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The issues we face are important and complex. As with previous years, Make Sense of 2021 provides you with a plurality of perspectives on world issues. It has some of our best articles of the year from contributors who cut across borders, backgrounds and beliefs.
In this edition, we shine the light on issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination program. We look at all regions and many topics, such as Afghanistan and the Taliban, protesting farmers in India and the crisis in Ethiopia.
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AFRICA
Ethiopia’s Heavy Hand in Tigray Sends a Message — Corrado Cok
Macron’s Campaign to Reveal France’s Historical Sins — Peter Isackson
How the End of the Gulf Crisis Affects Sudan — Julietta Mirghani
Why Is Somalia’s Political Crisis So Difficult to Solve? — Corrado Cok
Who Can Resolve Ethiopia’s Catastrophic Conflict? — Martin Plaut
ASIA PACIFIC
Press Freedom in the Philippines: Death by a Thousand Cuts — Christianne France Collantes
The Matter of Xi’s Succession — Eyck Freymann & Ralph Su
Young People Are the Key to Reconciling China and Hong Kong — Zoe Leung & Eric Yang
Indonesia’s Balancing Act Between China and Taiwan — M. Habib Pashya
ASEAN’s Myanmar Strategy, Slow But Steady — Tzyy Wei Siu
CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA
Why Are India’s Farmers Protesting? — Atul Singh & Manu Sharma
Pakistan’s New “Geoeconomics” Lawfare — Hassan Shad
Joe Biden Meets Afghanistan’s Leaders as the Country Faces Collapse — Tabish Forugh & Atul Singh
Liberalizing India’s Economy Is Critical for Global Stability — Surya Kanegaonkar
Why Do Some Women Support the Taliban? — Ahmed Ezzeldin
EUROPE
Brexit Trade Deal Brings Temporary, If Not Lasting, Relief — Paul Hardy & Daniel Jones
Angela Merkel: A Retrospective — Hans-Georg Betz
What Led to Europe’s Vaccine Disaster? — Hans-Georg Betz
The Migrant Crisis on Poland-Belarus Border Is Lukashenko’s Revenge — Malwina Talik
Making Sense of Vladimir Putin’s Long Game — Atul Singh & Glenn Carle
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
What’s Behind Chile’s Vaccination Success? — Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra
Violence Against Women in Mexico Rises — Mat Youkee
A Contentious Election Deepens Peru’s Crisis — Erik Geurts
After Recent Protests, Cuba Will Not Be the Same — Leonardo Vivas
Will Brazil See Justice for the Mismanagement of the COVID-19 Pandemic? — Helder Ferreira do Vale
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia: The Pending Goals of the Revolution — Anouar Jamaoui
The Battle Lines of Yemen’s Endgame — Munir Saeed
Rebalancing the Power Asymmetry Between Israel and Palestine — Zeinab Fayad
Biggest Threat to Democracy in Israel Comes From Within — Emma Davies
Lebanon’s Future as an Inclusive Democracy in Doubt — Jean AbiNader
NORTH AMERICA
Will American Democracy Perish Like Rome’s? — Atul Singh
Is America Ready to Raise the Minimum Wage? — Timothy Rich, Bridget Beavin, Ian Milden & Olivia Blackmon
Do Americans Still Trust Their Public Health Agencies? — Jennifer Wider
9/11 and the American Collective Unconscious — Peter Isackson
America’s Afghanistan Fiasco: The Buck Stops With Biden — Christopher Schell
BUSINESS
GameStop: Putting Skin Back in the Game — Zachary Propert
Making Journalism Dependent on Facebook Is Not the Answer — Mark Andrejevic
Will We Wake Up to the Big Tech Distraction Crisis? — Robert Wigley
Regional Clouds Could Be the Answer — Mark Cummings & Katarzyna Wac
Looking for a Safe Place in Facebook’s Digital Universe — Jennifer Wider
ECONOMICS
Peter Thiel’s Bitcoin Paranoia — Peter Isackson
The Pacific Alliance at 10: A Global Future Beckons — Craig Dempsey
India Is Slowly Evolving Into a Market Economy — Sunil Asnani & Kshitij Bhatia
Austerity for the Poor and Prosperity for the Rich — Ahmed Aref
Infrastructure: The Key to the China Challenge — Peter Rodgers
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Will the US and Iran Meet Jaw to Jaw? — Gary Grappo
EU Concern Over Ukraine Is Not Enough — Sebastian Schäffer
The US, NATO and the Question of Russia — Emir Hadzikadunic
Afghanistan: A Final Nail in the Coffin of American Foreign Policy — Bilal Rahmani
What Is the Ruckus Over AUKUS? — Gary Grappo
CULTURE
How Appropriate Is Kendall Jenner’s Cultural Appropriation? — Peter Isackson
Why Fame Can Be a Nightmare — Ellis Cashmore
The Cultural Power of Anitta in Bolsonaro’s Brazil — Franthiesco Ballerini
Why Headscarves Matter So Much to Turkey — Nathaniel Handy
Will the Azeem Rafiq Case Purge Britain of Racism? — Ellis Cashmore
ENVIRONMENT
There’s No Such Thing as Plenty of Fish in the Sea — Leah Garden
Fiji’s Women Are Living the Reality of Climate Change — Menka Goundan
When It Comes to Climate Change, Promises Matter — Arek Sinanian
Saving the World’s Rarest Bear — Rejeanne Lacroix
Water World: Is Climate Change Driving Our Future Out to Sea? — Anna Pivovarchuk
SCIENCE
Pandemic Family Life: The Struggles Behind Closed Doors — Anis Ben Brik
Can Dyslexia Be an Asset? — John Manzella
Why Do So Many Athletes Have Mental Health Issues? — Ellis Cashmore
The Elusive Importance of Sleep — Jennifer Wider
Health Care in America Is the Best in the World — Khaled Dajani
GLOBAL CHANGE
Will the Pandemic Revitalize Ideas of the Global Common Good? — Andreas Rechkemmer, Deborah Brosnan & James Bohland
Myanmar: What Comes Next for Minority Groups? — Daniel Sullivan
The Road to Yemen’s Starvation — Zaid Ali Basha
The Hazaras of Afghanistan Face a Threat to Survival — Naweed Jafari
India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Is Failing the Transgender Community — Preeti Choudhary
