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(Russia/Turkey) RDIF agrees to produce Sputnik V vaccine in Turkey (TASS)

The RDIF representative noted that the potential production volume is millions of vaccine doses per year https://tass.com/economy/1248149

(USA) Several governors order National Guard troops out of D.C. (Ben Leonard, Politico)

Republican governors of New Hampshire, Florida, Texas and Montana all now have said they’re calling Guardsmen from their states home. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/23/national-guard-troops-dc-461597

(Russia) Russian police arrest over 1,300 at pro-Navalny protests (Thibault Larger, Politico)

Kremlin critic’s wife says she was among those detained at countrywide demonstrations. Kremlin critic’s wife says she was among those detained at countrywide demonstrations.

(Europe/USA) EU jitters over US return to Paris Agreement (Kalina Oroschakoff, Karl Mathiesen, Politico)

The bloc is gearing up for a relationship in which ‘competition will prevail over cooperation.’ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-jitters-over-us-climate-biden-trump-green-deal-return-to-paris-agreement/

(USA) Climate Security by Memorandum (Wyatt Scott, New America)

It’s official. President Biden and Vice President Harris have taken their oaths of office, and they wasted no time in getting a running start....

(Europe) The EU’s Digital Services Act Makes a Positive Step Towards Transparency and Accountability, But Also Raises Some Serious Questions (Spandana Singh, New America)

On December 15, the European Commission released drafts of the highly anticipated Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA). https://www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the-eus-digital-services-act-makes-a-positive-step-towards-transparency-and-accountability-but-also-raises-some-serious-questions/

(China) Beijing’s tech conundrum in 2021: How to bolster tech sector while reining in the digital giants (Wang Yanbo, Think China)

Amid greater efforts at achieving greater self-sufficiency in developing core technologies, China will turn to an erstwhile resource it has depended on — the...

(China) Chinese manufacturing must grow in strength, not just size (Chen Hongbin, Think China)

China’s manufacturing sector is known to be the “world’s factory”, and its scale is unrivalled. However, Chinese academic Chen Hongbin notes that this manufacturing...

(BRI/Southeast Asia) No more easy money: Will BRI projects in Southeast Asia slow and stall? (Muhammad Saad Siddiqui, Think China)

A new study suggests that official Chinese lending has dropped in recent years. This stems from lessons learnt after a decade of mistakes in...

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