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(Afghanistan) Plan for interim government a cloud over Afghanistan (Asia Times)

By RAHIM NASAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/plan-for-interim-government-a-cloud-over-afghanistan/

(Iran/Iraq/USA) Iran made peace with Iraq; why not with the US? (Asia Times)

By KOUROSH ZIABARI https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/iran-made-peace-with-iraq-why-not-with-the-us/

(USA/South China Sea) New Biden era of confrontation in the South China Sea (Asia Times)

By RICHARD JAVAD HEYDARIAN https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/new-biden-era-of-confrontation-in-the-south-china-sea/

(Afghanistan) Taliban battle to save international legitimacy (Asia Times)

By MK BHADRAKUMAR https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/taliban-battle-to-save-international-legitimacy/

(Bangladesh) Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s Rivalry with Awami League: The Growing Islamist-Secular Divide (Sudha Ramachandran, The Jamestown Foundation)

Bangladesh is witnessing a surge in Islamist activism and violence. https://jamestown.org/program/hefazat-e-islam-bangladeshs-rivalry-with-awami-league-the-growing-islamist-secular-divide/

(Pakistan) The Jihadists’ War in Pakistan after the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Lessons from Al-Qaeda’s Assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Abdul Sayed, The Jamestown Foundation)

The changing narratives and operations of al-Qaeda and its Pakistani ally, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in recent years indicate that the anti-state jihadist war in...

(Belarus/Russia) The Belarus Factor in Kaliningrad’s Security Lifeline to Russia (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, security ties between the Republic of Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast exclave remain linked in...

(Davos 2021) Resetting Geopolitics (Børge Brende, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, François-Philippe Champagne, Ernesto Araújo, WEF)

Despite the exigency of COVID-19 and of climate change, key countries are stepping back from efforts to manage these and other global risks. This...

(Davos 2021) Building Inclusive, Sustainable and Job-creating Growth in Africa (Godfrey Mutizwa, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, Daniel Mminele, WEF)

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a key pillar for the region's economic recovery and the world’s largest trade agreement, spanning a...

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