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Lebanon crisis: Macron speaks to Lebanon’s Aoun, affirms France’s support in government formation (alarabiya.net) Israeli Embassy in Delhi on high alert before bomb blast: Ambassador...

(USA) Pentagon Advisory Boards Need to Offer 10X Ideas, Not 10% Ones (Defense One)

By STEVE BLANK, RAJ SHAH and JOE FELTER Thursday’s news that the Biden administration will delay the seating of several Trump appointees to defense advisory boards is a welcome signal that...

(USA) Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control (Defense One)

By STEVEN PIFER and JAMES ACTON On Joe Biden’s first full day in the Oval Office, the White House announced its readiness to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty,...

(USA) How the US Can Avoid Future ‘Forever Wars’ (The Defense Post)

 ARTUR KALANDAROV https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/01/29/avoiding-forever-wars/

(USA) Tackling America’s Racial Disparities in Science (Project-Syndicate)

ESTHER NGUMBI Scientific advances are helping America and the world to tackle major global challenges, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. By empowering...

(Food Crisis) Prevent the Next Food Crisis Now (Project-Syndicate)

MARK LOWCOCK, AXEL VAN TROTSENBURG The number of chronically hungry people increased by an estimated 130 million last year, to more than 800 million – about...

(USA) Joe Biden’s Surprises (Project-Syndicate)

ELIZABETH DREW Notwithstanding a few head-scratchers among his cabinet and staffing picks, Joe Biden is being hailed as a paragon of conventionality after years of...

(China) Myths and Realities of China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy (CNAS)

By Elsa B. Kania and Lorand Laskai In U.S. policy debates on China, military-civil fusion (MCF) has emerged as a frequent subject of debate and concern. Once a...

(Iraq) Iraqi anger grows after election postponement (Al Jazeera)

By Dana Taib Menmy Iraq’s leaders, fearing defeat in planned June vote, manoeuvred to delay the election to buy time, an analyst says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/30/iraqi-anger-grows-after-election-postponement  

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