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Myanmar. The Myanmar military’s politicisation of COVID-19 (Moe Thuzar, East Asia Forum)

Despite the shortcomings of its healthcare system, Myanmar’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic seemed cautiously optimistic. The National League for Democracy (NLD) government...

Australia. Australia needs a diaspora census (Stewart Nixon, East Asia Forum)

In August 2021, Australia held its five-yearly census of population and housing, with responses providing crucial information on the backgrounds and characteristics of people...

Russia/Asia Pacific. Sustainable Energy—A Hidden Agenda of Russia’s 2021 Eastern Economic Forum (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Sixth Eastern Economic Forum 2021 (EEF-2021), which convened delegations from 60 countries, took place on September 2–4, in Vladivostok, at the Far Eastern...

Nord Stream 2. Nord Stream Two Construction Completed, but Gas Flows Unlikely in 2021 (Mateusz Kubiak, The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 10, the project company Nord Stream 2 AG informed that the last weld has been finished, making the Nord Stream Two natural...

Japan/Central Asia. Japan Increases Involvement in Central Asia (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Almost two decades ago, Japan adopted the 5+1 approach to dealing with Central Asia, a model other outside players have copied. Now, Japan is...

China. Evidence of the Chinese Central Government’s Knowledge of and Involvement in Xinjiang’s Re-Education Internment Campaign (Adrian Zenz, The Jamestown Foundation)

Documents leaked to the New York Times (also known as the Xinjiang Papers) in November 2019 revealed how Chinese President Xi Jinping laid the...

Uzbekistan/Afghanistan. Though Wary of Border Instability, Uzbekistan Ready to Handle Any Outcomes in Afghanistan (Umida Hashimova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Tashkent continues to warily watch the developments on the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan border. The Taliban had swept through the northern parts of Afghanistan in June to...

Russia. The Russian Elections and Hidden Regionalist Politics (Vadim Shtepa, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russians are scheduled to vote on September 19. They will be deciding electoral races not only to the State Duma (lower chamber of the...

Russia. Russian-Style Multilateralism: Decorative and Ineffectual (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Amidst the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan, Russia has been convening or partaking in unusually numerous multilateral forums. President Vladimir Putin, aware of the strong...

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