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Moscow is Using Memory Diplomacy to Export its Narrative to the World
Jade McGlynn, Foreign Policy Magazine | Photo by Steve Harvey on Unsplash The memory of World War II—or the Great Patriotic War, as...


WHO supports South African consortium to establish first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub
World Health Organization News Photo by Testalize on Unsplash The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with...


UK Parliament panel warns of China's 'bullying' in multilateral arena
Economic Times | Photo by Gigi on Unsplash There is evidence of China's increasing use of "aggressive" means to "coerce" states to back...


Indo-European Rapprochement and the Competing Multilateral Geopolitics
Alexandr Petrosyan, Modern Diplomacy EU | Photo by EU Science Hub Indo-European rapprochement, which attempts to challenge Chinese global...


Biden’s Multilateral Approach to China Is Paying Off
Gray Sergeant, The Diplomat | Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash The G-7 may not have evolved into a permanent Democratic 10 (D10), but the...


UAE Resets a Decade of Muscular Foreign Policy
Simeon Kerr and Andrew England, Financial Times | Photo by Kamil Rogalinski on Unsplash For a decade, the United Arab Emirates has been...


Russia and India: Natural Partners in Building a Digital World
Lidia Kulik, Modern Diplomacy EU | Photo by Sam Moqadam on Unsplash Much as for today’s Russia, digital transformation has been one of...


UN Hails New Anti-Corruption Network, as ‘important step’ to Build Trust, Promote Justice
Daniel Dickinson, UN News | Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming...


China Is Using Vaccines To Push Its Agenda In Latin America, and the U.S. Is Behind the Curve
Dan De Luce, NBC News | Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash China is using Covid-19 vaccines to push its political and trade agenda...


Finland’s prime minister on why innovation alone can’t tackle the climate crisis
Sanna Marin, World Economic Forum| Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges of our time, so all responsible...


Which country has made the biggest climate commitment?
Fiona Harvey , The Guardian| Some countries are working on this but other countries appear to be failing: the UK, for instance, has...


Economic Policy for a Pandemic Age: How the World Must Prepare
Peterson Institute for International Economics| In this PIIE Briefing, PIIE scholars set out some key lessons of the current response to...


Data Is Power
Matthew J. Slaughter & David H. McCormick, Foreign Affairs | Data is now at the center of global trade. For decades, international trade...


It is now time to focus on multilateral order
Bruce Jones & Susana Malcorra, Brookings| The current crisis in global order stems from much more than after-effects of Trumpism and the...


Science Diplomacy and its Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Winston Michalak, International Policy Digest | The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here. Southeast Asian nations, in particular, have...


The Digital Legacy of Covid-19
Ilan Manor, E-International Relations| Covid-19 impacted diplomacy in an unprecedented way. The wheels of international diplomacy came to...


Russia and China Are Beating The U.S. At Vaccine Diplomacy
Alexander Smith, NBC News| Although Beijing and Moscow deny it, experts say they are beginning to see how the strategy of selling or...


Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa
Benson Kibiti, The conversation | There’s hope that some industrialised countries will achieve near-universal vaccination against...


Digital technologies can help states to face the scale and complexity of COVID-19 vaccine delivery
World Bank Blogs| Vaccination is a high-priority activity in the fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic. Reaching high coverage and...


In ‘Historic’ Summit Quad Commits to Meeting Key Indo-Pacific Challenges
Abhijnan Rej, The Diplomat| In a signal development, the leaders of the Australia-India-Japan-United States Quad met on March 12 in a...


The Struggle for Technology Sovereignty in Europe
Hermann Hauser, Project Syndicate| From now on, every country or group of countries must ask itself whether it produces the technologies...


Why does the United States still resist making a comeback to JCPOA?
Anar Imanzade, Modern Diplomacy| Many considered that the United States under President Biden will rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...


India’s Smart Vaccine Diplomacy
Shashi Tharoor, Project Syndicate| As countries scramble to secure supplies in the face of "vaccine race," India has enhanced its global...


