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(USA) The Pentagon’s Chance to Get Serious About Climate Change (Sharon Burke, Defense One)

U.S. Army 1st Special Force Command Staff Sgt. Eric Reyes checks the depth of a river that was caused when heavy rains fell on...

(USA/China) Beijing’s Warning Shot to Biden (Defense One)

Happier times: Mike Pompeo, who as Secretary of State met with China's State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Beijing in 2018, has been banned from...

(Israel/Syria) Is Israel in Secret Contact with Syria? (Mordechai Kedar, BESA Center)

 Syrian president Bashar Assad, who now views the Iranian presence in his country as a burden, wants to oust Tehran from Syrian soil—and he...

(Davos 2021) Resetting Geopolitics (Børge Brende, Taro Kono, Kang Kyung-Wha, H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Retno L. P. Marsudi, Fu Ying, 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) Special Address by Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan (WEF)

https://www.weforum.org/events/the-davos-agenda-2021/sessions/special-address-by-yoshihide-suga-prime-minister-of-japan

(Davos 2021) Special Address by Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore (WEF)

https://www.weforum.org/events/the-davos-agenda-2021/sessions/davos-agenda-special-address-by-g20-member-head-of-state-government

(Social Media) The double standards in Facebook and Twitter’s Trump ban (Rabia Mehmood, Al Jazeera)

Social media companies are waging a war against incitement and hate speech in the West, but what about the Global South? https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/29/the-double-standards-in-facebook-and-twitters-trump-ban

(USA) Buy American, Again (Jack Caporal, CSIS)

On January 25, the first Monday following his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) to strengthen Buy American provisions. This step, as part...

(Usa/ Oil and Gas Policy) Biden Makes Sweeping Changes to Oil and Gas Policy (Ben Cahill, CSIS)

President Joe Biden has followed through on a campaign pledge by introducing a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and...

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