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China holds the financial key to huge carbon emission avoidance (Niccolò Manych, Cecilia Han Springer, Michael Jakob and Jan Christoph Steckel, East Asia Forum)

Coal power generation needs to be phased out quickly to achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement. Cost-competitive renewable energies are already pushing coal...

Confusion reigns over Kishida’s big economic promises (Aurelia George Mulgan, East Asia Forum)

Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was proactive and dynamic in his pursuit of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidency, which was totally out of character...

The Latin American element in China’s CPTPP bid (Juan J Palacios, East Asia Forum)

China’s bid for membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a multifaceted move. An overlooked aspect of it is...

South Korea’s deepening social fractures amid COVID-19 success (Yoo-jung Lee, Yves Tiberghien, East Asia Forum)

South Korea was well prepared and acted rapidly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. It pioneered new methods of aggressive COVID-19 containment...

Military unity under unprecedented pressure in Myanmar (Nyi Nyi Kyaw, East Asia Forum)

Myanmar’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, is often considered the strongest institution in the country. This is true in terms of force. But the...

What to expect around education at COP26 (Christina Kwauk, Brookings)

For the first two weeks of November, all eyes will be on Glasgow as the much-anticipated COP26—the 26th Conference of the Parties to the...

Muqtada al-Sadr’s problematic victory and the future of Iraq (Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings)

Iraq’s parliamentary elections rarely produce surprises. But the elections that were held this month constituted a potential make-or-break moment amidst widespread social unrest, systemic...

South Africa’s municipal elections: A referendum on political parties and local democracy (Danielle Resnick, Brookings)

On November 1, South Africans will go to the polls in the sixth round of local government elections since the country’s democratic transition in...

Climate finance meets low-carbon agtech (Jonathan Phillips, Victoria Plutshack, and Rob Fetter, Brookings)

Headlining the climate finance discussions next week at COP26 may be the shortfall in advanced economies’ $100 billion annual pledge to help low- and...

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