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The Developing World’s Hidden Inflation Risks (Rabah Arezki, Jean-Pierre Landau, Project-Syndicate)

A combination of specific inflationary shocks and vulnerabilities could seriously threaten developing economies' stability and prosperity. Although part of the policy response to these...

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Folly (Jeffrey Frankel, Project-Syndicate)

Many aspects of cryptocurrencies are baffling, not least the success of a joke like Dogecoin. But El Salvador’s recent adoption of Bitcoin as legal...

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with the P5 Foreign Ministers (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken convened yesterday with Foreign Ministers of the People’s Republic of China, the French...

Racial Division, Troops’ Role in Protests Has Hurt Minority Recruiting, Air Force Says (Tara Copp, Defense One)

U.S. Air Force basic military graduation Apr. 16, 2020, at the 320th Training Squadron’s Airman Training Complex on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. U.S. AIR...

Biden Just Gave France Something More Valuable than a Submarine Contract (Kevin Baron, Defense One)

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks to US President Joe Biden before a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the North Atlantic Treaty...

Learn to Use Data or Risk Dying in Battle, New Army Project Teaches (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Soldiers from the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, track an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) threat during a scenario as part of Black...

Afghanistan’s Woes Will Haunt America (Reza Parchizadeh, BESA Center)

Taliban, image by ifpnews CC The American decision to leave Afghanistan to lessen the burden on the domestic economy, protect US troops, boost the nation’s...

The Greek Defense Industry in the 21st Century: Hope at Last? (Spyridon Plakoudas, BESA Center)

Greek flag flying at Santorini, image by Matt Artz via Unsplash Greece is not generally considered a country with a burgeoning defense industry, but 2020-21...

Afghanistan Has Lessons for the Gulf (James M. Dorsey, BESA Center)

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, image via Wikimedia Commons The Gulf states will closely monitor the way Russia and China handle the perceived security vacuum...

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