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Turkey/Africa – Turkey’s Africa Policy: Success Story or Inflated Narrative? (Arab Gulf State Institute in Wasginton)

Yusuf Kenan Küçük Facing domestic and external pressure on multiple fronts, Turkey is in desperate need of success stories, especially in the foreign policy domain. https://agsiw.org/turkeys-africa-policy-success-story-or-inflated-narrative/

Japan/Gulf – Japan’s Oil Diplomacy in the Gulf: Old Idea, New Approaches (Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington)

Narayanappa Janardhan Japan’s need for energy security has long driven relations with the Gulf states, but, under the banner of economic diplomacy, Gulf-Japan ties are...

Qatar – Qatar’s Regional Relations and Foreign Policy After Al Ula (Arab Gulf State Institute in Washington)

Anna L. Jacobs The agreement ending the rift with Qatar seems to have helped mitigate some regional tensions, but will the spirit of cooperation continue? https://agsiw.org/qatars-regional-relations-and-foreign-policy-after-al-ula/

USA – Supporting Young Parents in NYC (Urban Institute)

Theresa Anderson Alexander Carther Alan D. Dodkowitz New York City’s Performance Partnership Pilot (P3) program helped participants complete high school equivalency and occupational credentials. The program, however,...

USA – What if the American Rescue Plan’s Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Were Made Permanent? Estimates for 2022 (Urban Institute)

Jessica Banthin Matthew Buettgens Michael Simpson Robin Wang The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes several provisions designed to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage...

USA – Average Decline in Material Hardship during the Pandemic Conceals Unequal Circumstances (Urban Institute)

Michael Karpman Stephen Zuckerman In this brief, we assess how material hardship changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, between December 2019 and December...

USA – Evidence-Informed and Community-Based Recommendations for Improving Black Maternal Health (Urban Institute)

Ebonie Megibow Peace Gwam Dawn Godbolt Alise Powell Joia Crear-Perry The Urban Institute collaborated with the National Birth Equity Collaborative, a national nonprofit organization that creates solutions that optimize...

Spain – Challenges and opportunities for Spain in times of COVID-19 (Elcano Royal Institute)

William Chislett Spain is one of the worst affected eurozone countries by COVID-19. The country went into the pandemic with weak macroeconomic fundamentals including an unemployment...

USA/Central America – La gestión migratoria de Biden tropieza con la misma piedra que Trump y Obama: Centroamérica (CIDOB)

Sergio Maydeu Olivares La frontera sur de Estados Unidos representa para el presidente Joe Biden y la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris un gran desafío humanitario, político...

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