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China – China’s Communist Party Turns 100: A Major Force in Global Governance, But Cracks Exist in the Xi Era (Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR)

China’s Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its one hundredth anniversary in July, although the specific date of its founding remains a bit unclear. It has...

Armenia – Armenian Prime Minister Pashinian Wins New Political Mandate Despite Recent Military Defeat (Armen Grigoryan, The Jamestown Foundation)

Snap parliamentary elections, held on June 20, resulted in a decisive victory for incumbent Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party: with 53.91...

Ukraine/Cossack Communities/Russia – Cossack Divisions Now Threaten Kyiv the Way They Already Do Moscow (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Like the Russian Federation, Ukraine has created registered Cossack communities to integrate them into the state and society. That move has put these groups...

Russia/Black Sea Region – Moscow Steps up Intimidation Campaign in Black Sea Region (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

During his annual televised national call-in show, on June 30, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin mostly talked about the COVID-19 pandemic, as the novel...

Cities and Urbanization/Sustainable Development/Biodiversity – How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more sustainable (Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, The Conversation, WEF)

Cities are now driving significant environmental problems, such as elevated pollution levels, climate change and habitat loss. This can be improved by increasing...

Climate Change/Cities and Urbanization – Heatwaves: How can cities adapt to rising temperatures? (Laurie Goering, Zoe Lieberman, Thomson Reuters Foundation, WEF)

Cities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Canada have record temperatures, which are more than 15 degrees Celsius above normal summer highs. Typically,...

Climate Action Diplomacy/Middle East – New era of climate action diplomacy in the Middle East (Neeshad Shafi, WEF)

The United Arab Emirates recently hosted the Regional Dialogue for Climate Action Summit. Leaders from MENA, the US and the UK, committed to...

Climate Change/Ecocide – What’s ‘ecocide’ and could it be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court? (Sean Fleming, WEF)

The International Criminal Court prosecutes some of the most heinous crimes. A new plan wants to add environmental damage - or 'ecoside' -...

Climate Change/Circular Economy – A ‘dating site’ with a difference that’s pairing waste with recycling opportunities (Douglas Broom, WEF)

How can we stop our waste ending up in landfill or even the ocean? The answer is to match material with the people...
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