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USA/INDONESIA/HUMAN RIGHTS – The US can no longer turn a blind eye to abuses in Papua (Joanne Lin, Usman Hamid, Al Jazeera)

On October 28, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Indonesia as part of a five-country tour of Asia focused on strengthening ties amid...

USA/CHINA – Dozens of Chinese firms, including SMIC, to come under US trade blacklist: Sources (Al Arabiya)

The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country’s top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, two...

USA/FRANCE/LEBANON – US, Iran dampen France’s plan for Lebanon (Al Arabiya)

During a visit to Paris last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with France’s strategy to help...

ALIBABA/CHINA/UIGHUR – Alibaba facial recognition tech picks out China’s Uighur minority, says report (Al Arabiya)

Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of China’s Uighur minority, surveillance industry researcher IPVM...

IRAN/USA – Iran says no new agreement needed after Biden takes office, refutes IAEA chief (Al Arabiya)

Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday rejected the UN atomic watchdog chief’s suggestion that reviving Iran’s nuclear deal after a...

SINGAPORE/COVID19 VACCINE – Singapore to leverage position as air cargo hub for COVID-19 vaccine distribution (Al Arabiya)

As the door of the vaccine transport cart opens at Singapore’s Changi airport, the sub-zero temperatures inside collide with the warm, tropical air,creating a...

INDIA – Can Modi calm the farm? A “crash or crash through” approach has served India’s PM well, but India’s farmers are proving a...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always been coated in Teflon: the kinds of policies and actions that would have brought down other leaders...

USA/ASIA – Washington’s warped Asia policy debate (Dhruva Jaishankar, The Interpreter)

Whoever Joe Biden puts into key positions, best they make quick studies on regional dynamics. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/washington-s-warped-asia-policy-debate

ICELAND – Learning from an island in a pandemic (Grant Wyeth, The Interpreter)

For all the focus on New Zealand’s and Taiwan’s successes,another fascinating island nation has kept the virus at bay. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/learning-island-pandemic
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