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BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TRANSACTIONS – Bridging the Governance Gap: Dispute resolution for blockchain-based transactions (WEF)

Blockchain is a team sport – collaboration is needed to truly unleash the full potential and value of this technology. After a few years...

UZBEKISTAN/USA/AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan and Desire for Closer Relations Top Agenda of US-Uzbekistan Meeting (Umida Hashimova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Presidents Trump and Mirziyoyev at the White House in May 2018 (Source: Uz.usembassy.gov) The Eighth Annual Bilateral Consultations between Uzbekistan and the United States were...

RUSSIA/NAGORNO KARABAKH – Russia’s ‘Peacekeeping’ Operation in Karabakh: Foundation of a Russian Protectorate (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation) (

(Source: Daily Sabah) Russian troops deployed to Upper (“Nagorno”) Karabakh exceed by far the number stipulated in the November 9 armistice agreement (see EDM, November 12, 13)...

RUSSIA/TURKEY/POST SOVIET SPACE – Moscow Concerned About Turkish Influence on the Gagauz (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkey’s success in the South Caucasus is echoing across the former Soviet space as well as inside the Russian Federation itself; and not surprisingly,...

RUSSIA/WEST – Russian Prepares for Total War With the West (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

According to the pro-Kremlin pollster FOM, the majority of Russians (53 percent) consider the threat of nuclear war “real,” with most believing the main...

CHINA/USA – Early Warning Brief: Beijing’s Blunt Message to President-elect Joe Biden (Willy Wo-Lap Lam, The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has sent a polite but blunt message to the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joseph R. Biden, urging...

PANDEMIC/SUPPLY CHAINS – Supply Chains and Demand (Richard Haass, Project-Syndicate)

The pandemic has shown that supply chains will need to be rethought, with more emphasis put on supplier diversification, domestic production, and stockpiling. The...

CHINA/CARBON NEUTRALITY – Assessing China’s Prospects for Carbon Neutrality (Xu Han, Sebastian Lewis, Shaun Roache, Project-Syndicate)

China’s aim to become carbon neutral by 2060 is a global game-changer, and neatly dovetails with the goal of rebalancing its economy toward consumption....

NIGERIA – Nigeria and the Nation-State (John Campbell, CFR)

Former Ambassador John Campbell illustrates the history and importance of Nigeria, a country too often overlooked by the West. Nigeria matters. It is Africa’s largest...

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