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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...

USA/HOMELAND SECURITY – Homeland Security Emerging Threats: Domestic Terrorism and White Supremacy (CFR)

Panelists discuss the history of emerging threats facing U.S. homeland security, particularly the rise of domestic terrorism and white supremacist extremism, and the framework that...

USA/CHILD SLAVERY – U.S. Supreme Court Assesses Corporate Complicity in Child Slavery (David J. Scheffer, CFR)

Should U.S. companies be held responsible for child slavery on West African farms where cocoa beans are harvested? The top U.S. court’s decision could...

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY – Biden’s Climate Change Policy: Why His Special Envoy Role Matters (Alice C. Hill and Madeline Babin, CFR)

Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a UN climate conference in 2019. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images President-Elect Joe Biden’s appointment of John Kerry to...
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