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(Global) 5 ways social enterprise funders can act differently in 2021 (WEF)

Lior Ipp The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the fragility of global systems and created a new awareness around glaring inequities https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/what-social-enterprise-funders-need-to-do-differently-in-2021/

(Global) We asked more than 110 investors how they plan for the unexpected. Here’s what we found out (WEF)

Ashley Knight, Fiona Dunsire, Maha Eltobgy From climate change, water security and demographic shifts to geopolitics, low and negative real long-term interest rates and technological...

(Global) Trendsetters: Transformational Investment Practices of Advanced Investors (WEF)

The global investment community is in a period of great risk and great opportunity. Global asset owners and managers must consider climate change, interest...

(Russia/Dagestan) Makhachkala Experiences First Special Operation in Five Years (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati On March 11, government forces in Makhachkala, Dagestan, killed a suspected rebel. According to official sources, the suspect had been plotting a terrorist...

(Russia/Karabakh) Russia’s Karabakh Protectorate Taking Clearer Shape (Part Three) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vladimir Socor Relations between the authorities in Stepanakert, the capital of the self-declared “republic” of Karabakh, and the government of Nikol Pashinian in Yerevan are...

(Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan/Caspian Region) Baku-Ashgabat Accord Transforms Geopolitics of Caspian Region (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble When the five Caspian littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan) finally agreed, in August 2018, to the delimitation of the surface...

(USA) Almost everyone is concerned about K-12 students’ academic progress (Brookings)

Anna Saavedra, Morgan Polikoff, Dan Silver, and Amie Rapaport Concern about our nation’s children is currently at the center of intense public debate. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/03/23/almost-everyone-is-concerned-about-k-12-students-academic-progress/

(India) The role of technology and cash transfers in Indian elections during the pandemic (Brookings)

Shamika Ravi Bihar is the poorest state of India, and repeated surveys have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly harsh on the poorest segments...

(Nord Stream 2/USA) Nord Stream 2 impasse threatens trans-Atlantic ties (Brookings)

Constanze Stelzenmüller “Democracy” is invoked no less than 47 times in the 24 pages of US president Joe Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/03/23/nord-stream-2-impasse-threatens-trans-atlantic-ties/

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