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Three Foundations of Peace in Europe: An Evidence-Based European Security Policy (Andrey Sushentsov, Valdai Discussion Club)

The paradox of the current situation is that technology is evolving much faster than our understanding of humanity and society. We have learned to mine minerals on asteroids, but we cannot overcome...

Unpacking the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership: Politics, Proliferation and Propulsion (Andrew Futter, Valdai Discussion Club)

The Australia-UK-US trilateral security partnership, or AUKUS for short, has been the subject of much speculation and debate since it was announced in September 2021. While some of its...

A New Chinese National Security Bureaucracy Emerges (Joel Wuthnow, The Jamestown Foundation)

An intriguing aspect of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s political consolidation was the establishment of a Central National Security Commission (CNSC; 中央国家安全委员会, Zhongyang guojia anquan weiyuanhui )...

Can we litigate our way out of a climate catastrophe? (John Letzing, WEF)

A growing number of lawsuits are targeting climate inaction. 'Systemic' cases have fundamentally challenged government inertia. Some victories have been notched in the...

The House’s Build Back Better Act is a milestone for place-based solutions (Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, Anthony F. Pipa, Yang You, and Colleen Dougherty,...

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, which boasts an array of social and climate programs, ranging from generous support...

India should leverage digital mentoring to increase women’s workforce participation (Arundhuti Gupta, Brookings)

Imagine a room full of university students in India: young men and women sitting shoulder to shoulder in equal numbers. Fast forward 10 years:  8 out...

Israel, Jordan, and the UAE’s energy deal is good news (Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Brookings)

This week in Dubai, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed Israel and Jordan’s biggest energy and water deal since the neighbors made peace 27 years ago. If implemented, this will be a...

Missing from COP26: Lifestyle choices of middle-class and rich consumers (Homi Kharas, Brookings)

Negotiations at COP26 focused on green technology and finance. Governments pledged money, businesses committed to net-zero production, and ordinary citizens … did nothing! Individual...

After crackdown, Hong Kong’s low paid face hurdles to organising (Rachel Cheung, Al Jazeera)

When Foodpanda Hong Kong announced plans to reduce payments per order by another 2 Hong Kong dollars ($0.25) earlier this month, Ahmad and hundreds...

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