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China – Personal information protection law under third reading, to prevent big data abuse, excessive data collection (Global Times)

Deng Xiaoci Chinese lawmakers have come one step closer to rolling out the country's first law on personal information protection, in bid to introduce legal regulations...

USA – America’s Child-Tax-Credit Bonanza (Project-Syndicate)

TODD G. BUCHHOLZ, VICTORIA J. BUCHHOLZ In addition to helping millions of American households provide for their children, the monthly Child Tax Credit that went into...

USA/China – The US and China Are Not Destined for War (Project-Syndicate)

CHARLES C. KRULAK, ALEX FRIEDMAN As more commentators warn of a coming military conflict between the United States and China, it is easy to believe that...

Afghanistan/USA – Blood in the Sand (Project-Syndicate)

JEFFREY D. SACHS For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt. And once again...

Afghanistan/USA – Pax Americana Died in Kabul (Project-Syndicate)

BRAHMA CHELLANEY The unraveling of the effort to build a democratic, secular Afghanistan will pose a far greater threat to the free world than Syria’s...

Afghanistan – Terror and the Taliban (Project-Syndicate)

FAWAZ A. GERGES The world should not ignore the risk that Afghanistan under the Taliban could become a breeding ground for international terrorism. But nor...

Defense/Australia – More work needed but precision strike missile a good fit for the Australian Army (The Strategist)

Malcolm Davis The Australian Army is set to dramatically boost its land-based guided missile capability with Australia’s decision to join a US-led program to develop the Lockheed...

Japan – The double challenge for Suga (The Interpreter)

PURNENDRA JAIN,  TAKESHI KOBAYASHI The flame has just been extinguished for the Tokyo Olympics, a postponed games held under trying circumstances. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Afghanistan – What to do after the Taliban take-over (The Interpreter)

SUSANNE SCHMEIDL I am not an emotionally detached observer of Afghanistan. The country was once my second home, and I still have friends and colleagues...

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