Amid rising threats from China and North Korea, Tokyo’s debuts counterstrike capabilities and boosts defense spending. What You Need to Know About Japan’s New National Security Strategy | United States Institute of Peace (usip.org)
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Claire Klobucista, Council on Foreign Relations: The swift development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 was an unprecedented scientific achievement. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and new variants have all presented hurdles. A Guide to Global COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
OLIVIA BEAVERS, JORDAIN CARNEY and SARAH FERRIS per Politico: Conservatives have made their demands known to Kevin McCarthy as he rounds up votes for speaker. Now centrists are next in line. The unexpectedly small majority McCarthy will be working with next year as he seeks the top gavel has undoubtedly bolstered the leverage of his right flank. But the House […]
La Turchia sta sistematicamente respingendo decine di migliaia di afghani al confine terrestre con l’Iran o li sta deportando direttamente in Afghanistan, senza che vengano esaminate le loro richieste di protezione internazionale, ha dichiarato Human Rights Watch in un rapporto pubblicato oggi. Il rapporto di 73 pagine, intitolato ‘No One Asked Me Why I Left […]
A livello globale, l’istruzione è in crisi, con forti disuguaglianze, bassi risultati di apprendimento, e così via. La crisi globale dell’istruzione vale, in particolare, per l’istruzione dei rifugiati poiché troppi studenti rifugiati devono affrontare barriere di accesso, bassa qualità e scarsa rilevanza nelle loro opportunità di apprendimento. L’istruzione dei rifugiati continua a essere poco sostenuta […]
It was Prime Minister Robert Menzies who told President Lyndon B. Johnson bluntly but accurately what the simple requirement happened to be for an effective US ambassador to Australia. The ambassador had to have the ability, Menzies told LBJ, to pick up the phone and talk directly to the US president. After all, under the […]
Remarks by Australia’s prime minister and defence minister and discussions in Washington about the future of US security policy in the Taiwan Strait highlight a growing consensus among like-minded partners about the need to respond to any Taiwan contingency. Unfortunately, these conversations often only explore the contours of a future conflict and too rarely discuss what the US, […]
As Italy scrambles to control surging Covid-19 infections—including by making vaccination compulsory for anyone over 50—cracks are appearing in the broad ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. A crucial test will come next Monday, when Italy’s 630 members of parliament, 321 senators and 58 regional representatives elect a new president. Presidential election could put Italy’s Draghi-led […]
Iran, Russia, and China will hold joint naval exercises in the north of the Indian Ocean on January 21, Iranian media have reported, amid speculation that the three countries are teaming up in the face of growing pressure from the United States and its allies over Ukraine and European security guarantees. A spokesman for Iran’s […]
A Russian court in Siberia has handed a three-year prison term to a Jehovah’s Witness, in the latest persecution of members of the banned Christian group. The Severskiy City Court in the Tomsk region on January 19 sentenced Alekei Yershov after convicting him of participating in the activities of an “extremist organization.” Russia Imprisons Another […]
A meeting of the powerful politburo of North Korea’s ruling party, presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, has said that it will consider resuming “all temporarily suspended” nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests amid an ongoing effort to boost the country’s military against a “hostile” United States, state media reported. The country’s Rodong […]
The CIA has determined a mysterious sickness affecting hundreds of United States diplomatic workers across the world is not part of a widespread targeted campaign by a foreign power, according to US media reports. Officials briefed on the spy agency’s preliminary finding said hundreds of cases of the so-called Havana Syndrome – which first appeared in Havana, […]