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(Central African Republic) CAR announces state of emergency after armed attacks (Al Jazeera)

Presidential spokesman says state of emergency will allow authorities ‘to make arrests without going through national prosecutors’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/c-africa-declares-emergency-as-rebels-try-to-oust-president

(Uganda) Uganda: Bobi Wine files arbitrary detention complaint at UN (Al Jazeera)

The opposition leader has been under de facto house arrest by security forces in Kampala since Friday. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/uganda-bobi-wine-files-detention-complaint-at-un

(USA/Latin America) The Biden-Harris Agenda for Latin America: What Can We Expect? (Moises Rendon, William Brownfield, CSIS)

Moises Rendon sits down with CSIS Senior Advisor Ambassador William Brownfield, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law...

(USA) Three Tensions in Biden’s International Economic Policy (Matthew P. Goodman, CSIS)

International economics is one area of U.S. policy where there will be a clear break between the Trump and Biden eras. https://www.csis.org/analysis/three-tensions-bidens-international-economic-policy

(India) Indian farmers reject government’s offer to suspend new laws (Al Jazeera)

Coalition of farmers’ unions says they will settle for nothing less than a complete repeal of the farm laws. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/indian-farmers-reject-governments-offer-to-suspend-new-laws

(Pakistan/USA/Afghanistan) Pakistan urges Biden to stick to Afghan troop withdrawal (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan FM tells Al Jazeera the country has hopes for greater engagement with the new Biden administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/pakistan-calls-for-us-to-stay-course-on-afghan-peace-talks

(India/South Asia/Cina/Vaccine Diplomacy) To counter China, India pursues vaccine diplomacy in South Asia (Al Jazeera)

India will give millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to South Asian countries in the next few weeks, government sources said, drawing praise from...

(Vietnam) Vietnam’s trade numbers aren’t evidence of currency manipulation (Nguyen Khac Quoc Bao and To Cong Nguyen Bao, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/22/vietnams-trade-numbers-arent-evidence-of-currency-manipulation/

(Kyrgyzstan) Challenges amid Kyrgyzstan’s return to presidential politics (Matteo Fumagalli, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/21/challenges-amid-kyrgyzstans-return-to-presidential-politics/

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