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Saudi Arabia’s Shrinking Options in Yemen (Prasanta Kumar Pradhan, IDSA)

Despite more than six years of Saudi-led military offensive against the Houthis, the situation in Yemen remains extremely complex and challenging for the Kingdom...

The EU-India Connectivity Partnership: Can Brussels step up its connectivity game in the Indo-Pacific? (Andrea Moreschi, ORF)

The beginning of the rollout of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) between 2013–2015 has already redefined the vocabulary of international relations, especially that...

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...

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