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Three Tensions in Biden’s International Economic Policy
Matthew P. Goodman, CSIS| With strategic perspective and process discipline, the Biden administration should be able to reconcile the...


The Biden administration and the Middle East: The view from Washington on the first 200 days
Middle East Institution | As the Biden administration takes office on Jan. 20, it faces a host of challenges, both at home and abroad....


Infographic | Climate and conflict
Matus Samel, The Economist | Climate change has resulted in slow-onset changes – notably gradual temperature increases, rising sea...


What makes this Myanmar coup different
Morten B. Pedersen, Australian Strategic Policy Institute| The dominant response to the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February has been,...


North Korea could become one of Biden’s biggest challenges — and not just because of its nukes
Victor Cha - The Washington Post| In the past, the Kim's regime drew attention to itself with provocations involving missiles and nuclear...


The Inescapable Continuum: US Force and Diplomacy into the Biden Era
Roby Barrett, Manara Magazine| The election of President Joseph Biden brought an audible sigh of relief from the foreign policy...


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...


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...


How Companies Should Leverage Digitization
Dambisa Moyo, Project Syndicate| As the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the fragility of many business models, it has also intensified...


Data: Governance and Geopolitics
Gregory F. Treverton & Pari Esfandiari, Center for Strategic and International Studies| Big data is often perceived as the black gold of...


Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?
Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy Research Institute | The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. Just three days into the year, U.S....


Six humanitarian lessons from the COVID-19 crisis
United Nations / OCHA 2020 showed us the consequences of not cooperating, said participants of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA’s annual...


China's rise as a global security actor: implications for NATO
Meia Nouwens & Helena Legarda /International Institute for Strategic Studies In December 2019, for the first time, NATO leaders...


Three geopolitical lessons of 2020
Nigel Gould-Davies /International Institute for Strategic Studies COVID-19 is the story of 2020. It has tested national capacities,...
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