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Nicola Williams, ANU Since Myanmar’s coup on 1 February, Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw General Min Aung Hlaing has been working to remake the country’s political landscape by...

Robert N Stavins, Harvard Kennedy School After US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were inaugurated on 20 January, the new administration initiated...

Edy Cohen The undisguised antisemitism of Tunisian president Kais Saied is encouraging Tunisian Muslims to express their own antisemitism more openly. Tunisia’s Jewish population is...

Measures come as the bloc accuses China of ‘serious human rights violations and abuses’ on the Uighur minority. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/eu-envoys-agree-first-china-sanctions-in-three-decades-diplomats

Coinbase Global, the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange, says recent private market transactions value the firm at around $68bn. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/17/coinbase-pegs-valuation-at-68bn-ahead-of-landmark-listing

Ben Piven Bitcoin has enjoyed a blistering rally since last fall, but that ascent has also renewed attention on environmental, social and governance concerns surrounding...

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of distributed hateful messages more than doubled from 2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/white-supremacist-propaganda-surged-in-us-in-2020-report

The statement comes ahead of the first meeting between President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/us-will-not-take-sides-on-uk-eu-northern-ireland-rift-official

Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin due to hold talks with their South Korean counterparts on security challenges from Beijing and Pyongyang. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/us-says-s-korea-alliance-important-to-counter-china-n-korea