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TechInnovation – Podcast: A guide to public-private collaboration in chipmaking (Pavneet Singh, Nadia Schadlow, and Dan Armbrust, Brookings)

A global shortage of semiconductors has policymakers wondering how government can work with industry to spur production. Such collaboration has possible precedent in the...

USA – To restore North Nashville’s Black middle class, local policymakers should pursue reparations (Andre M. Perry and Anthony Barr, ,Brookings)

North Nashville, Tenn.’s famed Jefferson Street was once a booming hub for the city’s Black middle class. During the Jim Crow era, Jefferson Street...

Climate Change/Democratization – The Environmental Republic (Giulio Boccaletti, Project-Syndicate)

Since the dawn of agricultural societies, humans have been developing institutions and technologies to master the natural world and harness its power. The big...

Rural resilience – It’s not only about insurance (World Bank blogs)

RACHEL SBERRO-KESSLER JOHN PLEVIN During a recent training session about The Role of Financial Market Solutions for Building Resilience to Shocks in Agriculture, we asked a simple question to a group of policy makers and private sector...

UK – The UK’s Integrated Review and the future of cyber (Danny Steed, Elcano Royal Institute)

Theme Cyber is a centrally crucial element to the UK’s future vision of national security. The Integrated Review considers cyber as a core component of national power,...

Brazil – The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro? (Crisis Group)

Jair Bolsonaro is in a tight spot. Bedevilled by a pandemic whose seriousness he does not recognise and confronted with political rivals who are...

Burundi – Charm Offensive or Real Change? (Crisis Group)

A year ago, Ndayishimiye took office only days after the unexpected death of his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza. Does the new president represent continuity or change? Burundi:...

Colombia – The Pandemic Strikes: Responding to Colombia’s Mass Protests (Crisis Group)

What’s new? Colombia has seen a wave of unrest triggered by an unpopular tax reform, fuelled by massive inequality and police brutality, and inflamed in...

France/Sahel – After Barkhane: What France’s military drawdown means for the Sahel (Andrew Lebovich, ECFR)

At the tail-end of a lengthy press conference last month Emmanuel Macron announced a significant change to French policy in the Sahel. France, he said, would...

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