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(Europe/Libya) Plot twist: How Europe should deal with Libya’s new government (ECFR)

Tarek Megerisi Europe should support the UN process in Libya by working to ensure that the country’s upstart new government focuses on preparing for and...

(USA/Virginia/Privacy Law) Virginians Deserve Better Than This Empty Privacy Law (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

HAYLEY TSUKAYAMA A very weak consumer data privacy bill is sailing through the Virginia legislature with backing from Microsoft and Amazon, which have both testified in...

(RCEP/Cambodia) How RCEP benefits Cambodia in the long term (East Asia Forum)

Author: Heimkhemra Suy, Phnom Penh Though the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) may bring only modest short-run economic benefits to Cambodia, the long-run outlook looks...

(Singapore and Malaysia) Singapore and Malaysia backtrack on high-speed rail (East Asia Forum)

Author: Francis E Hutchinson, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Once labelled as a ‘game changer’ that would unleash demand for travel and consumer spending, the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore...

(USA/Pandemic) Covid-19 and the Military: Maintaining Operations While Supporting Civil Society (CSIS)

Adam Saxton, Mark Cancian The response to the coronavirus pandemic presents the Biden administration with its first defining challenge. The Department of Defense (DoD) played...

(SolarWinds/Cybersecurity) SolarWinds and the Three Rs (CSIS)

James Andrew Lewis https://www.csis.org/analysis/solarwinds-and-three-rs

(Myanmar) Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic Conflict (CFR)

Lindsay Maizland Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, isolation from global affairs, and widespread poverty. In 2011, the...

(Ethiopia) The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: What to Know (CFR)

Michelle Gavin The military campaign has resulted in a humanitarian crisis and fears of regional instability. A path forward will require international cooperation, careful diplomacy, and...

(Vaccine Nationalism) Time to Clamp Down on Dangers of Vaccine Nationalism (Chatham House)

Robert Yates As spring approaches in the northern hemisphere, there is growing anticipation 2021 will be the year the world conquers the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/time-clamp-down-dangers-vaccine-nationalism

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