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Understanding Trump’s Decision to Approve the Nippon Steel Deal (Kristi Govella – CSIS)

On June 13, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order enabling Japanese company Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel after 18 months of...

China Isn’t on the G7 Agenda, but It’s Still the Main Event (Henrietta Levin – CSIS)

As leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union meet in Kananaskis, Canada, for the...

Israel strikes Iran. What happens next? (Brookings)

On June 12, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in Iran targeting the country’s nuclear sites. The surprise attack was followed by several...

How the US can reduce the risk of wider war in the Middle East (Caroline Zier – Atlantic Council)

Israel has again demonstrated an uncanny ability to rewrite the regional playbook with a multi-pronged, multi-day attack on Iran’s nuclear program, air defenses, and...

Did Trump effectively nationalize US Steel with his ‘golden share’? (Sarah Bauerle Danzman – Atlantic Council)

Steelmaking takes iron and carbon, and now some gold, too. On Friday, US President Donald Trump approved the long-in-limbo merger of US Steel with...

Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel-Iran war (Atlantic Council)

A decades-old conflict between Israel and Iran that was never quite “cold” is rapidly heating up. In the days since the first Israeli attacks...

From Bretton Woods to Braided Path: Navigating MDB Dynamics Amid Global Shifts (Pepe Zhang, Otaviano Canuto, Fernando Straface – Policy Center for the New...

Within an ever-evolving system of multilateral development banks (MDB) currently reshaped by four structural geo-economic trends, the emergence of new MDBs like the Asian...

Still in the Game: Why Australia’s Business Future Still Includes Beijing (James Laurenceson and Vaughn Barber – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

A new survey of more than 850 businesses active in the Australia–China economic corridor reveals sustained confidence in China’s economic potential, despite shifting global...

Tigray can’t afford another war, and the world can’t afford to do nothing (Sheridan War – The Interpreter)

Despite the war in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia ending in November 2022, tensions are again escalating. Locals are braced for the possibility...

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