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Malaysia’s rapid vaccination can’t outrun its COVID-19 failures (Wei Aun Yap, East Asia Forum)

In the 1930s, France built an impressive defensive border — the Maginot Line — to repel a German invasion. A technological wonder at the...

The Indo-Pacific, the Quad and the reality of Chinese power (Kerry Brown, East Asia Forum)

The idea of a coherent territory called the Indo-Pacific has been appealing to strategists for some years, but it is no coincidence that the...

Repression and Mass Arrests of Peaceful Cuban Protestors (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Starting on July 11, tens of thousands of Cubans in dozens of cities and towns throughout their country...

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Mexican Foreign Secretary and Central American Foreign Ministers (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power met yesterday with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, Foreign Ministers...

Jordan and America’s decades-long friendship (Bruce Riedel and Bill Finan, Brookings)

For over 70 years, Jordan has been an important ally in the Middle East for the United States, a connection built largely on the...

China moves to join the CPTPP, but don’t expect a fast pass (Mireya Solís, Brookings)

On September 16, China formally submitted a request to accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade agreement. This was not surprising...

Africa must produce its own vaccines (Landry Signé, Brookings)

During the pandemic, wealthy countries led the way in rapidly developing and producing COVID-19 vaccines. The same countries then bought up and administered those...

Biden should end America’s longest war: The War on Drugs (John Hudak, Brookings)

The War on Drugs, not the war in Afghanistan, is America’s longest war. It has used trillions of American taxpayer dollars, militarized American law...

Can fintech improve health? (Aaron Klein, Brookings)

Access to electronic financial services, in particular digital money, has replaced the digital divide as an unintended yet significant barrier for low-income individuals to...

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