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Ukraine’s Economic Struggles Signal Barriers to Post-War Recovery (Tamerlan Vahabov – The Jamestown Foundation)

Ukraine’s soaring fiscal deficit, trade imbalances, and stalled reforms undermine post-war reconstruction planning. Foreign investments critical for recovery are also deterred by judicial inefficiencies, incomplete...

Moscow Opens Door to Widespread Digital Surveillance (Hlib Parfonov – The Jamestown Foundation)

New laws upping the penalties for Russians who access “extremist” content through unauthorized means reflect Moscow’s growing paranoia with an increasingly frustrated population. Russian officials...

Moscow and Tehran Working to Block U.S. Involvement in Zangezur Corridor (Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation)

Azerbaijan and Armenia are considering an agreement featuring U.S. management of transit through Armenia via the Zangezur Corridor to link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan...

Inside the Israeli government’s starvation of Gaza, from an aid group trying to deliver food (Arwa Damon – Atlantic Council)

“I’m hungry,” a message comes through from a staffer working for my charity, the International Network for Aid, Relief, and Assistance (INARA). “I swear to...

Forget Berlin and Paris — Athens Is Leading Europe’s Digital Shift (Konstantinos Komaitis – Tech Policy Press)

As Brussels accelerates work on Europe’s new digital identity wallet, a flagship of the European Union’s Digital Decade development plan, the success of the...

Governments Want to Ease AI Regulation for Innovation, But Do Citizens Agree? (Natali Helberger, Sophie Morosoli, Nicolas Mattis, Laurens Naudts, Claes H. de Vreese...

Not too long ago, governments around the world competed to be leaders in creating standards for the development and implementation of fair and responsible...

Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the ‘Right for Machine Hesitation’ (Virgílio Almeida, Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça, Fernando Filgueiras – Tech Policy Press)

There is little doubt today that the world is going through a period of profound instability and war-related risks. While the open armed conflicts...

Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy. How to strengthen Europe and NATO’s approach to the region (Natalie Sabanadze, Galip Dalay – Chatham House)

For the best part of two decades, Europe and NATO have underestimated Russia and its motivation to dominate the Black Sea region. Understanding the...

The UK should recognize a Palestinian state now. The time is right to make this symbolically important move, says Bronwen Maddox, but that should...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will gather his cabinet this week to discuss whether the UK should recognize a Palestinian state. For all his...

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