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What can we expect from Joe Biden in the Middle East and in North Africa?
Pierre Razoux, Fondation Méditerranéenne d'Ëtudes Stratégiques| Even if his style will be more welcoming, there is no doubt that Joe...


After big hack of U.S. government, Biden enlists 'world class' cybersecurity team
Christopher Bing & Joseph Menn, Reuters | President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise,...


Biden administration seek five-year extension on key nuclear arms treaty in first foray with Russia
John Hudson, The Washington Post | President Biden is seeking a five-year extension with Russia on the only remaining treaty limiting the...


Argentina has great expectations with Biden's multilateralism and a “common friend”, Pope Francis
Mercopress| The Argentine administration has high expectations with the Biden presidency since it believes the US will abandon “its...


5 ways in which APIs are the building blocks of a safer, less hateful internet
Kenneth Kwok, World Economic Forum | Harmful content and misinformation is everywhere around us on search engines, social networks and...


Biden’s First Foreign Policy Move: Reentering International Agreements
Lindsay Maizland, Council on Foreign Relations| President Joe Biden has signaled that he will rejoin many of the various international...


EU grapples with building a ‘house’ for health data
Gerardo Fortuna, Euractiv.com | Having drilled the first bolts of its ambitious EU health agenda, the European Commission is now called...


Poverty, Conflict and Political–Economic Crisis in a Fragile Iraq
Zeinab F. Shuker, EPC | Iraq’s economic outlook has rapidly deteriorated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many years,...


What MENA leaders should expect from the Biden administration
David Mack, Atlantic Council | During a Joe Biden administration, wise leaders of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region would do...


Joe Biden and counter-terrorism in Africa: more of the same?
Akinola Olojo, Insititute for Security Studies | President Joe Biden’s promise to restore the US’ global relations and alliances renews...


What Biden Should Know About North Korea’s New Nuclear Plans
Ankit Panda, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace| North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have continued despite the pandemic....


Trade Can Drive a Revived U.S. Strategy in Asia
Alexander Feldman, Foreign Policy | U.S. relations with Asia have been hobbled by outgoing President Donald Trump’s isolationism, which...


A Complex Inheritance: Transitioning to a New Approach on China
Scott Kennedy, CSIS | The incoming Biden administration will inherit four major crises—the pandemic, climate change, racial injustice,...


Sensing change in Washington, China is mustering allies at the UN
The Economist | When america withdrew from the un Human Rights Council in 2018, China expressed regret. No one bought it. The forum deals...


China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in the Middle East
Austin Bodetti, The Diplomat | As one of the biggest consumers of oil in the world, China has had little trouble finding eager trading...


Disappointing Chinese Vaccine Results Pose Setback for Developing World
Sui-Lee Wee and Ernesto Londoño, New York Times | Scientists in Brazil have downgraded the efficacy of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine that...


MENA Unbound: Ten Years after the Arab Spring, Avoiding Another Lost Decade
Ferid Belhaj, World Bank | The “Arab Spring” led to the fall of governments in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. But as we now know, the wave...


Understanding the Wave of Normalization in the Middle East
Joshua Krasna - Foreign Policy Research Institute| Recent developments in the Middle East signify major, and positive, changes in...


UAE-Israel collaboration to bring innovation in healthcare, medical tech
Hannah Brown, Jerusalem Post | In two sessions of the UAE-Israel Peace and Prosperity Roundtable presented by The Khaleej Times and The...


How Companies Should Leverage Digitization
Dambisa Moyo, Project Syndicate| As the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the fragility of many business models, it has also intensified...
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