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An Iron Dome for America? (Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings)

In his recent address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to build an air and missile defense system...

An ‘America first’ approach to Venezuela is taking shape (Geoff Ramsey, Atlantic Council)

(Geoff Ramsey - Atlantic Council) What does an “America first” approach to Venezuela look like? The world may be about to find out. On...

There’s a right way to lift sanctions on Russia. Follow these Dos and Don’ts (Daniel Fried, Kimberly Donovan – Atlantic Council)

The United States has a long history of leveraging economic power and restrictive economic measures to advance its national security objectives. It also has...

Can public banks fund renewable energy exports? (Christian Downie, Maxfield Peterson – The Interpreter)

The Trump administration has moved forward with a US$4.7 billion loan from the US Export-Import Bank for a massive new liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals (UN News)

The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes,...

‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles (UN News)

UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month,...

Inside the Fourth EU Cyber Sanctions Package (Stefan Soesanto, Lawfare)

On Jan. 27, the European Council imposed the EU’s fourth cyber sanctions package, which encompassed restrictive measures against three officers working for Unit 29155...

Conflict minerals and wars over natural resources (Emma Saunders, Lisa Toremark – Chatham House)

Conflict minerals are minerals that are high in demand, which makes them valuable to conflict actors to extract and sell to fund armed groups....

Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war (UN News)

In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates,...
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