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Europe/Denmark/Sweden/Finland – Nordic discomfort: How Denmark, Sweden, and Finland could harm the European project (ECFR)

Marlene Riedel Hear the word “Denmark”, and you may well think of “hygge”, bikes, and scenic coastlines. Similar images likely spring to mind with all the...

Africa – How to attract private finance to Africa’s development (World Bank blogs)

LUC EYRAUD, CATHERINE PATTILLO, ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE African economies are at a pivotal juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill. Africa’s hard-won economic...

China/Tajikistan – Sino-Tajik Relations: An Unequal Partnership (VIF)

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF The narrative about the ‘peaceful Rise of China’ is ironic. China has border disputes with all its...

USA/Afghanistan/Middle East – How Much is Experience Worth? Twenty Years of US Experiments in the Middle East (Valdai Discussion Club)

Andrey Sushentsov The global wealth and influence of the United States was so great that it could simply afford a 20-year campaign with no practical value. With the withdrawal of troops...

India – COVID-19 and the climate impact on the Koli fishing community of Mumbai (ORF)

ARYAN BAJPAI The traditional fishing community of Mumbai, known as the Kolis, faced a double whammy in the past 17 months, with the pandemic coupled...

India – Resident Welfare Association Policy of the Madhya Pradesh government (ORF)

RAMANATH JHA The Madhya Pradesh (MP) government recently approved a policy regarding Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) in the state. These are registered voluntary civic associations...

Afghanistan – From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis (ORF)

KABIR TANEJA The fast-unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the Taliban’s territorial juggernaut and the fall of Kabul, also became a significant war of narratives....

Afghanistan – The fall of Afghanistan (ORF)

MANOJ JOSHI The American retreat from Afghanistan will have consequences quite different from those faced by Russia in 1988, which in turn, were different to...

Afghanistan – Picking up the pieces in Kabul (ORF)

SANJEEV AHLUWALIA The tremors from the fall of Kabul are likely to be felt far and wide – most keenly in nations transiting away from...

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