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Articles for January 1, 2020 - January 7, 2020
Tuesday, 07 January 2020
What to Look for in 2020: The Year Ahead in Asia
Wilson Center
How Will Iran Respond to Soleimani's Killing—and Where Will the Escalation End?
RAND Corporation
Russia's Hostile Measures: Combating Russian Gray Zone Aggression Against NATO in the Contact, Blunt, and Surge Layers of Competition
RAND Corporation
More Than Half of Those in Mental Health Unit at L.A. Jail Could Be Diverted to Community Programs
RAND Corporation
Estimating the Size of the Los Angeles County Jail Mental Health Population Appropriate for Release into Community Services
RAND Corporation
Taiwan’s 2020 elections
Lowy Institute
Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two
RAND Corporation
An Unfair "Bar" to Judicial Nominees
Heritage Foundation
War With Iran? Some People Think We’re Already in One. They’re Wrong
Heritage Foundation
On Taiwan: Accentuate the Positive Going Into the New Year
Heritage Foundation
Time for President Trump to Truly Apply Maximum Pressure on North Korea
Heritage Foundation
America Can Unleash Central Europe’s True Potential
Heritage Foundation
Reputations and Respect Are Earned by Action, Not Talk
Heritage Foundation
Digitalising democracy in SADC: Insights from 2019 elections
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
The Evening: Iranian Threats, European Troops, Glory and More
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Global Economics Monthly, December 2019
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A Week of Consequence: Oil Markets Complacent but on Edge following Turmoil in Iran and Iraq
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Bad Idea: Calling U.S. Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria “Endless Wars”
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO20005 | Iranian General’s Killing: How Will Iran Respond?
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Gender, Parenthood and Feelings of Safety in Greek Refugee Centres
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Mobility
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Bridging the Elite-Grassroots Divide Among Anticorruption Activists
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Donald Tusk must put Europe before his old friend Viktor Orbán
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
What the killing of Qassem Soleimani could mean
Brookings
2020 trends to watch: Policy issues to watch in 2020
Brookings
2020 trends to watch: Stories policymakers should be watching in 2020
Brookings
Was it risky for the US to take public responsibility for killing Soleimani?
Brookings
To improve housing affordability, we need better alignment of zoning, taxes, and subsidies
Brookings
CVE’s relevance and challenges: Central Asia as surprising snapshot
Brookings
How Donald Trump thinks about Iran
Brookings
Pelosi and McConnell Are Playing High-Stakes Poker
Brookings
JIIA Strategic Comments (2020-13): China's Situation after the National People's Congress
JIIA
(Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Great Power Competition and Cyber Conflict
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Global Cities in the World’s Largest Democracy
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Top Conflicts to Watch in 2020: Worsening Conditions in the Northern Triangle
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The 11th hour transit deal is a relief for European energy consumers and a pivotal opportunity for Ukraine’s future energy strategy
Atlantic Council
With crisis over, Greek PM says Athens is ready “to punch above our weight”
Atlantic Council
US-Iran in crisis: Strategic ambiguity and loud weapons in cyberspace
Atlantic Council
Monday, 06 January 2020
Cleaning Up Ukraine's Banking Sector: Notorious “Alpine Schemes” Are a Setback
Wilson Center
About the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute
Wilson Center
To Help Save the Planet, Stop Environmental Crime
Wilson Center
Trading Views: On the Front Lines of a Trade War
Wilson Center
The Relationship
Wilson Center
All-Out U.S.-Iran War Is Unlikely. But Low-Level War Expected to Continue
RAND Corporation
Can Iraq Evict U.S. Forces?
