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(USA) Stop the Steal organizer charged in Capitol riot (Josh Gerstein, Politico)

Brandon Straka, a self-described ex-liberal, was arrested on a felony charge of interfering with police during civil disorder. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/capitol-riot-stop-the-steal-462322

(USA) Biden administration ramping up efforts to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill (Nick Niedzwiadek, Politico)

The Trump administration had pushed off the effort, which would remove Andrew Jackson from the front of the bill. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/biden-harriet-tubman-20-bill-462307

(Nakhchivan Corridor/Georgia/Iran) Nakhchivan Corridor: Implications for Georgia and Iran (Rahim Rahimov, The Jamestown Foundation)

The January 11 trilateral meeting, in Moscow, of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev focused on...

(USA/Russia) Putin May Cripple the US’s Strongest Voice in Russia (Thomas Kent, The Jamestown Foundation)

After two decades of restrictions and harassment, President Vladimir Putin’s government is on the verge of forcing Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to shut down its...

(USA/Russia) Kremlin Tests Limits of New US Administration (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The complexity of the extraordinary crisis inherited by the United States’ new presidential administration is apparent for all its international partners and opponents, so...

(China Coast Guard) Early Warning Brief: Introducing the “New, New” China Coast Guard (Ryan D. Martinson, The Jamestown Foundation)

In the past decade, the China Coast Guard (CCG, 中国海警, zhongguo haijing) has experienced two major reforms. The first, which began in 2013, uprooted the...

(China/South China Sea) China to conduct South China Sea military exercises (Al Jazeera)

Drills to take place the same week that China complained about a US aircraft carrier group sailing through the waters. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/china-to-conduct-south-china-sea-military-exercises

(Australia/Indigenous Recognition) Thousands march in Australia for Indigenous recognition (Al Jazeera)

Demonstrators in major cities demand the national day be changed in honour of the country’s Indigenous people. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/arrests-made-during-australia-day-protest-held-amid-covid-concern

(Netherlands/Pandemic) Netherlands rocked by third night of rioting over COVID curfew (Al Jazeera)

Police say at least 70 arrested after unrest and looting in towns and cities across the country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/netherlands-rocked-by-second-night-of-protests-over-curfew

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