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Asia. Which will be the top 30 consumer markets of this decade? 5 Asian markets below the radar (Homi Kharas and Wolfgang Fengler, Brookings)

Despite COVID-19, the global consumer class—those who are middle class or rich—is rising fast. In an earlier post, we showed that we are experiencing a...

Pandemic. Innovation beyond patent waivers: Achieving global vaccination goals through public-private partnerships (Harvey Rubin and Nicholas Saidel, Brookings)

The international effort to achieve global COVID-19 vaccination goals faces a dilemma. Stakeholders in this space are at odds over how to treat intellectual...

Hydrogen/Decarbonization. Hydrogen development strategies: a global perspective (Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Simone Tagliapietra and Victor Vorsatz, Bruegel)

Despite different strategies, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and Japan all expect hydrogen to play a significant role in...

Space. NASA Sets Coverage For Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station (Eurasia Review)

Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11...

Hydraulic Fracturing. What Is Environmental Impact Of Hydraulic Fracturing? (IESE Insight)

Hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to stimulate oil and gas production from certain wells, burst onto the scene in the mid 2000’s, increasing U.S....

UAE. Second Barakah Nuclear Power Unit Starts Up (World Nuclear News)

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced the start-up of the second unit at UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, thirteen months after Barakah...

How To Use Democracy To Deny Human Rights (Ayush Poolovadoo, Eurasia Review)

Since its rebirth as an independent state in 1968, this paradisaic island of Mauritius has been touted as a paragon of democratic political institutions promoting...

Afghanistan. The Plot Thickens (Nilesh Kunwar, Eurasia Review)

When something completely unexpected happens, we ascribe it to providence. But when there are a series of such occurrences revolving around a single event,...

Afghanistan. The Roots Of US Failure In Afghanistan (Ivan Eland, Eurasia Review)

The rapid collapse of Afghanistan has led to predictable finger-pointing about who is to blame for “losing Afghanistan.” Both President Joe Biden and his...

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