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Is Pakistan heading down the same path as Afghanistan? (Mohammed Ayoob, The Strategist)

Recent events in Afghanistan and their fallout in Pakistan clearly demonstrate that the problems plaguing the two countries can’t be separated. That the trajectories...

Pegasus spyware and the direction of Australian policing (Teagan Westendorf, The Strategist)

The US government’s recent ban of Israeli technology firm NGO Group’s Pegasus spyware has significant implications for Australian efforts to regulate digital technologies in...

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...

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