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(Kazakhstan) Stability and continuity in Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections (Kirill Nourzhanov, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/29/stability-and-continuity-in-kazakhstans-parliamentary-elections/

(Brunei) Behind Brunei’s COVID-19 success story (Nadia Azierah Hamdan and William Case, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/28/behind-bruneis-covid-19-success-story/

(Pandemic/Inequalities) The Problem with the COVID Convergence (Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Project-Syndicate)

One of the most surprising global trends to appear during the COVID-19 pandemic is a reduction of inequality across countries, owing to the disproportionate...

(Sri Lanka) How Sri Lankan remittances are defying COVID-19 (Bilesha Weeraratne, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/28/how-sri-lankan-remittances-are-defying-covid-19/

(Laos) Hints at political change in Laos (Simon Creak, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/27/hints-at-political-change-in-laos/

(Yemen) Yemen’s Tragedy: War, Stalemate, and Suffering (Kali Robinson, CFR)

Yemen’s internal divisions and a Saudi-led military intervention have spawned an intractable political, military, and humanitarian crisis. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/yemen-crisis

(USA/Pandemic) Transition 2021 Series: Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic (CFR)

Panelists discuss the challenges of ending the COVID-19 pandemic and what steps the Biden administration should take to curb the spread, including increased and improved...

(Uzbekistan) Year 2020 in Review: Uzbekistan Grapples With Pandemic, Disasters, Russian Pressure (Fozil Mashrab, The Jamestown Foundation)

The fourth year of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev rule proved his most difficult yet, not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic but also due to...

(Minsk Group) Can the Minsk Group on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Reinvent Itself? (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The 44-day Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan, its Russian-mediated outcome, the launch of Russia’s own peacekeeping operation, and Turkey’s rise as a...

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