RAND Corporation
Iraq's Vote to Expel U.S. Troops Is Iran's True Victory
RAND Corporation
Baghdad Siege Wasn't Benghazi, and Never Will Be
RAND Corporation
Selecting and Evaluating Case Studies of the Economic Benefits of Research and Services at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Case Studies on Personal Dust Monitors for Coal Miners, Improved Ambulance Design, and Amputation Surveillance
RAND Corporation
RAND Review: January-February 2020
RAND Corporation
Deterring Attacks Against the Power Grid: Two Approaches for the U.S. Department of Defense
RAND Corporation
Decade in Review: Marital Norms Erode
Heritage Foundation
Why Repealing the 1991 and 2002 Iraq War Authorizations Is Sound Policy
Heritage Foundation
Iran’s Extensive Cruise Missile Program Requires U.S. Action
Heritage Foundation
North Korea Starts the New Year With a Threatened Bang
Heritage Foundation
Assault on U.S. Embassy a Reminder of Who the Bad Guys Are in Iraq
Heritage Foundation
Post-crisis Issues in Financial Sector Regulation
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The Evening: Calls for Revenge, Iraq, Soul Rebel and More
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Cyber-Sheikh
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Iran’s Recent Nuclear Announcement in the Context of Rising Regional Tensions
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Containing Tehran: Understanding Iran’s Power and Exploiting Its Vulnerabilities
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
After the Clean Up—Looking Ahead
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
How Will Russia React to the Killing of Soleimani?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The American Threat to America in the Gulf
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Catching Up: China’s Developing Military Power
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Iran’s Recent Nuclear Announcement in the Context of Rising Regional Tensions
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO20003 | Iran-Russia-China Trilateral Naval Exercise: China’s New Mideast Strategy?
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO20004 | Networked World: Re-envisioning Disaster Risk
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Fighting Violence Against Women: Laws, Norms & Challenges Ahead
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
The Tech Cold War Illusion
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Ranking 42 countries by ease of doing digital business
Brookings
How technology could promote growth in 6 African countries
Brookings
The Saudi Aramco IPO and the future of global oil markets
Brookings
Iran knows how to bide its time. Don’t expect immediate retaliation for Soleimani.
Brookings
Trump's blind march to war
Brookings
Banning cars won’t solve America’s bigger transportation problem: Long trips
Brookings
Iran spent years building a cyber arsenal. Will it unleash that arsenal now?
Brookings
Hitting refresh on privacy policies: Recommendations for notice and transparency
Brookings
Iran can find a new Soleimani
Brookings
Detoxifying Colombia's drug policy
Brookings
Counterterrorism and Preventive Repression: China's Changing Strategy in Xinjiang
Brookings
Trump’s reckless Middle East policy has brought the US to the brink of war
Brookings
China 2049: Economic challenges of a rising global power
Brookings
The global impact bond market in 2019: A year in review
Brookings
China's 10-year struggle against US financial power
Brookings
How terrorism helps — and hurts — Iran
Brookings
Brookings Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy
Brookings
Does the U.S. Strike on Soleimani Break Legal Norms?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The World Is Heading Back to the Future—to Another Volatile, Roaring ‘20s
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Will Iraq become Syria 2.0?
Atlantic Council
“The truth shall make you free”
Atlantic Council
Shaping the global future together: the Council’s “Top fifteen hits” of 2019
Atlantic Council
The India-Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Future Challenges and Current Scenarios
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Sunday, 05 January 2020
How U.S. Strike Against Iranian General Changes the Rules of the Game
Heritage Foundation
GCC News Roundup: US halts Saudi military training, little diplomatic progress in mending Qatari and Saudi ties (December 1-31)
Brookings
على قاب قوسَين من مرحلة جديدة من الصراع الليبي
Brookings
Iraqi parliament calls for troop withdrawal: What next for the United States?
Atlantic Council
The New Arab Uprisings: How the 2019 trajectory differs from the 2011 legacy? (Part 1)
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Saturday, 04 January 2020
Accessibility in the regional CGE framework: the effects of major transport infrastructure investments in Poland
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Brookings experts comment on the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
Brookings
The new tools of monetary policy
Brookings
The implications of the Soleimani assasination
Atlantic Council
The Soleimani assassination: A view from Britain
Atlantic Council
Friday, 03 January 2020
Need to Know Podcast
Wilson Center
What to Expect from China in 2020
RAND Corporation
Iranian Commander Soleimani Killed: RAND Experts React
RAND Corporation
North Korea: Selling Political Deception
RAND Corporation
Abandoning West Africa Carries Risks for U.S.
