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Russia votes: State Duma elections 2021 (Nivedita Kapoor, ORF)

As Russia prepares to vote for the State Duma elections from September 17-19, the ruling United Russia (UR) party is expected to retain control...

Lebanon to end subsidies and introduce cash cards (Anchal Vohra, ORF)

Lebanon’s new government is expected to lift all subsidies by the end of this month. Over the last two years, Lebanon’s economy collapsed, and...

Why Afghanistan will be a new geopolitical pivot (Pinak Chakravarty, ORF)

The Taliban’s “inclusive” government has turned out to be a farce. It is 100% male, mostly Pashtuns, including some notorious internationally designated terrorists, only...

Explaining the Rise of Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

Heightening great-power rivalry has impeded consensus-making in multilateral institutions. This has given rise, in recent years, to minilaterals especially in the Indo-Pacific. Even as...

How do we make sense of the new poverty data for 2020? (Angela Rachidi, AEI)

Few things are more frustrating than when the government releases statistics that require an explanation from technical experts for anyone to make sense of...

Prioritize long-range nuclear limits (John D. Maurer, AEI)

Great-power arms control negotiations are back on the table as the United States and Russia prepare for new “strategic stability talks" following the Joe...

Multilateral peace operations in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021 (Claudia Pfeifer, Jaïr van der Lijn, SIPRI)

Four multilateral peace operations were deployed in Afghanistan during the 20 years between the start of the United States-led intervention that toppled the Taliban...

What to Expect from Japan’s Upcoming Elections (Riley Walters, Hudson Institute)

Japan is headed into a consequential election season. On September 29th, the ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), will determine within its...

America’s Money Lost the Afghan War (Casey Michel, Paul Massaro, Hudson Institute)

Last month, while the United States’ pullout from Afghanistan unfurled, the office of the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released a...

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