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CHINA – How 2020 left China ‘diplomatically diminished’ (Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera)

China alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) to the first cases of COVID-19 a year ago. As the respiratory illness spread rapidly across the globe,...

IRAN/UK/USA/GERMANY – Iran implicates UK firm, US base in Germany in Soleimani killing (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

An Iranian prosecutor has said a British security firm and an airbase in Germany had a hand in the assassination of Qassem Soleimani almost...

AZERBAIJAN/EUROPE/CASPIAN SEA – Azerbaijan makes first direct gas deliveries to Europe from field in Caspian Sea (Al Arabiya)

Azerbaijan said Thursday it started gas deliveries to Europe from the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea, part of a project aimed at...

IRAN/USA – Iran’s Zarif: Intelligence from Iraq shows Trump aims to fabricate ‘pretext for war’ (Al Arabiya)

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that intelligence from Iraq indicated outgoing US President Donald Trump aiming to fabricate a "pretext...

SUDAN/ETHIOPIA – Sudan says back in full control of border with Ethiopia (Al Arabiya)

Sudan's foreign minister said Thursday that the army has restored control over all lands along the border that had been taken over by Ethiopian...

Beyond 2020 (Marco Emanuele, The Science of Where Magazine)

https://www.thescienceofwheremagazine.it/2020/12/31/2020-does-not-end/

AFRICA – African Countries Need Not Fear Default (Moritz Kraemer, Project-Syndicate)

Many developing countries carry crushing debt burdens, but are reluctant to pursue much-needed restructuring, for fear of losing access to capital markets. This fear...

ELECTIONS/2021 – Ten Elections to Watch in 2021 (James M. Lindsay, CFR)

Millions of people around the world voted in 2020. Taiwanese voters reelected Tsai Ing-wen as president. Burmese voters returned Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to power. Guineans protested before and...

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