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Workforce and Employment – Rescued at sea: how we can do more for essential workers as the pandemic persists (WEF)

John Letzing COVID-19 is exacting a heavy toll on essential workers around the world. Seafarers, garment workers and miners have been disproportionately impacted. A...

Energy – Renewable energy jumped nearly 50% in 2020 (WEF)

Niall McCarthy Amidst the global pandemic, 278 gigawatts of renewable energy was added last year. This was a 45% increase from the year before...

China – The 2020-21 Wilson China Fellowship: Essays on the Rise of China and Its Implications (Wilson Center, Brookings)

In recent years, the rise of China has transformed the international system, and the downturn in U.S.-China relations increases tensions across a range of...

USA/China – Playing The China Card (NOEMA, Brookings)

RYAN HASS Any effort to lean on the external threat of China as a basis for overcoming domestic divisions at home is unlikely to succeed...

Africa – Figure of the week: Climate change and African agriculture (Brookings)

Leo Holtz and Christina Golubski Agriculture is central to sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development and growth, but environmental and climatic changes threaten the stability of Africa’s agricultural development. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/05/20/figure-of-the-week-climate-change-and-african-agriculture/

Europe – EU learns from mistakes on vaccines (Brookings)

Giovanna De Maio After lagging behind the United States and United Kingdom on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines this spring, the European Union is on...

USA/Israel/Palestine – Biden’s bungled response on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Brookings)

Shibley Telhami No one expected President Joe Biden to make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a priority of his administration. He has had his hands full with...

USA/Arctic – US military options to enhance Arctic defense (Brookings)

Timothy Greenhaw, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Rodrick H. McHaty, and Michael Sinclair Despite all the focus on strategic competition in Europe and Asia, one region of the world...

USA – Pandemic population change across metro America: Accelerated migration, less immigration, fewer births and more deaths (Brookings)

William H. Frey There has been much speculation about the impact that COVID-19 has had on population changes across the country since the pandemic began...

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