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The trade restrictions put in place by wealthy governments during the pandemic have already begun to alter the trajectory of globalization, @henryfarrell and @ANewman_forward argue.https://trib.al/rckasdh 

“Realistically, there is not very much that ASEAN—or any country—can do to influence events in Myanmar at present. But ASEAN could prevent things from getting worse.”https://trib.al/B5tuAfc 

.@SeleeAndrew and @ruizags consider how the United States and Central American countries can address the drivers of boom-and-bust migration cycles:https://trib.al/9cxKI3O 

.@charlesjkenny discusses the reasons to be optimistic about a post-pandemic turn toward rising global welfare and prosperity:https://trib.al/PZ5gfMq 

It will be incredibly hard to wean China off its overdependence on coal, @AndrewSErickson and Gabriel Collins write. Current efforts to cooperate with Beijing on climate change are not up to the task.https://trib.al/FDRsAfg 

“Putin’s authority depends less on periodic and unfair electoral coronations than on a carefully managed sense among both elites and average citizens that there is no alternative—and that a great Russia should be led by a great Putin.”https://trib.al/V4WNQhV 

What would it take to reset the broken relationship between the U.S. military and civilian officials?https://trib.al/NcJnSGu 

How have past surges of Black internationalism shaped the global outlook of the BLM movement today?https://trib.al/ew3wuET 

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel have an interest in sustaining hostility between the United States and Iran, writes @tparsi. What will this mean for a potential return to the Iran nuclear deal?https://trib.al/xNBjkbi 

Only competition, not supplication, will induce Beijing to reframe its approach to emissions and climate change, @AndrewSErickson and Gabriel Collins argue.https://trib.al/Gt5Tjcf 

The United States needs a plan to both manage Putin today and prepare for the Russian leader’s eventual fall from power, argues @bdtaylor_SU.https://trib.al/J6rPuHR 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, states have come to see the global economy as a source of vulnerability as well as growth, @henryfarrell and @ANewman_forward write. Geopolitics is slowly muscling free-market relations out of the way.https://trib.al/STlBkcN 

“John Kerry, the United States’ senior climate diplomat, has insisted that climate change is a ‘standalone issue’ in U.S.-Chinese relations. Yet Beijing does not see it that way.”https://trib.al/8TqPq14 

“In truth, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have less interest in strengthening the nuclear deal than in sustaining the enmity between the United States and Iran.”https://trib.al/XQSkNCG 

The current so-called border crisis is really a symptom of a much larger crisis rooted in long-standing problems in Central America, @SeleeAndrew and @ruizags write. Unless the U.S. addresses those problems, cyclical spikes in migration will continue.https://trib.al/GgZ5cP1 

Decades of Western sanctions have achieved little in Myanmar, Bilahari Kausikan writes. There is little reason to think that punishing the military will work today—and plenty to be concerned that imprudent international action will hurt more than it helps.https://trib.al/poP8YO6 

Do today’s “vaccine wars” herald a broader global turn toward protectionism?https://trib.al/34zudsf 

Xi Jinping’s pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2060 belies the Chinese economy’s deep dependence on coal, @AndrewSErickson and Gabriel Collins write. If China will not decarbonize on its own, can international pressure force meaningful change?https://trib.al/ZWnSMqJ 

“Too often, unelected military leaders limit or engineer civilians’ options so that generals can run wars as they see fit.”https://trib.al/9wCInZf