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Toward a Portfolio-Based Gulf Economy? (Frederic Schneider, AGSIW)

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, has reminded the world that the end of fossil fuel production has to come sooner rather...

UAE, Turkey deepen economic ties with investment deals (Meneske Tokyay, Arab News)

Turkey welcomed Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE’s de facto ruler, on Nov. 24, marking the highest-level visit to...

Cybersecurity graduates are doubling, but that’s still not going to fix the skills crisis (Liam Tung, ZDNet)

European Union members have a collective cybersecurity skills shortage that may be partially addressed by a surge in new graduates -- but even that...

Assessing the State of Digital Skills in the U.S. Economy (Stephen Ezell, ITIF)

An increasingly digitalized global economy requires ever-more digitally skilled workforces for nations to remain productive. Unfortunately, domestic and international assessments of digital skills show...

Biotech Innovation: The Low-Hanging Fruit They Missed in Glasgow (Val Giddings, ITIF)

Although verdicts vary, and some progress was clearly made, the climate change consensus emerging among scientists post-Glasgow is that the world continues on a path to exceed the threshold of 1.5 degrees...

The Ghosts of Supply Chains Past, Present, and Future, With Chris Caine (Robert D. Atkinson Jackie Whisman, ITIF)

Global supply chains are cracking up. Even before the pandemic, a confluence of economic and geopolitical factors were accelerating the trend—from rising wages in...

The Opportunity for Cloud-driven Economic Recovery in Malaysia (DSA)

Across Asia, governments face the difficult task of delivering sustained economic recovery while managing the unpredictable transition of COVID-19 from a pandemic to an...

Amazon deforestation is rising. Guyana offers a rare bright spot (Chris Arsenault, Al Jazeera)

The only English-speaking nation in South America has one of the continent’s best track records for Amazon rainforest protection – and an ad hoc patrol group...

India using cyber-volunteers to silence critical voices: Report (Al Jazeera)

The group that ran the Hindutva Watch handle on Twitter – which flagged instances of violence and bigotry from Hindu nationalist groups – had...

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