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NAGORNO KARABAKH – Uneasy Peace Takes Hold in Contested Region of Azerbaijan (Simon Ostrovsky, Pulitzer Center)

Ethnic Armenian forces last week handed over two regions to Azerbaijani control as part of a Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war over...

COVID19 – The Financial Equivalent of a Vaccine (Harold James, Project-Syndicate)

While the advanced economies can rely on their central banks to support massive fiscal stimulus in response to the COVID-19 crisis, many developing countries'...

COVID19 – Language and Lockdowns (Kaushik Basu, Project-Syndicate)

Reducing the policy discussion on COVID-19 lockdowns to a simple binary debate – yes or no – oversimplifies a complex problem. At least until a...

COVID19/VACCINES – Designing Vaccines for People, Not Profits (Mariana Mazzucato, Henry Lishi Li, Els Torreele, Project-Syndicate)

For all the hope spurred by announcements of demonstrated efficacy in multiple COVID-19 vaccine candidates, there is still a long way to go to...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Mission Sustainable Development (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project-Syndicate)

Nearly 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy put the United States on a mission to the future by proclaiming that it would land...

GLOBAL EYE – Covering climate change in 2021 and beyond (ICFJ)

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is connecting journalists with health experts and newsroom leaders through a webinar series on COVID-19. The series is...

NATO – NATO must adapt to global threats, not just Russia: Report (Al Jazeera)

NATO must significantly broaden its scope to help deal with climate change, future pandemics and “terrorism” while focusing on new security threats from China,...

USA – Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation (Al Jazeera)

Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the...

USA/UAE – US Congress to vote on F-35 sale to UAE: Republican senator (Al Jazeera)

A leading Republican ally of President Donald Trump has predicted the United States Congress will not block the sale of advanced F-35 fights jets...

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