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(Germany) Preparing for curtain calls, Merkel too busy to think about life after office (Euractiv, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: Germany’s Angela Merkel made clear on Thursday (22 July) she would keep working on issues such as climate change till her last...

(Europe) How to reconcile the different interests in the “Fit for 55” package? (Euractiv)

Wojciech Dąbrowski writes for Euractiv: Though all Member States backed EU’s higher target of a net domestic reduction of greenhouse gases emissions by at...

(Argentina/Russia) Argentina complains to Russia over vaccine delivery (Euractiv)

Euractiv writes: Argentina has complained to Russia about delays in delivering second doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a letter warning of...

(Europe/Germany) Half of Europeans vaccinated as Germany warns on rising virus cases (Euractiv)

Euractiv writes: More than half of all European adults are now fully vaccinated, the EU said on Thursday (22 July), as countries across Europe...

(Canada) Canadian National Security Needs an Update for Climate (CIGI)

Simon Dalby writes for CIGI: It’s fire season again in British Columbia, and the village of Lytton has been in the headlines recently, first for...

(Russia/Japan/Kuril Islands) The Kuril Islands roadblock on a Russia–Japan peace treaty (East Asia Forum)

Andrey Gubin, Far Eastern Federal University, writes for East Asia Forum: During a press briefing at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on 5...

(India) Trust and crisis management in India under COVID-19 (East Asia Forum)

Oindrila Dey, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Debalina Chakravarty, St Xavier’s University, write for East Asia Forum: Over the past year, India has...

(USA) How the National Science Foundation is taking on fairness in AI (Brookings)

Alex Engler writes for Brookings: Most of the public discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) policy focuses on one of two perspectives: how the government...

(India/Africa) What India’s COVID-19 crisis means for Africa (Brookings)

Jamie MacLeod, Vera Songwe, Stephen Karingi, Hopestone Chavula, Jean Paul Boketsu Bofili, Sokunpanha You, and Veerawin Su write for Brookings: By May 9, 2021 India accounted for 57 percent of...

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