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(Europe/Palestine/Israel) To Revive the Two-State Solution, Europe Must Recognize Palestine (Project-Syndicate)

DAOUD KUTTAB If the European Union truly wants to drive progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine, it must show courage and conviction. That means...

(Crimea/Ukraine/Russia) Crimea Platform: Ukraine’s Initiative to Raise the Costs of Russia’s Occupation (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government are preparing to host a summit of heads of state and government, aiming to mobilize a...

(Russia/Gazprom/Dagestan) Gazprom Wants to Abandon Money-Losing Gas Distribution Obligations in Dagestan (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati Russian energy giant Gazprom wants to completely abandon its natural gas retail sales and distribution business in Dagestan because those operations bring the...

(Russia/Europe) Russia Blackmails and Courts Europe (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev Tense political relations with Europe have come into sharp focus in Russian domestic debates, forcing a sudden backtrack. https://jamestown.org/program/russia-blackmails-and-courts-europe/

(Brazil/Human Rights Policy) Brazil: Secret Process to Change Human Rights Policy (HRW)

Exclusion of Civil Society from Discussions Raises Concern https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/15/brazil-secret-process-change-human-rights-policy

(India/Canada/Vaccine Politics) India, Canada and the new vaccine politics (The Interpreter)

GRANT WYETH As a pharmaceutical powerhouse, India finds it now holdsthe cards over Canada and what it sees as its irksome PM. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-canada-and-vaccine-politics

(USA/Australia/International Development) What Biden means for Australia’s aid policy (The Interpreter)

DANE MOORES The US president has signalled a serious commitment to bolstering international development. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-biden-means-australia-s-aid-policy

(Antarctica/Australia/China) Eyes on the prize: Australia, China, and the Antarctic Treaty System (Lowy Institute)

CLAIRE YOUNG Despite China’s increasing assertiveness in Antarctica, the Antarctic Treaty System is not failing and Australia should refrain from geostrategic panic https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/eyes-on-prize-australia-china-and-antarctic-treaty-system

(Australia/Defence) Does the Royal Australian Navy need Tomahawk missiles? (The Strategist)

Marcus Hellyer In my most recent article, I noted that the Department of Defence appears to be in the early stages of identifying a ship-launched land-attack...

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