Here's how digital transformation and sustainability can flourish together
John Frey, World Economic Forum| Almost every organisation has accelerated its digital transformation initiatives in 2020. But how many...


Janet Yellen’s New Financial Multilateralism
Paola Subacchi, Project Syndicate| In a recent letter to her G20 colleagues, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for stronger...


Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Michael J. Green & Nicholas Szechenyi, Center for Strategic and International Studies| March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the...


New global breast cancer initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival
WHO | A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced by the World Health Organization, with...


China–Iran deal: much ado about nothing?
Camille Lons & Meia Nouwens, International Institute for Strategic Studies| The establishment of a new Comprehensive Strategic...


Women entrepreneurs adapt to new technology, mental wealth and community to build and grow business
Stephanie Campbell, It World Canada | Women entrepreneurs are at the forefront of change. To address these changes and help foster a...


Here’s why China’s trade deal with Mauritius matters
QRIUS | China’s small-state-first trade diplomacy, starting in New Zealand followed by Iceland, and now having reached Mauritius, appears...


Lithuania’s Outreach to Taiwan Is Another Blow to China’s Europe Diplomacy
Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat | Lithuania plans to open a representative’s office in Taiwan, a government spokesperson told Reuters this...


Accelerating hydrogen: new issue of Future Power Technology out now
Power Technology | EIT InnoEnergy recently launched the European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Center (EGHAC), a mammoth effort to support...


India considers long-term economic ties with the Philippines, to boost Indo-Pacific initiative
Nayanima Basu, The Print | India is making rapid inroads in the Philippines by establishing long-term trade and economic ties even as it...


The Innovation Wars- America’s Eroding Technological Advantage
Christopher Darby & Sarah Sewall, Foreign Affairs | Since the early days of the Cold War, the United States has led the world in...


Red Flags: Triaging China's Projects in the Western Balkans
Center for Strategic International Studies| This report, the third in a series on Chinese economic activities in the Western Balkans,...


The rivalry between America and China will hinge on South-East Asia
The Economist| During their 45-year feud, America and the Soviet Union fought proxy battles all across the world. But the cold war was at...


The rules of the tech game are changing
The Economist | The idea of the technology industry being dominated by monopolies is so widely held that it has monopolised much...


Lessons from a year of Covid
Yuval Noah Harari, Financial Times| How can we summarise the Covid year from a broad historical perspective? Many people believe that the...


It’s time for Canada to strengthen our ties with Cuba
John Kirk & Stephen Kimber, The Globe and Mail| Canada has a new Foreign Affairs Minister. The United States has a new government. It’s...


China’s ‘No 1 document’: Beijing steps up focus on food security
Aljazeera| China will put greater pressure on its regions to boost grain yields and step up support for its domestic seed industry as it...


Can diplomats be proactive online without becoming “wolf-warrior”?
Radu Magdin, Modern Diplomacy | With the increasingly important digital world, traditional, offline tools and approaches are becoming...


Euro-Mediterranean Assembly hears calls for Support for Food Security in the Mediterranean
Antoinette Tyrrell, European Views| A plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), today heard calls...


Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order
Chang Che, Foreign Affairs | Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the...


Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040
Dr Alice McGushin, Dr Harry Kennard, World Economy Forum| Climate change has been described by WHO as this century's biggest threat to...


How investments in agricultural technology are accelerating UAE's food security targets
Arabian Business Global| Coronavirus highlighted the need to producing food locally. The UAE’s investments in agriculture technology...


China’s top diplomat says Beijing seeks to U.S. to join forces on new energy and new technologies
Amber Wang, SCMP | Politburo member Yang Jiechi says China puts itself forward to help writing new global rules. China has talked up the...


How China’s green finance slowdown threatens global climate ambitions
Mathias Lund Larsen, SCMP | Growth in China’s green financing, even for its much-touted green bonds, appears to be stalling, as...


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....


Kenya emerges as leader on plastic pollution
Newroom, ModernDiplomacy | Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East...
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