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TURKEY – Turkey sentences exiled journalist Dundar to over 27 years in jail: Media (Al Arabiya)

A Turkish court has convicted exiled journalist Can Dundar on espionage and terror-related charges for a news report. https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/12/23/Turkey-sentences-exiled-journalist-Dundar-to-27-years-Media-

PANDEMIC/INNOVATION – How coronavirus lockdowns can boost innovation (Omar Al-Ubaydli, Al Arabiya)

As the slew of vaccines emerging in record time indicates, there is much truth to the maxim “necessity is the mother of all invention.” https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2020/12/23/How-coronavirus-lockdowns-can-boost-innovation

HACKING/MOBILE – Research: nearly all of your messaging apps are secure (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112558/mobile-2/messaging-apps-security.html

CHINA – Smart Cities with Chinese Characteristics (Hiddai Segev, INSS)

The rapid growth of the global urban population demands more sophisticated management of both life in an urban setting and the resources in this...

CHINA/USA/ISRAEL – “China is National Security Threat No. 1″ to the United States – and to Israel? (Assaf Orion, INSS)

The United States Director of National Intelligence recently cast China as the number one threat to the US, described Beijing’s modus operandi, and called...

USA/MIDDLE EAST/PALESTINIANS – The Battle for Washington’s Foreign Policy Has Begun (Lenny Ben-David, JCPA)

https://jcpa.org/the-battle-for-washingtons-foreign-policy-has-begun/

PALESTINIANS – Hanan Ashrawi and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (Yoni Ben Menachem, BESA Center)

https://jcpa.org/hanan-ashrawi-and-the-palestinian-liberation-organization/

ISRAEL – The IDF Must Revamp Its Strategies (Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, BESA Center)

If the IDF continues to operate according to its old conventions while Hezbollah continues to adapt itself to new realities, it could find itself...

POOR COUNTRIES – Can Poor Countries Avoid a Vaccine Bidding War? (Anne O. Krueger, Project-Syndicate)

For all of the good news about the arrival of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the hard truth for the coming year is that...

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