Mondi in Progress 18-01-2021

America Latina

(Latin America) Environmental Rights and Conflicts over Raw Materials in Latin America (Günther Maihold, Viktoria Reisch, SWP) – The Global Eye

Arabia Saudita/Qatar

(Saudi Arabia/Qatar) The Interests Behind the Saudi-Qatar Rapprochement (Mordechai Kedar, BESA Center) – The Global Eye

Asia-Pacifico (zona di libero scambio)

(Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone) RCEP-Countries Create Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone (Heribert Dieter, SWP) – The Global Eye

Cina

(China) China’s online financial tech giants are being scrutinized (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) Investors chase Chinese chip firms after US crackdown (Xie Jun, Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) About 2% growth expected for 2020 GDP, fueled by robust exports (Li Xuanmin and Ma Jingjing, Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China/Pandemic) The triple effect of COVID-19 on Chinese exports: GVC contagion effects dominate export supply and import demand shocks (Felix Friedt, VOXEU) – The Global Eye

(China) China’s GDP grows 2.3% in 2020, staging robust recovery after containing virus (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China’s economy soars 6.5% in Q4 2020, fires on all cylinders (Ma Jingjing and Li Xuanmin, Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China’s GDP tops 100 trillion yuan for the first time, economic strength embarks on a huge new step (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China creates 11.86 million new jobs in 2020 (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China utilizing Beidou for container port automation (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China’s grain output grows 0.9% to 669.49 million tons in 2020, setting new record (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China) China maintains stable supply chain in 2020: NBS (Global Times) – The Global Eye

(China/Huawei) Purported chip license revocation might affect Huawei’s PC business, but bigger impact in doubt: analysts (Global Times) – The Global Eye

Costa Rica

(Costa Rica) Costa Rica’s ‘explosive’ debt crisis: All you need to know (Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

Egitto

(Egypt) Egypt 2011: ‘We did not know we would be documenting history’ (Alessio Romenzi, Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

Europa

(Europe/Digital) EU seeking strategic autonomy in digital realm (Global Times) – The Global Eye

Filippine

(Philipppines) Lockdowns and crackdowns in the Philippines (Danilo Araña Arao, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

Germania

(Germany) Moderate Armin Laschet becomes new CDU leader in election year (Claire Stam and Philipp Grüll, Euractiv) – The Global Eye

(Germany) Germany and Europe need to adapt to new normal in post-Merkel era (Cui Hongjian, Global Times) – The Global Eye

India

(India) Time to rethink education and health in Delhi amid COVID-19 (Shivkrit Rai, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

Laos

(Laos) What next for Laos’ growth strategy? (Souknilanh Keola, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

Malaysia

(Malaysia) Resisting uncertainty, Malaysia is finding itself (Shankaran Nambiar, The Interpreter) – The Global Eye

Myanmar

(Myanmar) Democracy in Myanmar still under threat (Kihong Mun, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

Open Skies Treaty

(Open Skies Treaty) Can the Open Skies treaty survive? (Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

Palestina

(Palestine) A post-Trump Palestine (Ahmed Abu Artema, Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

Repubblica Centrafricana

(Central African Republic) Free and fair elections alone cannot solve CAR’s myriad problems (Caesar Poblicks, Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

Sri Lanka

(Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka’s majoritarian politics amid COVID-19 (Neil DeVotta, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

Uganda

(Uganda) How long will Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni hold on to power? (Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

USA

(USA) U.S. Priorities for Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism (Stimson) – The Global Eye

(USA) Chris Murphy: Healing at home shouldn’t stop the United States from its democracy work abroad (Katherine Walla, Atlantic Council) – The Global Eye

(USA) A way out of America’s divergent realities (Hung Tran, Atlantic Council) – The Global Eye

(USA) Here’s how Trump’s parting acts have improved Biden’s shot at history (Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council) – The Global Eye

USA/Arabia Saudita/Qatar

(USA/Saudi Arabia/Qatar) Why immunity for MBS should be off the table (Michael Eisner and Jack Steele, Atlantic Council) – The Global Eye

USA/Cina

(USA/China) Trump talked the talk, but Biden may prove tougher on China (Keith B. Richburg, The Strategist) – The Global Eye

USA/Corea del Nord

(USA/North Korea) Biden’s North Korea challenge (Naoko Aoki, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

(USA/North Korea) How Mr Biden might deal with the North Korea problem (East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

USA/Corea del Sud

(USA/South Korea) The misplaced optimism of America’s Korea policy (Anthony V Rinna, East Asia Forum) – The Global Eye

USA/Iran

(USA/Iran) Biden nominates Iran nuclear deal negotiator to State Department (Al Jazeera) – The Global Eye

USA/Taiwan

(USA/Taiwan) The Trump Administration’s Mixed Messaging on Taiwan Strait Transits (James Siebens and Ryan Lucas, The Diplomat, Stimson) – The Global Eye

Temi Globali

(Sovereign Debt Crises) Bond returns in sovereign debt crises: The investors’ perspective (Jochen Andritzky, Julian Schumacher, VOXEU) – The Global Eye

(Trade/Pandemic) Trade and Covid-19: Lessons from the first wave (Alvaro Espitia, Aaditya Mattoo, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta, Deborah Winkler, VOXEU) – The Global Eye

(Trumpism/Western Democracy) Trumpism not likely to spill over into Western democracy (Yang Xiyu, Global Times) – The Global Eye

(Donald Trump/Trumpism) Trump is gone, Trumpism will be gone (Mohsen Pak Aein, IRNA) – The Global Eye