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Australia/China – Australia keeps calm while China carries on (The Interpreter)

SAM ROGGEVEEN In the face of sustained coercion, Canberra has rejectedthe urge to seek economic revenge against Beijing. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-keeps-calm-while-china-carries-on

Africa – Illegal Wildlife Trade and Financial Investigations in West Africa (RUSI)

Alexandria Reid and Mark Williams This paper examines the illegal wildlife trade in West Africa, and provides recommendations on how to combat it. https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/illegal-wildlife-trade-and-financial-investigations-west-africa

Turkey/USA – Turkey–US Relations: Where Now? (RUSI)

Gülnur Aybet Turkey’s relations with the US have suffered a blow, but the US needs to understand that in a changing world, regional stability cannot...

Foreign investors cautiously see brighter skies ahead after pandemic shock (World Bank blogs)

CAROLINE FREUND ABHISHEK SAURAV PETER KUSEK https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/foreign-investors-cautiously-see-brighter-skies-ahead-after-pandemic-shock

Building gender aware data systems is critical to create a level playing field for women and girls (World Bank blogs)

MALARVIZHI VEERAPPAN TALIP KILIC Data can create economic and social value, which can be multiplied through repurposing and reuse. https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/building-gender-aware-data-systems-critical-create-level-playing-field-women-and-girls

Latin America – Twisted Democracies (Project-Syndicate)

ANDRÉS VELASCO In many democracies, particularly in Latin America, well-meaning reforms intended to enhance democracy have achieved just the opposite, with governments that are strong...

What Threatens Press Freedom Today? (Project-Syndicate)

JAN-WERNER MUELLER Transparency is the missing ingredient in large media platforms today, with everyone in the dark about how proprietary algorithms sort people and prioritize...

China – How Will the Digital Renminbi Change China? (Project-Syndicate)

SHANG-JIN WEI China's new digital renminbi by itself will not help the currency to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance. Its true significance instead lies...

Organized Labor After COVID (Project-Syndicate)

PRANAB BARDHAN Union membership was already declining steadily before the pandemic, and the future of organized labor as a political and economic force remains in...

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