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Planet A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cyclone-triggered flash floods and landslides in eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste have caused widespread destruction<\/a> and at least 150 deaths. Relief efforts and search and rescue operations are underway but are being hindered by ongoing storms and flooding, power outages and road blockages. So far, residential destruction has displaced more than 10,000 Indonesians<\/a> and 7,000 East Timorese.<\/p>\n

Southeast Asia is a frontier zone<\/a> for several climate change<\/a> impacts, including increased tropical cyclones<\/a>. Life-threatening floods occur annually in both Indonesia and Timor-Leste, and factors like rural isolation and poor infrastructure are vulnerability multipliers in the region.<\/p>\n

Australia has said it \u2018stands ready<\/a>\u2019 to help Timor-Leste, but long-term mitigation of climate change impacts in the region will require a combination of emissions reductions and investment in \u00a0infrastructure. This is the position taken by US President Joe Biden in his recent executive order on climate change<\/a>, which signals that the US may work directly with Southeast Asian nations to implement \u2018ambitious emissions reduction measures\u2019 and build resilience against climate change threats.<\/p>\n

Democracy watch <\/strong><\/p>\n

Protests in Northern Ireland<\/a> intensified over Easter with consecutive nights of rioting<\/a>. Masked protestors ignited cars, threw petrol bombs and attacked police with masonry, metal rods, fireworks and manhole covers, injuring dozens of officers.<\/p>\n

The protests come in the wake of the UK\u2013EU Brexit deal which, from January, stipulated checks on food and plant goods delivered from Great Britain to the region as part of its Northern Ireland protocol. Pro-British unionists are concerned that the deal will create a de facto border between Northern Ireland and the UK and will tilt the country towards unification with Ireland.<\/p>\n

A grace period on these checks initially expired last Wednesday, but the UK announced<\/a> it would continue to unilaterally bypass border control requirements until 1 October, inciting legal action from the European Union<\/a>. Observers are<\/a> concerned<\/a> that the Brexit deal may threaten the Good Friday Agreement by establishing a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The institution of a soft border was a key aspect of the 1998 peace deal.<\/p>\n

Information operations<\/strong><\/p>\n

A report<\/a> published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyses the community standards of social media platforms and how they address online influence operations.<\/p>\n

The Carnegie researchers found differences in the standards applied across major platforms in both the breadth of prohibited activities included and the detail with which activities were defined. For example, terminology commonly used by experts, the media and the public to describe influence operations\u2014like \u2018disinformation\u2019 and \u2018fake news\u2019\u2014was noticeably absent from standards, with platforms instead choosing to subdivide such activities into specific categories.<\/p>\n

This subdivision illustrates a tension between broad standards and standards or rules that deal with specific sets of prohibited behaviour\u2014what the report calls \u2018generalized\u2019 and \u2018particularized\u2019 approaches. The report goes on to argue that while generalised policies can make it harder for malicious actors to exploit narrow loopholes, particularised policies can bolster platform legitimacy and defuse perceptions of biased decision-making. The authors note that without consistency across community standards, malicious actors will continue to exploit policy differences by jumping between platforms.<\/p>\n

Follow the money <\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Joe Biden has sought to reboot US influence in Asia to repair the destructive effects of his predecessor Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018America first\u2019 policy on relations with the region. On 16 April, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Biden are set to meet and discuss collaboration on 5G and hydrogen energy \u00a0infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific, as a \u2018counterweight to China\u2019s Belt and Road initiative\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US\u2013Japan relations have become critical in Washington\u2019s efforts to counter Beijing\u2019s strategic ambitions, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken making Japan his first<\/a> overseas destination in March. The two countries have shared concerns<\/a> about China\u2019s growing influence, including its military coercion and telecommunications dominance in the region, and have agreed to collaborate to deter China from abusing its power.<\/p>\n

With a full schedule of Quad meetings and increasing bilateral engagement with Japan, the US is clearly announcing its intentions to reshape the geopolitical board by renewing and strengthening ties with its allies.<\/p>\n

Terror byte<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday, the US Department of Justice revealed it has indicted five people<\/a> for assaulting three police officers during the Capitol Hill riot on 6 January. More than 400 people have been arrested and so far authorities have identified<\/a> three current and 34 former military personnel as well as five current law enforcement officers among them. Following the riots, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin voiced his commitment to removing<\/a> anyone who espouses far-right and white supremacist views from the military, saying<\/a>: \u2018[T]he job of the Department of Defense is to keep America safe from our enemies. But we can\u2019t do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks.\u2019 The US\u2019s examination of the penetration of far-right views in military ranks follows similar efforts in Germany,<\/a> France<\/a> and Britain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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