Weekly International
Press Brief
February
15 - 20 : II : 2021
Myanmar’s Coup
> Responding to the Myanmar Coup
> Myanmar’s generals recoup: The recurrence of military-defined “disciplined democracy”
> Myanmar’s coup will test the loyalty of the security forces
Tech giants
> Regulating big tech: the Digital Markets Act
> Facebook vs. Australia: What Happens When Big Tech Comes for the News?
> Regulación a las tecnológicas en EE UU y China, con un ojo en la geopolítica
Libya: 10 years after the fall of Gadhafi
> Planning for the day 10 years after the fall of Gadhafi
> Libya 10 Years Later: Dashed Hopes and Renewed Negotiations
NATO
> NATO2030: future-proofing the Alliance
> Turkey-NATO ties are problematic, but there is one bright spot
> As NATO Convenes, Erdoğan’s Authoritarianism Remains an Awkward Problem
WTO
> The WTO’s Historic New Leader
> Fiscal Policy and the Post-COVID-19 Recovery
Catalonia’s election
> What we learned from the 2021 Catalan elections
Kosovo’s election
> Kosovo snap election: A chance for action
> Elecciones en Kosovo: las malas perspectivas
Iran’s Nuclear Deal
> A Way Forward With Iran? Options for Crafting a U.S. Strategy
> Where’s Europe on the Iran Nuclear Deal?
> Europe’s Defence of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Less than a Success, More than a Failure
DRC
> Presidentialism shouldn’t trump democracy in the DRC
> DRC: New prime minister, new era?
Terrorism
> Counter Terrorism,Global Terrorism
> Slow progress for West Africa’s latest counter-terrorism plan
USA
> A Superpower, Like It or Not: Why Americans Must Accept Their Global Role
> An Insurrection And A New President Make The Us Vulnerable To Foreign Policy Crises
> Why such an imperfect union?
> A US-India Trade Agenda for the Biden Administration
China
> The United States, China, and Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War
> Political repression and authoritarian legalism in Hong Kong
> Xi Jinping’s conception of socialism
> What Happened to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?
Russia
> The trouble with unchecked power: Why Putin will never leave
> El caso Navalny: ¿’primavera’ rusa o pulso geopolítico?
> Russia in 2020: The Kremlin’s Increasing Apprehensiveness
> Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part One)
European Union
> European Defence Fund: The Real Test Is Yet To Come
> Ursula von der Leyen’s mission ‘to the moon’
> Summit of the V4 Prime Ministers in Kraków on the 30th Anniversary of the Visegrad Group
> EU Needs to Stop Punishing UK for Brexit
Middle East
> Between Geopolitics and Geoeconomics: The Growing Role of Gulf States in the Eastern Mediterranean
> La llegada de Biden sacude el golfo Pérsico
> The electoral path may not save Lebanon, but its citizens deserve the chance to walk it
> Biden’s Challenge: Kurdish Autonomy and Turkish Expansionism
Latin America
> Venezuela Needs Unity at Home and Abroad
> Colombia’s Ruling Party Is Undaunted in Its Foreign Overreach
> Divisive Politics and Democratic Dangers in Latin America
> Democratic Backsliding and Personalization of Power in Brazil
> Vacunas sin integración y geopolítica en América Latina
Asia
> Japón vuelve a ‘sus’ escenarios
> Îles Senkaku/Diaoyu: des tensions croissantes
> The Economic Pillar of Korea’s New Southern Policy: Building on Existing Assets
> East Timorese politics in flux
> An End in Sight for the Philippines’ Maoist Insurgency?
Africa
> Will the Restructured African Union meet the Continent’s Urgent Challenges?
> The Truth About Museveni’s Crimes
> Somalia’s election impasse: A crisis of state building
> Food Insecurity Crisis Mounting in Africa
Report
> «Inmigración en tiempos de Covid-19». Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración 2020
Essay
> How to save aid
Books & Reviews
> America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
> What pagans, Putin and the Volga teach us about Russia
> Société vigilante, État de surveillance?
> How Egypt’s Military Owns the Economy
