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(Indonesia) Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission in dire straits (East Asia Forum)

Jeremy Mulholland, La Trobe University and Zainal Arifin Mochtar, Gadjah Mada University Indonesia’s once formidable Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now metamorphosed into an impaired government agency....

(USA/China) Biden builds bridges to contend with Beijing (East Asia Forum)

Ryan Hass, Brookings In 1949, American strategists feared that Soviet advances were generating an intensifying threat to the free world. That August, the Soviet Union...

(USA) Reviving earmarks the right way: Some advice for Congress (AEI)

Kevin R. Kosar, Zachary Courser The Democratic leadership in Congress is currently making fast moves toward reimplementing earmarks after a 10-year moratorium. https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/reviving-earmarks-the-right-way-some-advice-for-congress/

(Russia) Stop giving Putin a free pass to Europe’s backyard (AEI)

Ivana Stradner, Anna Borshchevskaya Western powers have effectively given Vladimir Putin a free pass in Europe’s backyard: the Balkans and the Middle East. The ramifications of letting the...

(Brazil) The Brazilian economic canary in the coal mine (AEI)

Desmond Lachman Troubles come to the Brazilian economy not as single spies but in battalions. Especially at a time of rising U.S. interest rates, this hardly...

(Innovation/Technology) Genesis raises $45M to expand its fintech-focussed low-code platform to more verticals (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Low-code and no-code tools have been a huge hit with enterprises keen to give their operations more of a tech boost, but often...

(Innovation/Technology) Volkswagen will bring 240 gigawatt hours of battery production capacity to Europe by 2030 (TechCrunch)

Aria Alamalhodaei Volkswagen AG is gearing up to seize the top spot as the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer with plans announced Monday to have...

(Innovation/Technology) India’s CRED in talks to raise $200 million at $2 billion valuation (TechCrunch)

Manish Singh Bangalore’s fintech startup ecosystem is inching closer to delivering a new unicorn: CRED. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/15/india-cred-in-talks-to-raise-200-million-at-2-billion-valuation/

(Innovation/Technology) With 1v1Me, anyone can gamble on their ability to crush an opponent in player vs. player games (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Anthony Geranio has played video games for the past thirteen years. The 26 year-old first time founder of 1v1Me, a new company that lets...

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