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SOUTH KOREA/IRAN – South Korea to send delegation to Tehran after Iran seizes tanker (Al Jazeera)

South Korea is sending a delegation to Iran to seek the release of a tanker seized in Gulf waters by Iranian forces, with a...

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY – What is behind Mahmoud Abbas’s diplomatic offensive? (Adnan Abu Amer, Al Jazeera)

Over the past two months, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been actively trying to pull the Palestinian Authority (PA) out of its political isolation....

NIGERIA – Radical social change in Nigeria beyond #EndSARS (Doris Okenwa, Al Jazeera)

2020 is the year we wish we could erase from memory and, if possible, imagine it never happened. But it did happen and some...

MATCHMAKING ECONOMICS – Regulation in the era of matchmaking economics (Maria Demertzis, Bruegel)

New approaches and new tools are needed to prevent excessive concentration of economic power in the hands of a few matchmaking digital platforms that...

EUROPE/CHINA – Europe’s disappointing investment deal with China (Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Bruegel)

After more than seven years of negotiations, the European Union and China appear to have reached a deal for their Comprehensive Agreement on Investment...

ISRAEL – Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Climate Change and Israel’s National Security (Shira Efron, INSS)

The Middle East is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, including rising temperatures, water and consequently food shortages, rising sea levels,...

HAMAS/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY/ISRAEL – After Political Partition Between the PA and Hamas’s Gaza, Now Economic Boycott (Hillel Frisch, BESA Center)

Israel has been increasingly successful at confronting its foes one on one. The Palestinians have not operated against Israel as a united force since...

USA – The Swamp Returns to Washington (Alex Joffe, BESA Center)

The incoming Biden administration has begun to appoint personnel and articulate policies, both directly and through the extended voice of the foreign policy establishment...

SAUDI ARABIA/MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – Saudi Arabia vs. the Muslim Brotherhood (Mordechai Kedar, BESA Center)

A dispute over the role of religion in government constitutes the main rift in the world of Sunni Islam. This controversy also defines the...

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