RAND Corporation
Implementing a New Mobility Vision for Rancho Higuera in a Deeply Uncertain, Fast-Changing World: Results from RAND Corporation Participatory Local Planning Workshops
RAND Corporation
What Chess Can Teach Us About the Future of AI and War
RAND Corporation
Heritage Foundation Policy Victories in 2019
Heritage Foundation
The Killing of Quds Force Commander Qasim Suleimani
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Gas Line, Q4 2019
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Fostering Positive Private Sector Engagement in the Med Energy Landscape
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
The top economic issues in 2020
Brookings
The US public still doesn’t want war with Iran
Brookings
Killing Iran’s Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East
Brookings
Remanding Texas v. U.S. to the lower court prolongs harms to consumers and the health care industry
Brookings
Charts of the Week: Population, earnings, time use
Brookings
How will Iran respond to US assassination of Soleimani?
Brookings
India’s reaction to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
Brookings
Around the halls: Experts react to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
Brookings
Qassem Soleimani and beyond
Brookings
Soleimani killing threatens to break open US-Iranian conflict
Atlantic Council
Iraq’s parliament may be about to do President Trump a big fat favor
Atlantic Council
Questions and certainties in the killing of Qasem Soleimani
Atlantic Council
Thursday, 02 January 2020
Why We Must Talk to Russia
RAND Corporation
The Biggest Animal Disease Outbreak in China
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Governor Cuomo’s Fervent Opposition to Trump
Heritage Foundation
Chinese Pastor Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison Amid Renewed Persecution
Heritage Foundation
U.S. Airstrikes in Mideast—Sending This Clear Message to Friends and Foes Alike
Heritage Foundation
Bad Idea: Assuming All Arms Control Agreements Are Inherently Good
Heritage Foundation
Remembering Former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Paul X. Kelley
Heritage Foundation
5 Predictions of What Could Happen in Foreign Policy in 2020
Heritage Foundation
Hotel Industry’s Latest Airbnb Attack to Upend Short-Term Rentals
Heritage Foundation
CSIS-DAPA Conference 2019: A New Generation of Partnership in the U.S.-ROK Alliance Conference
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A Conversation with General Raymond
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
America’s Failed Strategy in the Middle East: Losing Iraq and the Gulf
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
South Korea’s Evolving Role in sub-Saharan Africa
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO20001 | Mahathir 2.0 and China: Hedging in a Fluid World
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO20002 | UK Elections: Jeremy Corbyn, Anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Explaining Russian reactions to increased NATO military presence
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
A Norwegian perspective on Nordic-China Cooperation
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Caregiving, labor, job search, and leisure: The time use of prime-age adults
Brookings
Around the halls: Experts discuss the recent US airstrikes in Iraq and the fallout
Brookings
Highlights: Experts discuss human rights trends across Africa
Brookings
Why America should strike an interim deal with North Korea
Brookings
A bigger foreign policy mess than anyone predicted
Brookings
US Perspectives on The South China Sea in An Era of Strategic Competition
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
New Year’s Special: 2020 Hindsight
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Pivotal Issues America Faces in 2020
Heritage Foundation
China and Africa in Global Space Science, Technology, and Satellite Development
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
China, Africa, and Debt Distress: Fact and Fiction about Asset Seizures
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
China’s Development-Security in Practice: The Case of Mali
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Chinese Medical Teams: Knowledge Transfer in Ethiopia and Malawi
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
The Growing Preference for Chinese Arms in Africa: A Case Study of Uganda and Kenya
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
French and Chinese Business Cooperation in Africa
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
How Huawei Succeeds in Africa
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Comparing the Effects of Chinese and Traditional Official Finance on State Repression and Public Demonstrations in Africa
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
What is the Role for the Chinese Private Security Sector in Africa?
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Risky Business: New Data on Chinese Loans and Africa’s Debt Problem
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
‘Africa’s China’: Chinese Manufacturing Investment in Nigeria in the Post-Oil Boom Era and Channels for Technology Transfer
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
African Military Aircraft Procurement from China: A Case Study from Zambia
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Anglo nostalgia
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Cascading climate impacts: a new factor in European policy-making
CIDOB
(Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
The Second Trilateral Dialogue Initiative (TDI) Workshop
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
New low in US-Iraq relations: What’s next for 2020
Atlantic Council
Reading Room: David Cameron’s "For the Record"
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Digital Activism, Gaming and Hong Kong
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
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118.8
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111.6
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CFR
102.3
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Atlantic Council
98.5
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Wilson Center
86.5
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