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Quad – Bolstering the Quad beyond its military dimensions (East Asia Forum)

John Blaxland and Ashok Sharma, ANU The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — comprising the United States, India, Japan and Australia — has been reinvigorated in...

China/Vaccine Diplomacy – Why China’s vaccine diplomacy is winning (East Asia Forum)

Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have been shipped to more than 80 countries for market or emergency use. Among them, 53 countries...

East Asia/Supply Chains – COVID-19 won’t rattle East Asian supply chains (East Asia Forum)

Fukunari Kimura, Keio University In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a series of overreactions about the viability of global value chains...

A clear agenda to save the WTO (East Asia Forum)

Inu Manak, Cato Institute The fate of the World Trade Organization (WTO) hangs in the balance after four years of assault by the Trump administration....

USA/Japan – The United States and Japan agree in principle, but implementation is key (East Asia Forum)

Glen S Fukushima, Washington DC On 16 April, US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had their first in-person meeting in Washington. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/04/28/the-united-states-and-japan-may-face-a-growing-perception-gap/

Russia/Myanmar – Why Russia is betting on Myanmar’s military junta (East Asia Forum)

Authors: Artyom Lukin, Far Eastern Federal University and Andrey Gubin, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military junta declared a state...

Towards a multipolar order post-pandemic (East Asia Forum)

Mely Caballero-Anthony, RSIS Not since the end of the Cold War has the concept of multipolarity been more salient as the global community grapples with...

Asia/Global Trade – Can Asia reinvent global trade? (East Asia Forum)

Author: Bilahari Kausikan, NUS Middle East Institute Let’s not believe our own propaganda. Asia reinventing global trade is a superficially attractive but problematic proposition. It...

Europe – EU countries, lawmakers reach deal to tackle online child sexual abuse (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with Reuters EU countries and EU lawmakers agreed late Thursday (29 April) to allow Facebook and Microsoft to scan and remove online child sexual...

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