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Pakistan – Pakistan Budget 2021-22: Dodgy data, wild assumptions (Sushant Sareen, ORF)

A few days before Shaukat Tarin was appointed as the fourth Finance Minister in Imran Khan’s government, he had blasted the handling of the economy and...

India – Winning the COVID-19 Battle in Rural India: A Blueprint for Action (Malancha Chakrabarty, Shoba Suri, ORF)

Introduction  As India welcomed 2021, the country was reporting less than 15,000 new COVID-19 cases per day between mid-January and mid-February. Soon, however, there was...

TechInnovation – Rolls-Royce migliora l’efficienza dei suoi motori con digital twin e IA (Computer World)

Il nome Rolls-Royce fa pensare alle automobili, ma la multinazionale britannica dell’aerospazio e della difesa è fuori dal settore automobilistico da quando Rolls-Royce Motors...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan and Its Region After the US Withdrawal (Valdai Discussion Club)

With the completion of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, international responsibility for trying to shape some sort of stability in Afghanistan will fall to Afghanistan’s region, where it belongs. Even...

FATF – Assessing the Financial Action Task Force’s Impact on Digital Financial Inclusion (Isabella Chase, Jonathan van der Valk and Tom Keatinge, RUSI)

Download the Paper (PDF) This paper finds that the FATF framework has several effects on digital financial inclusion and financial inclusion more generally. Occurring at...

China/Ukraine/USA – China–Ukraine–US and the Tug of War for a Ukrainian Crown Jewel (Taras Kuzio, RUSI)

Ukraine’s relations with China have changed dramatically since the 2014 crisis: China is now Ukraine’s biggest single trading partner, accounting for 14.4% of its...

FATF – Walk the Talk: How the Financial Action Task Force Can Prioritise Financial Inclusion (Isabella Chase and Tom Keatinge, RUSI)

Download the Report (PDF) The FATF has committed to promoting financial inclusion via the proportionate implementation of its standards. The recent launch of a FATF...

Yemen – In Yemen, Competitors Lay the Ground for the Long Haul (Jack Watling, RUSI)

When Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in the spring of 2015, Riyadh expected a decisive campaign in which its air force would blaze a path...

Kazakhstan – Green Investment Receives a Boost in Kazakhstan (Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation)

The COVID-19 pandemic recovery in Central Asia is taking an unexpectedly green turn. Three of the five Central Asian states boast large hydrocarbon resources...

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