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(Turkey/Greece/USA) To manage tensions between Turkey and Greece, the US should look to history (Atlantic Council)

Grady Wilson The long-running dispute between the United States’ NATO allies—Turkey and Greece—in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean heated up over the past year. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/to-manage-tensions-between-turkey-and-greece-the-us-should-look-to-history/

(USA) President Biden’s Trump-Like Approach to H-1B Reform (CSIS)

Jack Caporal, Seán Arrieta-Kenna On February 24, President Biden issued a proclamation revoking President Trump’s pause on the entry of many legal immigrants to the United States, but the...

(USA/China) A Framework for U.S.-China Engagement (CSIS)

Stephanie Segal Charting a course for U.S.-China relations, currently described as at their “lowest point” since normalization in 1979, is arguably the most pressing foreign policy challenge...

(Democracy) Global Political Protests and the Future of Democracy (CSIS)

Sam Brannen Almost one year ago, the world entered its first Covid-19 lockdowns and political protesters nearly vanished from the streets. https://www.csis.org/analysis/global-political-protests-and-future-democracy

(China) Understanding China’s 2021 Defense Budget (CSIS)

Bonnie S. Glaser, Matthew P. Funaiole, Bonnie Chan, Brian Hart The annual meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) began on Friday, March 5, in...

(USA) C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Lael Brainard (CFR)

Speaker Lael Brainard Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; CFR Member Presider Roger W. Ferguson Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA; CFR Member Lael Brainard of...

(Climate Change) Europe’s first full-sized self-driving urban electric bus has arrived (WEF)

Sean Fleming Málaga is the first place in Europe to trial full-size autonomous buses https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/europe-first-autonomous-electric-buses-spain/

(Climate Change) Firms backed by Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates have funded an electric motor company that slashes energy consumption (WEF)

Jonathan Shieber Large investors such as Amazon have put over $100 million into Turntide Technologies - an electric motor company https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/firms-backed-by-robert-downey-jr-and-bill-gates-have-funded-an-electric-motor-company-that-slashes-energy-consumption/

(Climate Change) Air-to-rock: This Icelandic facility is turning CO2 into stone (WEF)

Alister Doyle To battle climate change, firms are experimenting with new technological solutions, including 'direct air capture' of emissions. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/scared-by-global-warming-in-iceland-one-solution-is-petrifying/

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