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Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the Mining Sector (Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz – CSIS)

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law. The sweeping legislation enacts major changes across...

Renewing the United States’ Skilled Technical Workforce (Sujai Shivakumar and Julie Heng – CSIS)

If the United States intends to manufacture the next generation of technologies critical for the nation’s economic competitiveness and national security, a well-trained “Skilled...

Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Defense Spending Last? (Erin D. Dumbacher, Michael C. Horowitz, and Lauren Kahn – CFR)

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed what he has called the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress had passed the day before....

Moscow Seeks to Retain Influence Over Moldova (Ksenia Kirillova – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia appears to be intensifying hybrid operations against Moldova, leveraging disinformation and false narratives to portray Western alliances as instigators of conflict while planning...

Kazakhstan Reinforces Multivector Foreign Policy (Alexander Kim – The Jamestown Foundation)

Kazakhstan has awarded Rosatom the contract to build its first nuclear power plant, signaling continued collaboration with Russia while simultaneously exploring future partnerships with...

Wagner Withdrawal Signals Potential Change in Russian Approach to Mali (Andrew McGregor – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s Wagner Group is being withdrawn from Mali after a three-and-a-half-year deployment with a mixed record of battlefield successes that have come at enormous...

Baku-Moscow Tensions Signal Türkiye’s Rise in the South Caucasus (Soufan Center)

In a significant shift in the South Caucasus region, tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have escalated sharply — marked by tit-for-tat public arrests in...

Prosperity and power: Trump’s selective US-Africa summit and the race with China (Landry Signé – Brookings)

In his first major diplomatic move with Africa during his return to the White House, President Trump is set to welcome the leaders of...

Five questions (and expert answers) about the ICC arrest warrants against Taliban leaders for crimes against women and girls (Atlantic Council)

Is the tide turning for justice? On Tuesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader,...

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