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USA – COVID-19, the educational equity crisis, and the opportunity ahead (Brookings)

Heather J. Hough As the one-year anniversary of campus closures due to COVID-19 passed last March, nearly half of America’s children were attending schools operating remotely or...

USA – Biden’s 100-day strategy: Under-promise and over-deliver (Brookings)

Elaine Kamarck “I’ve come to talk about crisis and opportunity.” Thus began President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress given at the 100-day mark of his...

Taiwan – An asymmetric defense of Taiwan (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon In recent months, as China’s threats against Taiwan have mounted, strategists and policymakers have been debating whether it is time for a change to the somewhat...

Pandemic preparedness and response: Beyond the WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (Brookings)

Kaushik Basu, Lawrence Gostin, and Nicole Hassoun The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Solidarity Call to Action for equitable global access to COVID-19 health technologies by...

USA – The importance of USMCA for the Biden administration’s economic and foreign policy (Brookings)

Joshua P. Meltzer In her confirmation hearing, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai stated that “trade is like any other tool in our domestic or foreign policy. It...

USA/Hungary – Blinken alarmed at Hungary press freedom, urges openness (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced alarm Wednesday (28 April) at a deterioration of press freedom in Hungary and vowed to...

Europe/Russia/China – EU report accuses Russia, China of sowing mistrust in Western vaccines (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with Reuters Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing...

Carbon border levy should start with steel, cement and fertilisers, says Poland (Euractiv)

Kira Taylor | EURACTIV.com Steel, cement and fertilisers should be among the first sectors covered by the upcoming carbon border levy aimed at safeguarding European businesses from...

Europe – Germany, France, Italy, Spain push for implementation of recovery fund (Euractiv)

Jorge Valero | EURACTIV.com Finance ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and Spain urged member states on Wednesday (28 April) to submit their recovery plans and pressed the...

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