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(USA) How a new National Recovery Investment Corps can drive a bottom-up, inclusive economic recovery (Mary Jean Ryan and Alan Berube, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-a-new-national-recovery-investment-corps-can-drive-a-bottom-up-inclusive-economic-recovery/
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(USA) Brookings scholars reflect on the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, America’s 46th president (Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/22/brookings-scholars-reflect-on-the-inauguration-of-joseph-r-biden-americas-46th-president/
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(USA) Could Biden’s student loan freeze argue for bigger debt relief? (Shahien Nasiripour, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Thanks to vagaries of the accounting world, Donald Trump’s administration had a chance in the final weeks of the presidential race to cancel more...
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(USA) Biden to order stopgap aid while Congress considers big stimulus (Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while...
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(Saudi Arabia/USA) Saudi Arabia Is Sending Joe Biden Mixed Messages (James M. Dorsey, BESA Center)

Saudi Arabia appears to be drawing lines in the sand as the kingdom prepares for a new era in relations with the US once...
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(Russia/USA) Moscow in Confrontational Mode Reacting to Biden’s Inauguration (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin-controlled Russian media and top officialdom have greeted President Joe Biden and his administration taking power in the US with a massive, almost...
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(Venezuela/USA) Venezuela’s Maduro hopes for ‘better relations’ with US (Al Jazeera)

The Venezuelan president urges the country’s parliament to ‘take initiatives’ towards a ‘new beginning’ with Washington. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/venezuela-maduro-hopes-for-better-relations-with-us
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(USA/China) Biden Can Pass His China Test (Javier Solana, Eugenio Bregolat, Project-Syndicate)

The US-China relationship is “too big to fail.” Peaceful coexistence, based on a combination of cooperation and competition, will not always be easy; but...
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(USA) Biden’s pick for US Treasury leaves door open to wealth tax hike (Saleha Mohsin and Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Janet Yellen also sees no immediate lifting of China tariffs, adds that polluters should pay for carbon emissions. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/22/bb-bidenspickfor-us-treasury-leaves-door-open-to-wealth-tax-hike
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(USA) QAnon in disarray as reality of Biden presidency settles (Creede Newton, Al Jazeera)

Followers of the far-right conspiracy theory will likely migrate to other groups and their offshoots, experts say. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/qanon-in-disarray-as-reality-of-biden-presidency-sets-in
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(USA) US Congress removes hurdle for Biden’s defence secretary pick (Al Jazeera)

Retired Army General Austin on track for Senate confirmation with waiver of civilian rule. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/us-house-clears-bidens-choice-for-defence-secretary
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(USA) Fauci says COVID infections might be plateauing in the US (Al Jazeera)

Dr Anthony Fauci says new US administration is also seeking to increase production of coronavirus vaccines. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/fauci-says-most-americans-to-be-vaccinated-by-middle-of-2021
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(USA/Latin America) The Biden-Harris Agenda for Latin America: What Can We Expect? (Moises Rendon, William Brownfield, CSIS)

Moises Rendon sits down with CSIS Senior Advisor Ambassador William Brownfield, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law...
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(USA) Three Tensions in Biden’s International Economic Policy (Matthew P. Goodman, CSIS)

International economics is one area of U.S. policy where there will be a clear break between the Trump and Biden eras. https://www.csis.org/analysis/three-tensions-bidens-international-economic-policy
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(Pakistan/USA/Afghanistan) Pakistan urges Biden to stick to Afghan troop withdrawal (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan FM tells Al Jazeera the country has hopes for greater engagement with the new Biden administration. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/pakistan-calls-for-us-to-stay-course-on-afghan-peace-talks
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(USA) There is no ‘return to normalcy’ (Nate Hochman, Al Jazeera)

America’s political and cultural leaders seem to have learned very little from the last four years. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/21/there-is-no-return-to
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