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Russian Campaign Promotes Homegrown Vaccine and Undercuts Rivals

The New York Times| Russian news outlets connected to election disinformation campaigns in the United States have set their sights on a...

Envisioning a Green New Deal: A Global Comparison

Andrew Chatzky and Anshu Siripurapu, Council of Foreign Relations| The Green New Deal has motivated those who want the U.S. to undertake...

Mexico’s President Is Spoiling for a Fight With Washington

Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs | U.S. President Joe Biden has vowed a return to diplomatic normalcy instead of personal lunacy,...

How Joe Biden Hopes to Shift U.S. Policy in the Middle East

Kirsten Fontenrose, National Interest | The Middle East is the only major region of the world not mentioned by name in the “Restore and...

Pursuing Normalization With Iraq, Israeli Digital Diplomacy Plays the Heritage Card

Jonathan Shamir, Haaretz | Unlike its online outreach to the Gulf states, the Foreign Ministry's ‘Israel in the Iraqi Dialect’ Facebook...

3 reasons why embracing the circular economy can be powerful for middle income countries

Maria Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar - World Economic Forum | Wherever you live, a circular transition is crucial to building a resilient...

Digital Currencies: Economic and Geopolitical Challenges

Stewart Fleming & Stephen Pickford, Chatham House | The governments of the G7 are well aware of the benefits of digital financial...

Why it's time for international development to put people first

Wendy Kopp, World Economic Forum | It is high time for international development actors to shift their approach from defining problems...

Biden’s pause on Gulf weapons sales foreshadows a tougher U.S.-Saudi relationship

Natasha Turak, CNBC | The administration of President Joe Biden is pausing weapons sales to Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...

Food Innovation Hubs Put Farmers at Head of the Table for Systems Change

Modern Diplomacy | To meet the SDG and change the way food is produced and consumed, the World Economic Forum, the Government of...

Trade in the Time of Pandemics

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Think Global Health | All of humanity faces a common foe, a pathogen that has no respect for borders and rides...

Opinion: Don’t go it alone — how Biden can engage development partnerships

Kristen Cordell, DEVEX | There is significant potential for strong bilateral partnerships to advance U.S. development objectives in areas...

A new initiative could make cities more biodiverse: Here's how

World Economic Forum | The need to transform the relationship between cities and nature has become ever more urgent. Over half of the...

US-Israel operations can help Biden compete with China, Russia - opinion

Bradly Bowman, The Jerusalem Post| The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, includes a provision authorizing...

Food Insecurity Crises at Home and Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead on Both

Caitlin Welsh, CSIS | The coronavirus pandemic will have caused the most severe global food security crisis in recent history. How the...

Power surge: How the European Green Deal can succeed in Morocco and Tunisia

Amine Bennis, ECFR | North African countries such as Morocco and Tunisia can help Europe meet its carbon emissions targets and strengthen...

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry wants to open new embassies in Africa this year

Ukrinform | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine plans to open new diplomatic missions in Africa this year and strengthen personnel...

What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings | For over a decade, the United States has sought to wind down the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, reduce...

Cyber Doctrines and the Risk of Nuclear Crisis Instability. Russian and Chinese Use of Proxies

CFR | For Russia, it has been longstanding practice for the state security service (FSB) and military intelligence (GRU) to employ cyber...

Biden tells Mexico he will undo Trump immigration policies

DW | The new US president has said he will reverse the "draconian" policies of the previous administration. Former President Trump made...