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Pakistan. Reality bites for Imran Khan’s ‘New Pakistan’ (Shuja Nawaz, East Asia Forum)

Imran Khan became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018 after defeating entrenched dynastic political parties that had been alternating in government for decades. His...

USA. Why is blue-collar work still male-dominated? (Alice Evans, Brookings)

Sex segregation of middle-class and working-class occupations in the United States Source: Cotter et al 2004. In the 20th century, women smashed glass ceilings across the world....

USA/Middle East. Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East (Itamar Rabinovich, Brookings)

It is one of the ironies often played by history that America’s hasty and humiliating exit from Afghanistan occurred on the eve of the...

Cybersecurity/USA. America’s anti-hacking laws pose a risk to national security (Riana Pfefferkorn, Brookings)

A man takes part in a hacking contest during the DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on July 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steve...

Special Drawing Rights. Debt service risks, Special Drawing Rights allocations, and development prospects (Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley, Brookings)

On August 23, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued $650 billion equivalent in new Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to its members. The SDRs...

USA. Cities are taking it slow with American Rescue Plan funds (Alan Berube and Eli Byerly-Duke, Brookings)

When President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) into law last March, it was a momentous occasion for local governments around...

The Science of Where. What a Big Data Approach and Geospatial Tools Reveal about Human Mobility (Greg Milner, Esri)

Billions of people move through the landscape every day. For more than a century, geographers have searched for order in this apparent chaos. Now,...

QUAD. The QUAD Navies Exercise for the Second Time (Amruta Karambelkar, VIF)

In the 2021 edition of the Exercise Malabar, the navies of India, US, Japan and Australia came together during 26-29 August for the sea...

China/Afghanistan. China’s Future Road to Afghanistan (Soumya Awasthi, VIF)

The lightning speed with which the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, has enthralled the experts around the globe. There are lot of...

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