Think Tank Alert

Articles for December 30, 2020 - January 5, 2021
Tuesday, 05 January 2021
The Second Karabakh War and Western Strategic Thinking
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
2021: The Year Ahead in Asia
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Can the US and Russia Return to Co-operation in the Arctic?
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Distributed Kill Chains: Drawing Insights for Mosaic Warfare from the Immune System and from the Navy
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Findings on Mosaic Warfare from a Colonel Blotto Game
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Modeling Rapidly Composable, Heterogeneous, and Fractionated Forces: Findings on Mosaic Warfare from an Agent-Based Model
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Unemployment Insurance and the Failure to Reform
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
How to help patients to access and use online services in primary health care
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Sustaining an Evidence-Based Program Over Time: Moderators of Sustainability and the Role of the Getting to Outcomes® Implementation Support Intervention
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Why Family Caregivers Need to Be Integrated into the Health Care Team and Shows Us How to Make It Happen
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Nigerian Human Rights Activist Arrested—Again
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Georgia II STEM Higher Education Interim Evaluation Report
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
All roads lead to Ukraine in Putin’s global hybrid war
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Taliban 2.0. – Have the Taliban really changed and learnt their lesson?
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Tracking the COVID-19 economy
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Sharansky Offers a “Refusenik” Perspective on Human Rights, Anti-Semitism
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
U.S. Contributions to 3 Seas Investment Fund Are Smart, Strategic
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Don’t Cut the Army in 2021
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Why America Needs a Strategy for America’s Backyard
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Evening: Russia Hack, Iran Denial, Georgia On My Mind and More
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
GCC Rift over Qatar Comes to an End
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The EU’s Investment Agreement with China Is a Diplomatic Opportunity
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO21002 | Post-Brexit: Enter the Mini-Brexits?
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Democracy Support Without Democracy: The Cases of Poland and Turkey
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
How employers use technology to surveil employees
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Under Susan Rice, will there be increased overlap between the Domestic Policy Council and the National Security Council?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How Biden can rebuild a divided and distrustful nation
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
بالأرقام: صرامة الاستجابة لفيروس كورونا المستجدّ في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Infographic: The stringency of Middle East and North Africa’s COVID-19 response
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The secret sauce behind Israel’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Pakistan’s internal dynamics and changing role in the world
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Evidence from Out-of-Network billing arbitration in New Jersey
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How the Biden administration can get the Global Fragility Strategy right
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How to increase vaccination and mask-wearing to defeat COVID-19
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Most Read of 2020: Southeast Asia’s Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Most Read of 2020: Man Without A Country
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
When the future changes the past: fiscal indicator revisions
tiny icon of bruegel  Bruegel
Monday, 04 January 2021
2020 Brazilian Municipal Elections
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Women Facing Workplace Violence in Brazil
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Informal Labor in Brazil Affects More Women
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Gender Inequalities in Brazil
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Bilateral Water Management: Water Sharing between the US and Mexico along the Border
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Gender Equality and Food Security in Rural South Asia: A Holistic Approach to the SDGs
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
What Does Vietnam Want from the United States in the South China Sea?
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Prevalence of Psychological Distress During First Months of the Pandemic Equaled That Experienced During Prior Year
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: December 26–January 1
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Iran’s railway ambitions go beyond Afghanistan
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Experts react: The US brokers another deal to end the Gulf rift
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
A more serious agreement to end the Gulf rift would yield a bigger political payout for Saudi Arabia and the UAE
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
What Does the Future of Health Policy Reform Look Like?
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
New Radical Rules for a New Radical Congress
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Interreligious Relations (IRR) Issue 22 – Indian Buddhist and Continental Christianate Critiques of Ontology: An Exercise in Interreligious Philosophical Dialogue by Rafal K. Stepien
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The Evening: UK Third Lockdown, Iran Enriches Uranium, Rock and Roll President and More
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Taiwan’s Potential to Strengthen Creative Economy Sectors in the Americas
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
A Trade Policy for the 20s, Continued
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Gas Line, Q4 2020
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO21001 | “Offensive Cyber” and Espionage: Dirty Secrets No One Talks About
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Imran Khan and Pakistan’s Enduring Political Crisis
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The Perils of Vaccine Nationalism
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Norwegian cybersecurity: a small-state approach to building international cyber cooperation
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
The political economy of ‘scarcity’ in East Africa:
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Building stronger institutions in Africa starts at the local level
tiny icon of acet  ACET (African Center for Economic Transformation)
John R. Allen on restoring American leadership in 2021
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
African Leadership Transitions Tracker
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Avoiding the climate canard in US-China relations
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What to expect when Congress counts the electoral college votes on Wednesday
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Is America back? The high politics of trade in the Indo-Pacific
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The future of liberal democracy: A conversation with G. John Ikenberry
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How disinformation evolved in 2020
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Crime and anti-crime security policy in Mexico in 2020
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
COVID-19 sparks an overdue discussion on education reform: An optimistic vision
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
FAST THINKING: What’s Iran thinking?
