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(USA/Iran) Advice to Iran as a new administration takes over the White House (Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/advice-to-iran-as-a-new-administration-takes-over-the-white-house/

(Britain) Britain’s foreign-policy debate is back (Ben Judah, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/britains-foreign-policy-debate-is-back/

(USA/Afghanistan) The way forward in Afghanistan: How Biden can achieve sustainable peace and US security (James B. Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Ronald E. Neumann, Richard...

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-way-forward-in-afghanistan-how-biden-can-achieve-sustainable-peace-and-us-security/

(China/Xinjiang Muslims) China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims (Al Jazeera)

China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of...

(Cambodia) Cambodia begins mass treason trial of opposition activists (Ananth Baliga, Al Jazeera)

A Cambodian court on Thursday commenced the first of two mass trials against members and supporters of the country’s outlawed opposition party for allegedly...

(Germany) German economy stalls, probably avoids double-dip recession (Carolynn Look, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The German economy stagnated at the end of last year, probably avoiding a double-dip recession that is engulfing the euro area. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/14/bbgerman-economy-stalls-probably-avoids-double-dip-recession

(Russia) Navalny faces arrest on return, Russian prison service warns (Al Jazeera)

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny faces immediate arrest once he returns to Russia, the country’s prison service has warned, claiming it was “obliged” to detain...

(Italy) As coalition breaks down, Italian PM battles to keep gov’t afloat (Al Jazeera)

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is battling to keep afloat after a coalition partner party withdrew from the government, a move that has caused...

(Venezuela) Venezuela mulls letting private firms operate state oilfields (Al Jazeera)

Venezuelan officials have met in recent months with small domestic oilfield contractors to propose letting them operate fields owned by state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela...

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