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How little Lithuania dragged the EU into its showdown with China
https://www.politico.eu/article/lithuania-china-showdown-eu-impact/?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=83a53fe93d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_10_07
NIR Brexit: why does Northern Ireland matter so much?
https://socialeurope.eu/brexit-why-does-northern-ireland-matter-so-much
Preserving Liberal Democratic Institutions Through Engagement
https://www.lawfareblog.com/preserving-liberal-democratic-institutions-through-engagement?utm_campaign=Governance%20Studies&utm_medium=email&utm_content=132685954&utm_source=hs_email
Strategic shifts in the Middle East after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strategic-shifts-in-the-middle-east-after-the-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly
HATE CHECK : Functional Tests for Hate Speech Detection Models
https://aclanthology.org/2021.acl-long.4.pdf
WHEN LEAKS PLUG HOLES
The Pandora Papers are the fourth in a line stretching back to Julian Assange ...
UK Parliamentary scrutiny does need reform – but the Paterson farce has poisoned the well
https://capx.co/parliamentary-scrutiny-does-need-reform-but-the-paterson-farce-has-poisoned-the-well/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05%2F11%2F2021
Taking stock: A global assessment of net zero targets
https://ca1-eci.edcdn.com/reports/ECIU-Oxford_Taking_Stock.pdf?v=1616461369
US What’s in the Latest Build Back Better Framework?
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/whats-latest-build-back-better-framework
AT Kurz affair forces Austria to look in the mirror
https://www.politico.eu/article/sebastian-kurz-austria-politics-corruption/?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=4f3bfaa83e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_10