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ARAB SPRING 10 YEARS AGO – How economic hardship fuelled the Arab Spring 10 years ago (Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera)

When anti-government protests began in the interior Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid in mid-December 2010, Zakaria Hamdi knew he had to join. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/17/bread-and-gas-economic-boost-needed-after-arab-spring

TWITTER/USA ELECTIONS – Twitter brings back old retweet function after US election (Al Arabiya)

Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the US presidential election, the company...

LEBANON – Open-air cinema fundraiser event takes place inside damaged Beirut house (Al Arabiya)

In an attempt to revive crises-ridden Beirut after the huge August 4 blast, a group of youth organized a three-night open-air cinema event in Gemmayze,...

USA/CONGRESS/COVID RELIEF BILL – Congress shouldn’t give a $120 billion windfall to the top 1 percent as part of its COVID relief bill (Adam...

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/congress-shouldnt-give-a-120-billion-windfall-to-the-top-1-percent-as-part-of-its-covid-relief-bill/

USA/REAL ESTATE – The Great Real Estate Reset. Modernizing family: America’s demographics are transforming, but our housing supply is not (Evan Farrar and Tracy...

https://www.brookings.edu/essay/trend-2-americas-demographics-are-transforming-but-our-housing-supply-is-not/

USA/AUTOMATIC STABILIZATION PROGRAMS/RECOVERIES – Using automatic stabilization programs to fight recessions and speed recoveries (William A. Galston, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/using-automatic-stabilization-programs-to-fight-recessions-and-speed-recoveries/

USA/STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY – Strengthening citizen-centered governance should be a core element of the Biden administration’s democracy agenda (Patrick W. Quirk and Eguiar Lizundia, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/16/strengthening-citizen-centered-governance-should-be-a-core-element-of-the-biden-administrations-democracy-agenda/

CHRISTCHURCH COMMISSION REPORT – Reflections on the Christchurch commission report (Daniel L. Byman, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/16/reflections-on-the-christchurch-commission-report/

MOROCCO/COVID19 – Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Morocco (Yasmina Abouzzohour, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/policy-and-institutional-responses-to-covid-19-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-morocco/

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