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Most Read of 2020: Australia in a Post-COVID-19 World
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Most Read of 2020: Bushfires Have Shaken Australia’s Tourism Industry From Head to Foot
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Friday, 01 January 2021
A Path Out of Crisis
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Soleimani assassination failed to re-establish ‘deterrence’ against Iran
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
The Qasem Soleimani assassination feels like ages ago—but Iran hasn’t forgotten
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Meet the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Ships of the Future
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Five Unforgettable Forgotten War Movies You Need to Watch
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Battle of Java Sea Holds Crucial Lessons for Today
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Biden Backpedals on Opening Border on Day One, but the Damage Is Done
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Development Finance and Distributive Politics: Comparing Chinese and World Bank Finance in sub-Saharan Africa
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Do Chinese Infrastructure Loans Promote Entrepreneurship in African Countries?
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Understanding the Structural Sources of Chinese International Contractors’ Market Power in Africa
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
International Development Lending and Global Value Chains in Africa
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
A Comparative Analysis: Chinese and Indian Exim Bank Finance in Ethiopia
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Chinese Resource-Backed Infrastructure Financing Investments: Comparing Governance in Guinea and Ghana
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
China’s Digital Silk Road in Africa and the Future of Internet Governance
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
How Zambia and China Co-Created a Debt ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Railpolitik: Ethiopia’s Rail Ambitions and Chinese Development Finance
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Private Security Companies in Kenya and The Impact of Chinese Actors
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Twenty Years of Data on China’s Africa Lending
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Zambia’s Chinese Debt in the Pandemic Era
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
What is the Real Story of China’s “Hidden Debt”?
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Pandemic exposed the existing societal framework as unsustainable
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What Does the US Statement on the South China Sea Mean for Security in the Asia Pacific?
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
What President-Elect Biden Needs To Know About China
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Women’s Struggle in Turkey and a New Transnational Declaration
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Measuring Public Preferences Between Health and Social Care Funding Options
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Outcomes Are Worse in US Patients Undergoing Surgery on Weekends Compared With Weekdays
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The Differential Mortality of Glasgow Coma Score in Patients with and Without Head Injury
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Quality of Quality Measurement: Impact of Risk Adjustment, Hospital Volume, and Hospital Performance
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Impact of Medicare's Nonpayment Program on Hospital-acquired Conditions
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Ten Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2020
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Rapid response: The Southern Gas Corridor opens today
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Discrimination Against Churches Didn’t Have a Prayer at the Supreme Court
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Court-Packing Threat Puts Two Branches of Government at Risk
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
9 Wasteful Programs From Massive Spending Bill That Can, and Should, Be Reversed
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
ISP Brief December 2020
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Working paper on the implementation of the EU’s policies
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Policy brief summarising the EU and other stakeholder’s prevention strategy towards violent extremism in the region, Middle East
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Policy brief summarizing the EU and other stakeholders’ prevention strategy towards violent extremism in the Maghreb and the Sahel
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
The Greenland Reconciliation Commission
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Comments on the 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
To expand the economy, invest in Black businesses
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
[Special Report] A Vision for the ROK-U.S. Alliance
tiny icon of eai  East Asia Institute
Trade Diversification is Essential for Australia’s Recovery
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Banning TikTok is a Distraction From Broader Threats of Chinese Digital Espionage
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
China Isn't Backing Down in South Asia
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Why We 'Send Them Money'
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Racial Disparities in the Use of Blood Transfusion in Major Surgery
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Clinical Interventions for Adults with Comorbid Alcohol Use and Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Redesigning Surgical Decision Making for High-Risk Patients
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Assessment of Filled Buprenorphine Prescriptions for Opioid Use Disorder During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
What Can the National Quality Forum Tell Us About Performance Measurement in Anesthesiology?
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Feasibility of Report Cards for Measuring Anesthesiologist Quality for Cardiac Surgery
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Disparities in 30-Day Rehospitalization Rates Among Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Residents by Race and Site of Care
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Does Mandating Nursing Home Participation in Quality Reporting Make a Difference? Evidence From Massachusetts
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
End-of-Life Cost Trajectories in Cancer Patients Treated by Medicare Versus the Veterans Health Administration
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Vaccine Nationalism May Seem Inevitable, but There Are Real Economic Consequences
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Without Unemployment Benefits, How Might Americans Make Ends Meet?
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Amid Misinformation and Suppressed Free Speech, Ethiopian Conflict Erodes Abiy's Credibility
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
What’s Behind the Recent Student Abductions in Nigeria?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Reflections on the 7th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy in the Wake of the Covid-19 Outbreak
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Honoring How Our Deployed Troops Keep Us Safe
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
China’s Central Bank Digital Currency: Implications for ASEAN
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
A 2021 Rally Cry for Conservatives to Combat the Left’s Destructive Agenda
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Statement on the Nomination of Dr. Kathleen Hicks
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Policy brief on the implementation of the EU’s policies
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Congressional Study Group on Foreign Relations and National Security
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Presidential War Powers
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Use (and Abuse) of Executive Agreements
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Nuclear Command and Control
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Economic Sanctions in the Age of Maximum Pressure
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Insurrection Act and Putting Troops on American Streets
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Trade and National Security Exceptionalism
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Congress and Control of the Military
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Transparency and War Powers
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Infographic: COVID-19 fatality in the Middle East and North Africa
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
بالأرقام: الوفيات جرّاء فيروس كورونا المستجدّ في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2020
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
10 things we learned at Brookings in December
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Reframing US Syria policy: The road to Damascus runs through Moscow
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Africa Growth Initiative’s top 5 figures of 2020
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What’s Next for Foreign Aid Under Biden?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Don’t Play Politics with Australia’s Security
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Will ASEAN Survive Until 2030?
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)