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‘Catastrophe’ faces Jordan’s water sector as climate heats up (Al Jazeera)

When Aida Deissat started farming with her husband 30 years ago, she says life was easy. “There was water. A box of Jordanian tomatoes was...

CSTO ‘Combat Brotherhood 2021’ Exercises Send Strong Message to Afghanistan (John C. K. Daly, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 18–23, the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which includes Afghanistan as an observer, held its Combat Brotherhood 2021 strategic military exercises,...

Spurning Pair of International Summits, Putin Denounces Globalization (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The back-to-back international summits of the G20 in Rome and COP26 in Glasgow at the end of October brought together hosts of dignitaries and...

Latin America’s Monster Movie (Andrés Velasco, Project-Syndicate)

Latin Americans have many talents. One is a remarkable ability to misgovern ourselves, as the pandemic has made clear. Six of the 20 countries...

The COP26 Africa Needs (Akinwumi A. Adesina, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Vera Songwe, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Project-Syndicate)

Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the unequal nature of the global response to the crisis is glaringly obvious. Whereas very few African...

Climate Change Is a Health Crisis (Julia Gillard, Project-Syndicate)

The threat COVID-19 poses to human health is now well understood around the world. In contrast, the enormous health threat of global warming, with...

Will This COP Be Different? (Kenneth Rogoff, Project-Syndicate)

Limiting global warming to 1.5º Celsius remains just about attainable, but the path to this target is formidable. The United Nations climate summit now...

No AUKUS arms race in Southeast Asia (Collin Koh, East Asia Forum)

Regional states have much to say about the potential risks of AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program. China and Russia both warn about the...

AUKUS adds fuel to the South China Sea dispute (Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, East Asia Forum)

It has been a difficult couple of years for Southeast Asia’s South China Sea-claimant countries. While they have been struggling to deal with vaccine...

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