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Iraq. Iraqis protest is symptom of embedded corruption (Renad Mansour, Chatham House)

Hospital fires and electricity cuts have prompted angry protests, and many Iraqis see government corruption and mismanagement as the root of their suffering. Iraqis protest...

Afghanistan. With Afghanistan, control is much harder than victory (Gareth Price, Chatham House)

While some of Afghanistan’s neighbours – China and Iran particularly, along with Russia – may enjoy the West’s discomfort, the Taliban’s takeover is unlikely...

USA/Syria/Middle East. Middle East prepares for the US to exit Syria (Neil Quilliam, Chatham House)

The Biden administration has already given indications it is willing to look away from Gulf Arab states reviving relations with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad...

Afghanistan/USA/UK/NATO/Europe. Facing reality is painful for the US and its allies (Chatham House)

Experts from across Chatham House analyse the strategic and intelligence failures in Afghanistan, and the lasting effects on the US, UK, NATO and the...

Global Asymmetries. Global asymmetries strike back (Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel)

This essay addresses an old question that international relations scholars view as fundamental, but which economists regard as secondary: that of asymmetries in international...

MENA. COVID-19 inequities in MENA: How data and evidence can help us do better (Johannes Hoogeveen, Bilal Malaeb, Lokendra Phadera, World Bank blogs)

COVID-19 is revealing inequities between and within countries. Across the globe, poorer people tend to be more exposed to the risk of infection as...

Afghanistan/Central Asia. Do the Taliban Pose a Threat to Stability in Central Asia? (Temur Umarov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

It goes without saying that the crisis in Afghanistan will create new risks for the region, but Central Asia has long lived with chaos...

Afghanistan/Greater Eurasia. The Fall of Kabul and the Balance of Power in Greater Eurasia (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

We do not know if peace in Afghanistan becomes a reality. However, right now, for the first time in the past 40 years, internal political stabilisation in this country has the most...

USA/Russia. US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue: Why It’s Good to Talk (Andrew Futter, Valdai Discussion Club)

The symbolism of the two-leading nuclear-armed states recognising the dangers of a more complex and perhaps dangerous global nuclear order is significant, and neither...

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