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NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s roadmap to recovery (Christina Leung, Dion Gamperle, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/11/new-zealands-roadmap-to-recovery/

USA/CHINA – Recalibrating US–China relations (Craig Seidelson, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/10/recalibrating-us-china-relations/

USA – Georgia grassroots groups helped Biden win. Will the party listen to them on the issues? (Vanessa Williamson and Mohammed Memfis, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/12/11/georgia-grassroots-groups-helped-biden-win-will-the-party-listen-to-them-on-the-issues/

AFRICA/MINI GRID INCENTIVE PROGRAMS – Lessons from the proliferating mini-grid incentive programs in Africa (Jonathan Phillips, Benjamin Attia, and Victoria Plutshack, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/12/11/lessons-from-the-proliferating-mini-grid-incentive-programs-in-africa/

USA/RUSSIA – Managing US sanctions toward Russia (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/11/managing-us-sanctions-toward-russia/

USA/RACIAL JUSTICE/WORKER MOBILITY – Proposals for racial justice and worker mobility (Annelies Goger, Martha Ross, and Fred Dews, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/proposals-for-racial-justice-and-worker-mobility/

IRAN/TURKEY – Iran protests to Turkey over ‘meddling’ poem recited by Erdogan (Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkey’s ambassador over what it said was “meddlesome” remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to...

QATAR – Qatar faces largest budget deficit since Gulf rift (Simone Foxman, Al Jazeera)

Qatar will run its largest budget deficit in four years in 2021 as it tries to shake off the impact of the coronavirus and...

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