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(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...

(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...

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