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(Nigeria) An Exit from Boko Haram? Assessing Nigeria’s Operation Safe Corridor (Crisis Group)

In 2016, Nigeria launched a program to help Boko Haram defectors reintegrate into civilian life. Rare interviews with the “deradicalisation” facility’s graduates reveal some...

(Arctic) Geopolitical Implications of New Arctic Shipping Lanes (Arctic Institute)

Gabriella Gricius The advent of climate change has brought about a number of different changes in the Arctic, including increased accessibility to Arctic ports as...

(Arctic) Climate Change and Geopolitics: Monitoring of a Thawing Permafrost (Arctic Institute)

Ekaterina Uryupova The recent massive oil spill from storage tanks on Yamal Peninsula in Russia and landslides across the Arctic have become another ‘signal’ that...

(Europe) Monetary Sovereignty: why the EU needs a digital euro (Clingendael)

Sanne van der Lugt, Gys Hough While other nations’ digital currencies are still in initial planning stages, China is at the forefront of monetary innovation...

(UK/CPTPP) Why Joining the CPTPP Is a Smart Move for the UK (Chatham House)

Hiroshi Matsuura Joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will set or renew the UK’s trade terms with 11 trading partners in...

(Tanzania) Tanzania Gets Second Chance to Confront Magufuli Legacy (Chatham House)

Fergus Kell President Samia Suluhu Hassan must grant citizens an open and honest appraisal of Magufuli’s leadership, something denied to them in his re-election victory. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/03/tanzania-gets-second-chance-confront-magufuli-legacy

(USA/Asia) Clarity of Conviction but Harnessing Competition Is Key (Chatham House)

Cooperation with China by the US and its Asia region allies may be hampered by divergent conceptions of international order, but tensions can be...

(USA/Global Democracy) Is Democracy in Decline? (CFR)

Speakers G. John Ikenberry Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs; Author, A World Safe for Democracy; CFR...

(USA) Is Industrial Policy Making a Comeback? (CFR)

Anshu Siripurapu The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the government’s role in shaping the U.S. economy. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/industrial-policy-making-comeback

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