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(Uganda/USA) Uganda accuses US of ‘subverting’ presidential election (Al Jazeera)

US Ambassador Natalie E Brown was stopped from visiting Bobi Wine who is effectively under house arrest. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/uganda-accuses-us-of-subversion-after-envoy-tries-to-visit-wine

(Tunisia) Tunisia President Saied urges protester restraint on 4th day (Al Jazeera)

Demonstrators in Tunisia protested for the fourth-consecutive day against the worsening social and economic crisis in the country as the president showed up at...

(Iran/Donald Trump) Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s foreign ministry has sanctioned outgoing United States President Donald Trump and nine other current and former senior officials of his administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/iran-designates-senior-us-officials-including-trump-terrorists

(Syria) Child dies as heavy rains turn Syria IDP camps into ‘lakes’ (Al Jazeera)

Tens of thousands of people affected by devastating floods, with many forced to sleep in open air after destruction of makeshift tents. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/syrias-rainstorm-kills-child-damages-displacement-camps

(USA/World) Will Biden make America great again? (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

Biden needs a grand strategy to clean up Trump’s mess and restore America’s leadership in the world. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/19/will-biden-make-america-great-again

(USA/Donald Trump) Why Trump is not likely to pardon himself (Sahar Aziz, Al Jazeera)

By pardoning himself, the president would admit guilt for wrongdoing, which he would never do. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/19/why-trump-is-not-likely-to-pardon-himself

(USA/Donald Trump/Foreign Policy) Trump’s Foreign Policy Moments (CFR)

Donald J. Trump’s presidency has marked a profound departure from U.S. leadership in areas such as trade and diplomacy, as well as an across-the-board...

(Economy/2021) The Economic Outlook for 2021 (CFR)

Speakers Elga Bartsch Managing Director and Head of Macro Research, BlackRock Investment Institute Jay Bryson Managing Director and Chief Economist, Wells Fargo Presider Tom Joyce Capital Markets Strategist, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. Panelists...

(USA/China/Competitiveness/Technology Development) One lesson the U.S. can learn from China to improve its competitiveness in technology development (Joseph Kannarkat and Norman Augustine, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/19/one-lesson-the-u-s-can-learn-from-china-to-improve-its-competitiveness-in-technology-development/

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