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    Nov 16

    While Donald Trump still hasn’t conceded, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has already gotten to work on building a new administration. Track all of our coverage on a fraught transfer of power—and what it means for the United States and the world—here:

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  2. Putting billions of dollars at Kadhimi's disposal but with strict conditions would allow him to build necessary support and use it to take on Iraq’s political parties, militias, and kleptocrats, Farhad Alaaldin and Kenneth M. Pollack write.

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  3. Members of Lukashenko’s security forces will need to decide now whether they want to be among those being investigated or those doing the investigation into the leader's fraudulently claimed victory.

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  4. A revitalized national tourism policy could be a big part in strengthening the country’s middle class, making the environment a top priority across the government, and building the economy back, Elizabeth Becker writes.

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  5. Midwives are some of Afghanistan’s most vital front-line health care workers. They have had to protect against a number of threats, including the current pandemic and militant attacks on hospitals, all while keeping pregnant women and babies alive.

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  6. Joe Biden’s approach to China is flawed because it is transformational rather than transactional, writes.

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  7. Part of Trump’s “America First” vision has been to reserve power for white men throughout the country’s institutions, Ronald J. Granieri and Mitchell A. Orenstein write. What has that meant for U.S. foreign policy? From June 2020:

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  8. In the book “Bland Fanatics,” Pankaj Mishra discusses the dangers of the world’s leading intellectuals—many now located in the United States—believing unflinchingly in the rightness and universal applicability of their liberal values.

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  9. The talks to end the blockade of Qatar fell far short of its expectations. And it was disappointing for the United States, which often struggles to achieve its strategic goals in the region because of the quarrels among its allies, writes.

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  10. G. John Ikenberry’s new book suggests that, over time, Washington lost the “shared narrative” of being a diverse but connected international community and became more of a U.S.-manufactured “public utility,” FP’s Michael Hirsh writes.

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  11. As U.S. states begin to legalize recreational use of cannabis, Mexico has followed suit with calls for a system that could keep farmers employed, cut back on a glut of cheap drugs, and prevent those struggling with addiction from being incarcerated.

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  12. With a split Congress upending his chances to pass new legislation, President-elect Joe Biden will likely turn to foreign policy to make an impact on climate change, FP’s Jason Bordoff writes.

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  13. Cameroonians seeking asylum in the United States have been forced to live in inhumane conditions. Congress' failures to rectify the situation “shows how the politicized U.S. immigration system has chosen militarization over mercy,” writes.

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  14. Not for lack of trying, China has been unable to match its international competitors with the development of a key tech product, leaving its companies vulnerable to U.S.sanctions and pressure, FP’s writes.

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    Dec 10

    Libya just released Russian political operative Maxim Shugaley who was arrested in 2019 after the GNA received a tip from US intel. Shugaley's detention has been the subject of a bizarre but determined international campaign as & I report

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  16. Port Sudan is smaller than the Russian base in Syria—Moscow’s only other naval facility outside of the former Soviet Union—but it will give Russia a strategic foothold along the Red Sea.

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  17. If Iraq is unable to continue paying salaries, minimal government expenses, and operating costs, it would have devastating consequences, Farhad Alaaldin and Kenneth M. Pollack write.

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  18. If Belarus' the police and security services realize Lukashenko’s orders are wrong and stop following them, then the regime would collapse like a house of cards. There are already signs that that is happening.

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  19. Tens of thousands of Indian farmers camped out around New Delhi to protest a set of farm bills passed by the country’s parliament in September—but the protests are not an isolated movement, FP's explains:

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  20. The late John Le Carré’s books shared unambiguous views of good and evil—with characters who grappled with corporate power, banks laundering money for criminals, fearsome terrorists, and privatized security services. Read our review of his last novel here:

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  21. Huawei is fighting for its very survival since it was blacklisted by the United States. Its stunning fall demonstrates the vulnerability of China’s centralized tech sector, FP’s writes.

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