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Transforming logistics (Amjad Ahmad, Jean-Francois Condamine, Atlantic Council)

In Season 2, Episode 1 of empowerME Conversations podcast, host and Atlantic Council empowerME Director Amjad Ahmad speaks with UPS President for Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, and...

Listening to Users and Other Ideas for Building Trust in Digital Trade (Susan Ariel Aaronson, CIGI)

This paper argues that if trade policy makers truly want to achieve data free flow with trust, they must address user concerns beyond privacy....

As Technology Evolves, So Does the Nature of Nationalism (Marie Lamensch, CIGI)

Globalization, supranational institutions, regional economies, climate change, international jihad, migration and the current pandemic; despite expectations, these transnational phenomena have not weakened the notion...

United States Announces $37 Million Contribution to Education Cannot Wait (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON On September 27, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced $37 million in new contributions to...

The Italian G20 Presidency welcomes the 1st meeting of the Creditor Committee for Ethiopia under the Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI...

On Thursday 16 September, a Creditor Committee co-chaired by France and China was established to address the issue of Ethiopia’s debt sustainability. G20 and...

If Biden Won’t Stand Up to Iran, Congress Should Stand Up to Biden (Gabriel Noronha, Andrea Stricker, Matthew Zweig, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

The Biden administration’s Iran policy is collapsing, and it is well past time for Congress to intervene using a key tool it crafted in...

What To Expect When You’re Expecting A National Defense Strategy (Thomas Spoehr, Bradley Bowman, Bryan Clark, Mackenzie Eaglen, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

In July, Rear Adm. Mike Studeman, director of intelligence for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, warned that “it’s only a matter of time” until China resorts to military...

Xi Takes a Page From Mao’s Red Playbook (Craig Singleton, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

In the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future, California teen Marty McFly journeyed back in time to save his present. The film’s universal themes are...

Are vaccines and Afghanistan routes back to US-Iran engagement? (Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council)

Efforts on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last week to catalyze a swift return to talks on the Iran nuclear...

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