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President Biden mulling re-designating Houthis as ‘terrorist’ group (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is considering re-designating Yemen’s Houthi group as an “international terrorist organisation” following drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates that...

Tunisian dies after protesting President Saied’s moves (Al Jazeera)

A Tunisian man has died of wounds he sustained during a crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters during a demonstration last week. Rhida Bouziane,...

Kazakhstan, Fertilizer and Belarus’s Political Crisis (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Since the start of 2022, two unexpected “black swan” events have indirectly altered last year’s calculus regarding the expected evolution of the Belarusian political...

Russian-Led Mission in Kazakhstan Unveils New Peacekeeping Model (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown

From January 6 through January 19, Russia and its allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) conducted a successful stabilization mission in Kazakhstan,...

CSTO Props up Presidential Succession in Kazakhstan (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

On January 5, in response to the then-rapidly worsening national crisis in Kazakhstan, which was triggered by increased fuel prices resulting in popular protests...

Is the GCC ready to embrace sustainable finance? (Dominik Treeck, Mustafa Domanic, and Hendrik Wittrock, Atlantic Council)

As representatives from across the financial services sector returned home from the October 31-November 12 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26),...

Don’t believe Putin’s propaganda. Sanctions are hurting Russia (Harley Balzer, Atlantic Council)

The Putin regime has long sought to convince Russians that international sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine are actually beneficial for the country....

Singapore’s measured progress and guarded optimism in 2021 (Chang Yee Kwan, East Asia Forum)

Singapore experienced considerable success returning to normalcy in 2021 following the disruptions of COVID-19. The nationwide vaccination drive beginning on 30 December 2020 and resumption of classroom...

Davos 2022. Accelerating and Scaling Up Climate Innovation (World Economic Forum)

Half of the emission reductions needed to reach the 2050 climate goals rely on technologies in early development or prototype stages. Accelerating innovation and...

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