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Afghanistan/China. China urges terrorist crackdown by Taliban, as Kabul deadly blasts exemplify US failure (Global Times)

Liu Xin, Bai Yunyi and Wang Wenwen China has urged the Afghan Taliban to fulfill its promises, break off with all terrorist organizations, firmly crack down...

Food Systems. The Case for a Food Systems Stability Board (Project-Syndicate)

SANDRINE DIXSON-DECLÈVE, JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO, FELIA SALIM The absence of a Food Systems Stability Board is a notable gap in the global governance architecture needed to bolster...

New Paradigms. How Paradigm Blindness Leads to Bad Policy (Project-Syndicate)

ANDREW SHENG, XIAO GENG Though we live in a highly complex, networked world, the paradigm that guides policymaking is largely linear, mechanical, and “rational.” This leaves...

Iran. Iran Reinforces the Aerial Defense around its Nuclear Facilities (JCPA)

Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall In parallel with reports of Israel’s preparations for a possible attack on Iran and a visit by the Israeli prime...

Israel/Holy See. Israel and the Holy See (BESA Center)

Michael A. Calvo For many years, the Jewish people of Israel have been effectively paying the taxes of the Catholic Church and other churches in...

Iran/USA. Tehran Tests Joe Biden in Afghanistan and Beyond (BESA Center)

By Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei The Iranian regime views Biden as a weak president who can be safely challenged. Greatly encouraged by the American debacle in Afghanistan,...

China. Implications of Xi’s Revival of the Maoist Slogan “Common Prosperity” (The Jamestown Foundation)

Willy Wo-Lap Lam The Chinese President Xi Jinping has masterminded a major policy shift for the world’s second largest economy by underscoring the imperative of...

Uganda. Harassment of Civil Society Groups (HRW)

Ugandan authorities on August 20, 2021, announced without prior notification that they had halted the activities of 54 civil society groups, including human rights and...

Bulgaria. Hoping Third Time’s A Charm, Bulgarian President Asks Socialists To Form Government (RFE RL)

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has given a third and final mandate to form a government to the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) after two other political parties...

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