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Global digital governance can start in Asia (East Asia Forum)

Editorial Board, ANU Data is not the new oil, it’s much more. The digital economy is the new economy and will underpin productivity growth and...

Digital Global Economy – Avoiding a fractured digital global economy (East Asia Forum)

Shiro Armstrong, ANU, Rebecca Sta Maria, APEC Secretariat and Tetsuya Watanabe, RIETI Digitalisation accelerated during the pandemic as societies adjusted to social distancing through rapid...

North Korea/China – North Korea’s economy is recentralised and China-reliant (East Asia Forum)

Sangsoo Lee, ISDP In North Korea, many enjoy making money for themselves by selling products in private markets. Under Kim Jong-un, expanding these markets became...

Koreas – Moon’s last hope for reconciliation with North Korea (East Asia Forum)

Jeffrey Robertson, Yonsei University The Moon administration has set itself up to be judged against a self-imposed objective to promote reconciliation with North Korea. This...

ASEAN/USA/China – Can ASEAN offer a way out of the US–China choice? (East Asia Forum)

Joel Ng, RSIS The first Quad summit, held in March 2021, signals that a contest for both influence and methods is underway in the Indo-Pacific...

China/Russia – Energy partnership bolsters China–Russia relations (East Asia Forum)

Francesco Sassi, University of Pisa Russia’s Novatek and China’s Shenergy signed a new gas deal in February 2021, highlighting the primacy of energy ties in China–Russia relations....

Kyrgyzstan – Observers from Moscow-led security bloc view Kyrgyzstan referendum as valid, says senator (TASS)

The observers registered high turnout and high rate of support for the proposed constitutional amendments https://tass.com/world/1276635

Egypt/Russia – Egypt’s top diplomat highlights deep ties between Cairo, Moscow serving mutual interests (TASS)

Sameh Shoukry underscored that the republic awaits the events planned within the Year of humanitarian cooperation of Russia and Egypt with great anticipation https://tass.com/world/1276621

Russia – Putin tasks government with developing issue of viscous oil encouragement (TASS)

The government is to report to the president on that issue by May 1 https://tass.com/politics/1276657

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