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(USA/Africa) Getting It Right: U.S. Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa (CSIS)

Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris Upon the conclusion of his eight-country trip to Africa in 1957, Vice President Richard Nixon recommended to President Dwight Eisenhower that “the United...

(USA) What Did the U.S. Military Learn in the First Year of the Pandemic? (CSIS)

Mark Cancian, Adam Saxton Military metaphors suffuse discussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a “wartime effort.” Many commentators, particularly at the beginning of the...

(North Korea) ‘Business as Usual’: North Korea Restarts Ballistic Missile Tests (CSIS)

Victor Cha As President Biden suggested on March 24, telling reporters “it’s business as usual,” North Korea appears to be resuming its cycle of provocations. https://www.csis.org/analysis/business-usual-north-korea-restarts-ballistic-missile-tests

(India) India: Voting begins in Assam and West Bengal state elections (Al Jazeera)

Polls open in two eastern states seen as critical for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/india-begins-voting-in-two-eastern-states-in-key-test-for-modi

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests (Al Jazeera)

Move comes after several people killed during protests against a two-day visit by India’s PM Modi. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/bangladesh-deploys-border-guards-after-deadly-anti-modi-protests

(Africa) Navigating the “New Normal” for African Schools (Project-Syndicate)

HANAN MORSY The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education of millions of students in Africa, with girls, the poor, and children in rural areas facing...

(Development Economics) The Absent Voices of Development Economics (Project-Syndicate)

ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN, DEVESH KAPUR Development economics focuses on improving the well-being of billions of people in low-income countries, but the Global South is severely underrepresented in...

(Germany) The Return of German Politics (Project-Syndicate)

JOSCHKA FISCHER After 16 years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, it has become difficult for Germans to imagine a government led by anyone else. But two...

(USA) US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism (Brookings)

Charles Kamasaki As we view images of families and unaccompanied children attempting to flee violence in their home countries for a better life here, one...

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