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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Costa Rica (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel on June 1-2 to San José, Costa Rica, where he will engage with senior leaders from...

Vietnam – Time to upgrade corporate governance in Vietnam (East Asia Forum)

John Walsh, Trung Quang Nguyen and Burkhard Schrage, RMIT Vietnam Corporate governance rules in Vietnam need an upgrade. Vietnam’s ambitious program of developing smart cities...

Afghanistan/USA – Afghanistan: Continued Assistance Flows Are Vital as U.S. Troops Leave (CSIS)

Earl Anthony Wayne President Biden and his team have said the United States will continue to support the Kabul government following his April decision to withdraw all...

Green Transition – A Just Green Recovery from Covid-19 (CSIS)

Ben Cahill, Mary Margaret Allen The Covid-19 recovery window offers a rare opportunity to transform economies and accelerate the green transition. https://www.csis.org/analysis/just-green-recovery-covid-19

China/USA – Beyond Polysilicon: The Ties between China’s GCL-Poly and the United States (CSIS)

Matthew P. Funaiole China’s ongoing suppression of Uyghur and other minority populations in Xinjiang continues to incite alarm among U.S. policymakers. https://www.csis.org/analysis/beyond-polysilicon-ties-between-chinas-gcl-poly-and-united-states

Israel/Palestine/USA/China/Russia – Do China and Russia want to replace the US as mediators in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? (Atlantic Council)

Richard LeBaron, Mohamed Bin Huwaidin, Daniel Rakov, Jonathan Fulton, and Joze Pelayo This article is part of a strategic collaboration launched by the Atlantic Council...

Report of the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data (Atlantic Council)

The advancing speed, scale, and sophistication of new technologies and data capabilities that aid or disrupt our interconnected world are unprecedented. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/geotech-commission/exec-summary/

Infrastructure 4.0 – Infrastructure 4.0: Achieving Better Outcomes with Technology and Systems Thinking (WEF)

The Infrastructure 4.0 project community was formed to encourage a more holistic, outcome-focused framing for infrastructure. Its members formulated the 13 recommendations presented in...

Climate Change – Nature and Net Zero (WEF)

Natural climate solutions (NCS) play a critical role in supporting the future of both climate and nature. Research conducted for this report confirms estimates...

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