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CHINA/TECHNOLOGY – Whither China’s technology dream? (Andrew Kennedy, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/15/whither-chinas-technology-dream/

USA/IRAQ – Biden should not repeat Trump and Obama’s mistakes in Iraq (Zeidon Alkinani, Al Jazeera)

For more than 17 years since its invasion of Iraq, the United States has failed to present itself as a partner interested in supporting...

DAYTON PEACE AGREEMENT – Dayton peace (dis)agreement, 25 years on (Emir Hadzikadunic, Al Jazeera)

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Accords. The landmark...

USA – Trump says US Attorney General Barr will be leaving his job just before Christmas (Al Arabiya)

Bill Barr meets with Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in Kennedy's office on Capitol Hill. (File photo: AP) Attorney...

USA – US Electoral College confirms Biden election victory (Al Arabiya)

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington on Dec. 8, 2020. (AP) US President-elect Joe Biden clears 270-vote threshold...

FRANCE/CLIMATE CHANGE – Macron offers referendum on adding climate goal to constitution (Al Arabiya)

French President Emmanuel Macron gives a press conference. (AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday promised to hold a referendum on revising the constitution to...

INDO PACIFIC – Indo-Pacific election pulse 2020: Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand, Myanmar and the United States: Views from The Strategist (ASPI)

The ‘Indo-Pacific Election Pulse’ is an annual project examining the most consequential elections in the region and the most important for Australia’s strategic environment....

THAILAND/DIGITAL ACTIVISM – #WhatsHappeningInThailand: the power dynamics of Thailand’s digital activism (Elise Thomas, Tracy Beattie and Albert Zhang, ASPI)

Thailand's political discourse throughout the past decade has increasingly been shaped and amplified by social media and digital activism. The most recent wave of...

INDIA/RCEP – India’s tryst with RCEP (Debashis Chakraborty, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/14/indias-tryst-with-rcep/

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