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Afghanistan/USA. General John R. Allen: the US must be realistic about its influence over the Taliban (Brookings)

As Afghanistan’s humanitarian catastrophe continues to unfold, US leadership faces a series of major challenges. The crisis that has now engulfed us, our allies...

USA/Ukraine. President Zelensky comes to Washington (Brookings)

Steven Pifer President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington next week, with the highlight being a White House call on President Joe Biden. That offers the opportunity...

Afghanistan/USA. Joe Biden must ignore the Taliban’s August 31 withdrawal “red line” (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon Apparently, President Joe Biden feels under pressure to complete the troop-assisted evacuation of Americans, and modest numbers of friends of America, from Afghanistan by...

USA. Journalism after 9/11 (Brookings)

Marvin Kalb “Journalism has been changed forever. It’ll never be the same again.” In so many words, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review set the...

Robot Tax. Tax not the robots (Brookings)

Robert Seamans Anumber of highly regarded business people and politicians, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, have commented on the potential...

The Science of Where. IoT and GIS—Creating the Nervous System for Digital Twins (Esri)

Four steps to managing the information life cycle of the digital twin Matt Piper Our world is transforming and rapidly becoming digital. Today, we are on...

China. CNPC announces new plans for 1.27b ton shale oil reserve in Northeast China (Global Times)

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) on Wednesday announced a new plan for a major shale oil field with an estimated geological reserve of about...

China. Blockchain-based NFT sector expands rapidly in China (Global Times)

The blockchain-based, digital asset industry involving non-fungible tokens (NFT) has grown rapidly this year in China, with domestic leading players such as Alibaba and...

China. ‘Common prosperity’ to be start point and focus of China’s central bank’s work (Global Times)

The People’s Bank of China (PBC) said on Tuesday that the country’s financial work shall be based and focused on boosting common prosperity, and...

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