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USA/China – China’s Twitter trolls make bid for vacant Trump property (The Interpreter)

ELLIOTT ZAAGMAN “Own the libs” obnoxiousness failed, but China’s social media diplomats haven’t all got the memo. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-twitter-trolls-make-bid-vacant-trump-property

Indonesia/ASEAN/Myanmar – Indonesia gambles on special ASEAN summit on Myanmar (The Interpreter)

JOHANNES NUGROHO Joko Widodo may have an eye to his legacy by invitingthe junta to Jakarta, but it could also cost his prestige. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/indonesia-gambles-special-asean-summit-myanmar

India – India’s failure to include enough women in politics (The Interpreter)

RAJESH TRICHUR VENKITESWARAN The world’s largest democracy has barely begun to draw on half its pool of candidates. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-s-failure-include-enough-women-politics

USA – “America’s back” in the Paris Agreement. For how long? (The Interpreter)

NICHOLAS CHAN Climate politics is enjoying an optimistic moment, but aTrumpist rerun would be ruinous for environmental diplomacy. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/america-s-back-paris-agreement-how-long

USA/Afghanistan – Leaving Afghanistan and why America doesn’t win wars (The Strategist)

Amin Saikal Since World War II, the United States has lost just about every war that it has fought in a developing country. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/leaving-afghanistan-and-why-america-doesnt-win-wars/

Australia – Australia needs to get ready now for the quantum future (The Strategist)

Anastasia Kapetas When we think of technology and geostrategic competition, artificial intelligence and the race between China and the US to dominate these technologies and...

Australia – Export possibilities mean Australia’s clean-energy future can also be the world’s (The Strategist)

Fanny Boulaire Global energy demand and associated greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing steadily since the middle of the 20th century. With power generation accounting for 41%...

Bangladesh – The Bangladesh army’s increasing role in civilian affairs (East Asia Forum)

Kamal Ahmed, London On 10 February 2021 the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) did the unthinkable and demanded a UN investigation into alleged corruption in...

Brunei/ASEAN – Brunei faces a tough year as ASEAN Chair (East Asia Forum)

Moez Hayat, Georgetown University The year began well enough for Brunei when the sultanate took up its responsibilities as ASEAN chair. Under the theme of ‘We...

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