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(USA/Afghanistan) Escaping the Graveyard of Empires? U.S. Options in Afghanistan (Seth G. Jones, CSIS)

One of the Biden administration’s most contentious war-related decisions will likely be what to do about Afghanistan. The U.S. military has been fighting in...

(Trade/Climate Change) Toward a Climate-Driven Trade Agenda (Jack Caporal, William Alan Reinsch, CSIS)

International trade and climate change have traditionally been considered two distinct issues for the global community to address. However, as the climate crisis gains...

(Davos 2021) Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Mark Carney, Annette Nazareth and Bill Winters (WEF)

With the full economic repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis looming, the scaling of carbon markets could offer opportunity for mobilizing additional finance for climate...

(Davos 2021) Building a Net-Zero, Nature-Positive Economy (Nicole Schwab, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Echandi, Virginijus Sinkevicius, Roberto de Oliveira Marques, Wanjira Mathai, Marco Bizzarri, Al...

As countries and companies step up their commitments to fight climate change and halt nature loss, an integrated approach to economics and finance will...

(Davos 2021) Mobilizing Action on Climate Change (Rebecca Blumenstein, Jesper Brodin, Amina Mohammed, Ben van Beurden, John F. Kerry, Feike Sybesma, Alok Sharma, Børge...

The period from 2016 to 2020 has been the warmest five years on record, despite the recent impact of COVID 19 on greenhouse gas...

(Davos 2021) Delivering Social Justice in the Recovery (Ishaan Tharoor, Sadiq Khan, Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Darren Walker, Gabriela Bucher, Leslie Johnston, Peter Laugharn, Edward...

From significant investments in climate justice to new task forces on racial equity and corporate sustainability, the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked...

(Davos 2021) Special Address by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (WEF)

https://www.weforum.org/events/the-davos-agenda-2021/sessions/special-address-by-g20-head-of-state-government-16baf3cc12

(Quantum Advantage) How to enable quantum computing innovation through access (Joan A. Hoffmann, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-to-enable-quantum-computing-innovation-through-access/

(Cities) The Urban Play Framework: An approach for understanding the play experience in cities (Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/01/27/the-urban-play-framework-an-approach-for-understanding-the-play-experience-in-cities/

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