at risk of backfiring (East Asia Forum))

Toshiya Takahashi, Shoin University The Japanese policy debate on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is heating up. China’s Coast Guard Law, passed in January, stimulated nationalist reactions...

USA – How big of a vaccine surplus will the US have? (Brookings)

Simon J. Evenett The Biden administration is busy burnishing America’s global credentials. The U.S. Treasury wants an international approach to corporate tax. Meanwhile, climate change...

USA – How a Memphis medical district is connecting residents to living-wage jobs (Brookings)

Latasha Harris and Vonesha Mitchell Memphis, Tenn.—home of the blues, soul, and rock and roll—is also home to significant economic, social, and cultural assets. One of these assets...

Machines learn that Brussels writes the rules: The EU’s new AI regulation (Brookings)

Mark MacCarthy and Kenneth Propp The European Union’s proposed artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, released on April 21, is a direct challenge to Silicon Valley’s common view that law should...

USA – Is the United States a racist country? (Brookings)

Rashawn Ray South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott shocked many people when in response to President Joe Biden’s Congressional address he stated that “America is not a...

USA/Afghanistan – Don’t expect an al-Qaida reboot in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Daniel L. Byman U.S. troops are beginning the process of leaving Afghanistan, after almost 20 years of fighting. Announcing his decision to complete the U.S. withdrawal...

USA/Europe/Germany – Hello, Berlin? Germany’s future raises foreign policy concerns for allies (Brookings)

Constanze Stelzenmüller President Joe Biden has made it clear that he really, really wants to work with Europe. After the four traumatic years of the...

China – Shanghai’s dynamic art scene (Brookings)

Cheng Li China’s cosmopolitan middle class and the value of international cultural exchanges https://www.brookings.edu/essay/shanghais-dynamic-art-scene/

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