Intersections

Asia’s humanities under pressure from AI surge (DigWatch)

Universities across Asia, notably in China, are slashing liberal arts enrollments to expand STEM and AI programmes. Institutions like Fudan and Tsinghua are reducing...

Taxing the world’s most generous givers (Heather Wrathall – The Interpreter)

Remittances are more than just financial transactions, they are a lifeline for millions of families, a catalyst for economic empowerment, and a key driver...

For the US and the free world, security demands a resilience-first approach (Elizabeth Sizeland – Atlantic Council)

This report is made possible through the vision and generosity of Adrienne Arsht, whose commitment to resilience as a national and global imperative has...

Turning Diplomatic Commitments into Mineral Investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Gracelin Baskaran – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Earlier this year, as hostilities escalated between Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi proposed granting the...

The Gulf’s water crisis: Why cooperation is crucial — and complicated (Naser Alsayed, John Calabrese – Middle East Institute)

On June 19, false reports of an Israeli strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant sparked alarm across the Gulf. Though denied by Israeli officials,...

What to expect as Trump’s tariff deadline looms (Atlantic Council)

First came “Liberation Day.” Now, after Independence Day, comes a day of reckoning for Donald Trump’s tariff regime. On July 9, a ninety-day pause...

Five Priorities for Advancing NATO’s Space Mission (Anca Agachi, Shaan Shaikh, Bruce McClintock – RAND)

NATO has been throttling up its efforts in the space domain. In relatively fast order, the alliance has moved from recognizing the growing role...

Global Governance Innovation Report 2025. Advancing the Pact for the Future and Environmental Governance. Creative approaches to advancing the Pact for the Future and...

With multilateral institutions and the international legal order under pressure and facing an extreme liquidity crisis, states and civil society partners committed to collective...

The Perils of Lethality. A focus on lethality in war distracts from the strategic objectives that war is supposed to serve (Christopher Preble, Michael...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has set out to restore a focus on lethality within the U.S. military. This obsession risks a focus on...

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