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(South Sudan) South Sudan’s Other War: Resolving the Insurgency in Equatoria (Crisis Group)

A rebellion in Equatoria, South Sudan’s southernmost region, is undermining the already troubled peace between the main belligerents in its civil war. Mediators should...

(Myanmar) A Close-up View of Myanmar’s Leaderless Mass Protests (Crisis Group)

Engineers, doctors and even exotic pet owners have come together in opposition to the military coup for what are now Myanmar’s widest protests in...

(Colombia) Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia (Crisis Group)

Coca gives Colombian small farmers a stable livelihood but also endangers their lives, as criminals battle over the drug trade and authorities try to...

(Africa/Europe) After Cotonou: How Europe can forge new relations with Africa in 2021 (ECFR)

Denica Yotova A new Africa-Europe strategic partnership is on the cards. But this will only come to fruition if the European Union gets its member...

(Iran) Fool me once: How Tehran views the Iran nuclear deal (ECFR)

Ali Reza Eshraghi Europe and the US should focus their efforts on swiftly returning to the original nuclear agreement with Iran rather than holding out...

(Portugal) Edge of the Atlantic: Portugal’s presidency of the EU Council (ECFR)

Lívia Franco Faced with a growing Sino-American rivalry and a world in which US power may be diminishing, Portugal will have to decide how to...

(International Corporate Taxation) An Open Letter to Joe Biden on International Corporate Taxation (Project-Syndicate)

JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO, JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, JAYATI GHOSH For too long, international institutions have failed to address one of the most toxic aspects of globalization: tax avoidance...

(USA) Pulling Up the Inflation Anchor (Project-Syndicate)

ROBERT J. BARRO Rather than worrying about the prospects of higher long-term expected inflation, the US Federal Reserve is exuding confidence that it can maintain...

(Work) Winners and Losers in the Digital Transformation of Work (Project-Syndicate)

MICHAEL SPENCE Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have again raised fears of large-scale job losses. And while labor-market adaptation is likely to stave...

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