The COVID-19 pandemic has struck Africa less than expected. 

Latin American governments have not responded consistently to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The US space sector, comprised of its government organizations and its commercial industry, is leading the revolution in space, often called "new space". 

Promoting political values (democracy, human rights and the rule of law) in China is a colossal undertaking, but the EU could be more effective than we think. To do so, it must act strategically, in unity, and in concert with like-minded partners. It must also strengthen its record of upholding political values and reform its procedures for foreign policy decision-making.

The recent assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the father of Iran's nuclear program, echoes that of Qassem Soleimani in January 2020 and illustrates the policy of "maximum pressure" which has prevailed these past four years. In this context, Joe Biden's election gives rise to high expectations for the appeasement of U.S.-Iran relations.

China is in the midst of a long-term effort to develop a world-class space program with a strong military and national security component. 

The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by the German government and health system has globally been perceived as a success because of a relatively low death rate.

This report is a result of a wide-scale study of public opinion on China in 13 European countries,1 conducted in September and October 2020, on the research sample representative with respect to gender, age, level of education, country region, and settlement density. Here, we focus on the French portion of the polling, building on the previously published report comparing the results across the 13 countries.