Geopolitics & Worlds

North Korean hypersonic threat is an alarming wake-up call for how we innovate (Ross Niebergall, Defense News)

Since September 2021, North Korea has conducted three hypersonic missile tests that are destabilizing the dynamics of the region. While it was announced that the developments...

Russian-Led Mission in Kazakhstan Unveils New Peacekeeping Model (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s peacekeeping intervention with four minor allies in Kazakhstan (January 6 through January 19—see Part One in EDM, January 19, 2022) brings to six the number...

The Two Faces of Kazakhstan’s Civil Unrest (Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Kazakhstan faced the worst civil unrest since its independence, when popular protests turned violent and nearly caused state collapse in early January. Long perceived...

Kremlin Refocuses Its Propaganda in Preparation for War (Kseniya Kirillova, The Jamestown Foundation)

While Russia continues to build up its military forces on the Ukrainian border (see EDM, December 13, 2021 and January 20, 2022), the Kremlin has also stepped...

Water Crises and the Looming Ecological Catastrophe in Occupied Crimea and Devastated Donbas (Alla Hurska, The Jamestown Foundation)

The critical, chronic and worsening water shortages gripping the Crimean Peninsula derive from a combination of long-term and complex (both anthropogenic and natural) factors...

Russian Hybrid Threats Report: Troops arrive in Belarus as propaganda narratives heat up (Atlantic Council)

As the crisis in Europe over Ukraine heats up, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across...

The race is on for a digital dollar (Atlantic Council)

Ready for UncleSamCoin? It’s official: The Federal Reserve’s new report on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has opened the door for the first time to the...

What if Russia invades Ukraine (again)? Consider these options for sanctions escalation (Brian O’Toole and Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council)

Just weeks into 2022—amid Western refusal to give into Kremlin demands for a sphere of domination in Central and Eastern Europe—intensified Russian attacks on...

Papua New Guinea’s growth conundrum (Stephen Howes, East Asia Forum)

National elections will be held in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the middle of 2022. Elections are held every five years and are very popular events. Though voting...

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