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(Global Development Cooperation) Global development cooperation in a COVID-19 world (Homi Kharas, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/global-development-cooperation-in-a-covid-19-world/

(USA) Local COVID-19 hazard pay mandates are doing what Congress and most corporations aren’t for essential workers (Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/01/27/local-covid-19-hazard-pay-mandates-are-doing-what-congress-and-most-corporations-arent-for-essential-workers/

(USA) Reaching agreement on COVID-19 immunity “passports” will be difficult (Mark Hall and David Studdert, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2021/01/27/reaching-agreement-on-covid-19-immunity-passports-will-be-difficult/

(USA) Climate politics: What congressional Democrats can learn from state legislatures (Barry G. Rabe, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/27/climate-politics-what-congressional-democrats-can-learn-from-state-legislatures/

(Arab Spring) The social media myth about the Arab Spring (Haythem Guesmi, Al Jazeera)

Social media networks did not trigger the Arab revolutions, but they did contribute to the counter-revolutions. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/the-social-media-myth-about-the-arab-spring

(Palestinian Authority) Palestinian elections: Democracy for no one (Yara Hawari, Al Jazeera)

There is much reason to believe the Palestinian elections scheduled for later this year will neither be free nor fair. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/palestinian-elections-democracy-for-no-one

News from IRNA, TASS (January 27, 2021)

Iran output from shared gasfield with Qatar stands at 220 bcm a year - IRNA English President Rouhani criticizes EU partners for lack of...

(Cambodia) The weaponisation of the Cambodian justice system must stop (Mu Sochua, Al Jazeera)

The Cambodian government continues to persecute members of the opposition who criticise its corrupt policies. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/the-weaponisation-of-the-cambodian-justice-system-must-stop

(Kazakhstan) Year 2020 in Review: Kazakhstan Struggling With Structural Reform Amid COVID-19 Crisis (George Voloshin, The Jamestown Foundation)

As in much of the rest of the world, the year 2020 in Kazakhstan was dominated by the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, which...

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