2020 ELECTION SERIES: THE DAY AFTER: A CROSSROADS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement will either be finalized or voided the day after the presidential election, depending on who wins, writes Marcus DuBois King.
LAS PANDEMIAS SON CUESTIONES POLÍTICAS Y TODAS SUS DIMENSIONES SON POLÍTICAS: SUS CAUSAS, SU DINÁMICA, SUS IMPACTOS
Ben Oppenheim dice que todavía estamos en las fases iniciales o intermedias de la lucha contra la pandemia de coronavirus, escribe Hugo Alconada Mon.
2020 ELECTION SERIES: THE NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS TO THINK GLOBALLY ABOUT COVID-19
The next president of the United States must help to make the country part of the solution, and not continue to have the United States be part of the problem when it comes to the pandemic, writes Thomas Coates.
NEXT STEPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER HISTORIC ABRAHAM ACCORDS PEACE AGREEMENT
At present no one can say when and if Saudi Arabia will join peace accords with Israel, and Syria should also be considered, writes Abraham Wagner.
HOT WATER: ARE U.S. WATER SUPPLIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK?
Andy Shen, Natan Hekmatjah, Seth Freeman, and Peter Katona wonder whether U.S. water supplies could be contaminated with radiation in a terrorist attack.
LESSONS LEARNED: WHY THE UNITED STATES NEEDS A COUNTER-PANDEMIC BORDER STRATEGY
It is critical that our policymakers learn quickly and act decisively, including through the development and deployment of mitigation measures at our border, before the next pandemic hits, write Robert Bonner and Gillian Horton.
2020 ELECTION SERIES: THE U.S.-CHINA DIVORCE IS ‘NOT A COLD WAR YET BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE’
A change of U.S. administration would bring some changes of emphasis, style, and approach to the U.S.-China relationship, but the agenda and goals will be very similar regardless of who occupies the White House, writes Dane Chamorro.
TAIWAN’S KMT MAY HAVE A SERIOUS ‘1992 CONSENSUS’ PROBLEM
Clinging to the consensus has won the party little respect from Beijing, while putting it out of step with the majority of Taiwanese opinion, write Derek Grossman and Brandon Alexander Millan.
RUSSIA, CHINA, AND THE INDO-PACIFIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH DMITRI TRENIN
What is the current state of Russia’s relations with China and the Indo-Pacific? And what are the prospects for Russia as an Indo-Pacific power? For a perspective on these matters, Jongsoo Lee interviews Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and chair of the Center’s Foreign and Security Policy Program.
THE UNITED STATES AND FIJI REAFFIRM SECURITY ASSISTANCE COOPERATION
The United States and Fiji continue to strengthen security cooperation, which should be seen in the context of Washington’s prioritization of the Indo-Pacific region, writes C. Steven McGann.

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