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How governments can redesign support for entrepreneurs after COVID-19 (WEF)

Johan Bjurman Bergman, Daniel Dart In the wake of COVID-19, most governments face unprecedented unemployment. This is particularly challenging in developing economies, which lack robust social...

Brookings experts comment on Biden’s climate summit (Brookings)

Samantha Gross, Nathan Hultman, Amar Bhattacharya, and Sanjay Patnaik On April 22 and 23, President Biden hosts a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate. Shortly before the summit, the...

USA/Africa – Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa (Brookings)

Rebecca Rattner and Bjorn Whitmore Joe Biden has laid out a clear vision for a new foreign policy committed to reestablishing American leadership and reinitiating the push...

Iraq/Gulf- Can Iraq play the role of a bridge in the Gulf? (Brookings)

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel There has been a gradual thaw in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iraq since 2015, and a number of notable developments...

USA – At 100 days, where does President Biden stand with the public? (Brookings)

William A. Galston As the 100th day of the Biden presidency approaches, here’s the long-term weather report: mostly sunny now, but with increasing clouds and a...

USA – 3 ways the Biden administration can help families and student loan borrowers affected by the pandemic (Brookings)

Sarah Sattelmeyer As of September 2020, approximately 43 million Americans held federal student debt. Even before the pandemic, struggling borrowers reported that financial insecurity was a major barrier to...

Russia/Arctic – Moscow Pushing Even More Expansive Claims on Arctic (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble In advance of Russia’s assumption of the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May, Moscow is calling on the United Nations...

Ukraine/Russia/USA – Zelenskyy Seeks a Summit With Putin Again (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Following United States President Joseph Biden’s example, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also blinked to the Kremlin. The US president solicited a meeting...

Russia – Putin Delivers More Restrained National Address as Moscow Announces Partial Troop Withdrawal (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Felgenhauer President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to a joint session of both houses of parliament on April 21, in the historical Moscow...

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