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The future of liberal democracies: In conversation with Margot Wallström (Chatham House)

Can liberal democracies give meaning to their status as allies as well as partners? https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/members-event/future-liberal-democracies-conversation-margot-wallstrom

From local to global: A roadmap for US climate action (Chatham House)

Participants Chair: Rebecca Peters, Leland Foundation Association of Marshall Scholars Transatlantic Academy Fellow, Chatham House Panellists: Jainey Bavishi, Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Resiliency Dr Nathaniel Keohane,...

Belarus – What can the West do about human rights abuses in Belarus? (Chatham House)

Participants Ales Bialiatski, Chairperson, Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’ Joerg Forbrig, Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Director of the Fund for Belarus Democracy, German Marshall...

Dealing with hot air: UK defence and climate change (IISS)

Ben Barry, Douglas Barrie, Nick Childs Plans for how to reduce the UK armed forces’ carbon footprint have been outlined by the Ministry of Defence...

Reading between the lines of the US intelligence community’s latest reports (Atlantic Council)

Mathew Burrows In recent days the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has released two key reports: its Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) and the National Intelligence Council’s...

China – China’s Five-Year Plan: Striving for Reforms and Openness while Strengthening Party Control (BESA Center)

Leo Leiderman, Eyal Propper The National People’s Congress in Beijing approved a new Five-Year Plan that includes two seemingly contradictory goals: reforms and international collaboration on...

Iran/JCPOA – A Return to the Nuclear Agreement? Contacts between the United States and Iran (INSS)

Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine The first round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran ended on an optimistic note, but a return to the 2015 agreement...

Iran – Antisemitism Is Inseparable from Khomeinism (BESA Center)

Erfan Fard Khomeinism, the ideology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, encompasses the radical ideas of its founding father Ayatollah Khomeini. Antisemitism is a central...

Russia – Alexei Navalny: “Prepared to Lose Everything” (BESA Center)

Dr. Jiri and Leni Valenta The near-murder of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny last August, his return to Moscow in January, and the resultant protests attended by tens...

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