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USA/LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE/COVID19 RECOVERY – Prioritize people, not projects: Addressing the harms of legacy infrastructure in the COVID-19 recovery (Joseph W. Kane and Shalini Vajjhala,...

https://www.brookings.edu/research/prioritize-people-not-projects-addressing-the-harms-of-legacy-infrastructure-in-the-covid-19-recovery/

USA/EDUCATION POLICY – The Biden presidency and a new direction in education policy (Kenneth K. Wong, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/12/17/the-biden-presidency-and-a-new-direction-in-education-policy/

IRAN – The risks in returning to the Iran nuclear agreement (Malcolm Davis, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-risks-in-returning-to-the-iran-nuclear-agreement/

AUSTRALIA/CHINA – The influence environment (Alex Joske , Lin Li , Alexandra Pascoe & Nathan Attrill, ASPI)

In the past two decades, Australia’s Chinese-language media landscape has undergone fundamental changes that have come at a cost to quality, freedom of speech,...

UN PEACEKEEPING/PACIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS – Mapping Pacific contributions to UN peacekeeping (Lisa Sharland & Genevieve Feely, ASPI)

There’s a long and proud history of peacekeeping in the Pacific. Countries in the region have hosted missions, and contributed to them, to support...

ASIA/REGIONAL FINANCING – Asia’s regional financing woes are exposed during COVID-19 (Jong Woo Kang and Shu Tian, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/17/asias-regional-financing-woes-are-exposed-during-covid-19/

SOUTHEAST ASIA/PANDEMIC/HUMAN RIGHTS – How COVID-19 infected human rights protection (Champa Patel, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/17/how-covid-19-infected-human-rights-protection/

KASHMIR – Kashmir still roiled in conflict (Ayesha Ray, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/16/kashmir-still-roiled-in-conflict/

OIL – Oil prices hit nine-month high after inventory draw (Al Arabiya)

Oil climbed to a nine-month high on Thursday after government data showed a fall in US crude stockpiles last week, while progress towards a...

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