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(Syria) Syria’s Assad offers stimulus to public workers as crisis deepens (Al Jazeera)

Nearly 80 percent of Syrians live in poverty and 60 percent are food insecure, according to the United Nations. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/16/syrias-assad-offers-stimulus-to-public-workers-as-crisis-deepens

(Greece/Turkey) Greece, Turkey resume preliminary talks on Mediterranean dispute (Al Jazeera)

NATO allies at odds over competing claims over to continental shelves, maritime rights, and air space in the Mediterranean. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/greece-turkey-resume-preliminary-talks-on-mediterranean-dispute

(Libya) Libya’s interim government takes power after handover in Tripoli (Al Jazeera)

The new cabinet, headed by Abdelhamid Dbeibah, is tasked with implementing a UN-brokered political road map leading to December polls. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/libyas-interim-government-takes-power-after-handover-in-tripoli

(Climate Change) The oceans need a break from us (Al Jazeera)

Bonnie Wright We need to designate areas of the ocean as protected to help it recover from harmful human activities. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/16/the-oceans-need-a-break-from-us

(UK) UK’s Vision is Confident, But Success is a Long Way Off (Chatham House)

Richard G Whitman The Integrated Review leads to questions of whether the UK's ambitious plans for its future international relevance will produce partnerships which can...

(Europe/Hungary) Calling it quits: How Europe should build on Fidesz’s exit from the EPP (ECFR)

Andreas Bock The European People’s Party tolerated Fidesz for far too long. Its de facto expulsion should be a turning point in the relationship between...

(Turkey/UAE) Useful enemies: How the Turkey-UAE rivalry is remaking the Middle East (ECFR)

Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Cinzia Bianco Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are engaged in a decade-long feud that is reshuffling the geopolitical order in the Middle...

(USA) The US wants to be carbon neutral by 2050. These 3 policies can make it possible (WEF)

Ian Parry To meet the 2015 Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 25– 50% over the next decade https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/usa-us-american-climate-change-environment/

(Greece) ‘Pocket parks’ are helping Athens tackle pollution (WEF)

Deborah Kyvrikosaios Greece's capital, Athens, has started creating “pocket parks” to tackle its pollution and heat https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/athens-tackles-heat-pollution-parks-environment-greece/

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