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USA/Cybersecurity – Taming the New Wild West (Richard N. Haass, CFR)

The current cybersecurity landscape is a latter-day Wild West that calls for a new US policy of deterrence, diplomacy, and defense. Taming the New Wild West |...

Russia/Green Agenda – Russia’s ‘Green’ Agenda in Action: Economic Tools and Political Motivations (Part One) (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

On April 19, during the presentation of a report compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Secretary General António Guterres stated that...

Russia/Caspian Sea – Russia’s Caspian Flotilla No Longer Only Force That Matters There (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Although Russia’s Caspian Flotilla remains the dominant naval force on the Caspian, it is not the only one that matters anymore. All four other...

Russia – Russia Bungles Pre-Planned Intercept of UK Navy Vessel off Coast of Crimea (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

A shooting skirmish or a deadly collision between Russian and Western warships or aircraft in the Black Sea would almost certainly cause a serious...

Latin America – Stakeholder capitalism and ESG in Latin America: new leadership, challenges and opportunities (Diego Bustamante, Joe Myers, WEF)

The latest session of the Regional Action Group for Latin America looked at stakeholder capitalism and ESG in the region. It included remarks...

Pandemic/Vaccination – 99% of people in poor countries are still unvaccinated – here’s why we need to take action now (Maria De Jesus, The...

According to public health experts, 70% of the world's 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the pandemic. On June 21,...

Report: COVID-19 made the world less peaceful (Sean Fleming, WEF)

At least 158 countries recorded pandemic-related violence between January 2020 and April 2021. These incidents ranged from individual attacks to anti-lockdown demonstrations that...

India – This tech company accelerated its R&D-led innovations to mitigate the COVID-19 surge in India. Here’s how (Nikhil Malhotra, WEF)

Our response to the COVID crisis in India has tested our capacity for resilience, preparedness and agility in the face of disaster. 3...

USA – Will Biden deliver for rural America? The potential of the proposed Rural Partnership Program (Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar, Brookings)

While the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion relief and stimulus, was designed to help communities claw back from the worst ravages of the pandemic, the Biden...

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