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(Innovation/Technology) The future of data: Unmasking community-level differences to better address food insecurity (Brookings)

Ben Leo The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenge created by high-level, aggregated data when addressing chronic food security and other lasting challenges affecting Africa—namely...

(USA/China) The US and China finally get real with each other (Brookings)

Thomas Wright Thursday night’s very public dustup between United States and Chinese officials in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Biden administration’s first official meeting with China,...

(USA/China) A momentous shift in US public attitudes toward China (Brookings)

William A. Galston Although public opinion rarely determines the specifics of U. S. foreign policy, it typically defines the zone within which policies with public...

(USA) How many jobs is the U.S. likely to add this year? (Brookings)

Louise Sheiner and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti Most economic forecasters expect very strong GDP growth in 2021 as the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan works its way through the...

(MENA Region) One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’ (Brookings)

Yasmina Abouzzohour One year after countries in the Middle East and around the world declared national health emergencies due to the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds are...

(Europe/Water) Water is life, and at the heart of our agenda (Euractiv)

Stanislav Raščan Water is a critical global security matter and Slovenia intends to put it at the core of its EU presidency, which starts on...

(Europe/Myanmar) EU sanctions Myanmar junta chief over coup (Euractiv)

The EU sanctioned Myanmar’s top junta chief and 10 other officials on Monday (22 March), after demonstrators took to the streets for fresh anti-coup...

(Europe/China) China sanctions 10 Europeans including parliamentarians (Euractiv)

China on Monday (22 March) announced sanctions on 10 Europeans including politicians and scholars, as well as four entities, in retaliation against the EU’s...

(UK) UK government’s green homes grant in urgent need of rescue, MPs say (Euractiv)

Fiona Harvey The UK government’s flagship home insulation scheme, intended to kickstart a green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, has been botched, disastrous in administration, devastating in...

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