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monstrated a willingness to adopt legislation and then enforce it, other countries followed suit first in Eurasia but subsequently in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Governments that adopt such laws seldom if ever shut down the civil society sector entirely. Instead, they deal with NGOs selec

ts, and blue-chip law firms were earning fees paid by a majority of the world's autocracies, dictatorships, and illiberal regimes. Some, especially Middle Eastern monarchies, are American allies. But others are hostile to democracy and regard the United States—and often the EU—as adversaries. The lobbyists a

ions from reach- ing Russian audiences even as it steadily expands the reach of its own mouthpieces, the television channel RT and the news service Sputnik. China blocks the websites of mainstream foreign media while en- couraging its corporations to purchase influence in popular culture abroad through

ope, and then the Western Hemisphere. And that reflects a bipartisan consensus. ... They are just being extremely purposeful to not get dragged into the Middle East." In Third Attack In A Week, Three Rockets Land Near US Embassy In Baghdad. Politico (2/22, Seligman, 6.73M) reports three Katyusha rockets landed

of the first vaccines to the blockaded coastal area." Initially, "former health ministers and several medical workers were inoculated with Russia's Sputnik V jabs in front of dozens of cameras." Next, "medical workers and patients with chronic diseases are to start receiving injections on Tuesday." The

f Administration. On Fox News' Special Report (11/24, 1.53M), Secretary of State Pompeo said he expects more announcements of normalization between Middle Eastern countries and Israel before the end of the Trump Administration. Pompeo said, "Whether they will come in the next 30 days or 60 days or six months

tgoing Trump Administration." While the New York Times (11/24, Kramer, 18.61M) reports the manufacturers of the "leading Russian vaccine candidate" Sputnik V "said on Tuesday that it showed an efficacy rate of 95 percent in preliminary results from a clinical trial, which would put it at the same level

appearance in her hometown of Detroit." The Post says Tlaib has "suddenly gained political relevance in a fast-changing U.S. political debate about the Middle East." Biden Reportedly Leaning Toward Nides For Ambassador To Israel. Barak Ravid of Axios (5/20, 1.26M) reports that Biden is "closing in on his pick

uced Batch Of Sputnik V. Reuters (5/20) reports that Brazilian pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica "completed production of its first batch of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with active ingredients and technology supplied by Russia." Russia's Gamaleya Institute "said it had seen to quality control

US preeminence has been a topic of recurrent hand- wringing. Whether prompted by the flexing of Soviet muscle, most spectacularly with the launch of Sputnik in the 1950s; the civil rights upheavals and growing fallout from the Vietnam War in the 1960s, the Arab oil embargo and the Watergate scandal of the

Union. Outside the Eurozone, the 2016 Brexit vote in Great Britain has been interpreted as a populist vote against immigration from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as against the bureaucracy of the European Union. The increasing enthusiasm for populist parties in Europe raises two ques