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US Navy fires laser weapon in Mideast amid drone boat threat (Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, Defense News)

The Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden...

Growing Irreconcilable Confrontation Between Georgian Authorities and Opposition (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 8, the third president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, called on opposition parties to hold consultations on the formation of a temporary coalition...

Ukraine Signs on to Joint Hydrogen Projects With European Firms (Mateusz Kubiak, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 1, Ukrainian state-owned oil and natural gas major NAK Naftogaz joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance (ECH2A)—the pan-European industrial coalition promoting clean...

Russia’s Pacific Fleet Upgrades Kamchatka Submarine Base (John C. K. Daly, The Jamestown Foundation)

Amidst growing tensions in the Western Pacific over rival Chinese and United States efforts to bolster their presence there, Russia’s military is pursuing a...

Burying the Laissez-Faire Zombie (Luigi Zingales, Project-Syndicate)

The long-standing dichotomy between the state and the market is misleading, and poses a major obstacle to understanding and addressing today’s policy challenges. We...

Can Barcelona Create a New Kind of Tourist Economy? (Carlo Ratti, Project-Syndicate)

After hosting the Olympics in 1992, the Catalan capital became one of Europe’s most popular destinations, but the influx of tourists strained infrastructure and...

Making Libya’s Next Election Count (Belabbes Benkredda, Project-Syndicate)

After a decade of chaos and civil war, Libyans have grown disenchanted with politics. In the run-up to the first round of the presidential...

Escaping North Korea under Kim Jong-un (Jay Song, East Asia Forum)

As of September 2021, data from the South Korean Ministry of Reunification suggest that 33,800 North Korean defectors currently live in South Korea. This number has...

All I want for Christmas is supply chain resilience (Christopher Findlay, Hein Roelfsema, East Asia Forum)

Worried about disruptions to global supply chains, policymakers are pledging to get gifts on the shelves for Christmas. But US retailers are taking their...

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