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Articles for June 30, 2021 - July 6, 2021
Tuesday, 06 July 2021
West Germany's Secret Back Channel to Iraq
Wilson Center
Advancing Pride: An Event Summary
Wilson Center
Kennan Institute Summer 2021 Reading List
Wilson Center
Orgullo
Wilson Center
Nicaragua – Consolidating Dictatorship
Wilson Center
Displacement, Migration, and Urbanization in the 21st Century
Wilson Center
Biden can Support Recovery in the Middle East while Building a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class
Wilson Center
Wilson Center Events and Activities on USMCA and related North America Cooperation
Wilson Center
USMCA and North America: Year One
Wilson Center
Challenges and barriers that limit the productivity and competitiveness of UK defence supply chains
RAND Corporation
Productivity challenges and UK defence supply chains
RAND Corporation
Donald Rumsfeld: Anti–Nation-Builder
RAND Corporation
Biden's Troubled Southeast Asia Policy Needs a Reboot
RAND Corporation
Statistical Analysis of Presidential Pardons
RAND Corporation
How Creating a Pillow Talk Ritual Can Help You Get a Good Night's Rest
RAND Corporation
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 26–July 2
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera
RAND Corporation
Job Training Is More Effective When Educators, Government, and Industry Work Together
RAND Corporation
Understanding and Pursuing Information Advantage
RAND Corporation
Drunk Driving Deaths and Illegal Immigration
Cato Institute
New Way to Care: Social Protections That Put Families First
Cato Institute
The U.S. Should Back off and Let China Succumb to Its Own Failures
Cato Institute
Wisconsin’s Governor Puts the Public-School Monopoly before Families
Cato Institute
Allied Governments May Support US Neo-Cold War Policies, but Allied Populations Don’t
Cato Institute
Chinese Scientists Try to Make a Male Rat Pregnant. It’s Time to Draw the Line.
Heritage Foundation
Ensuring our energy security in a sustainable way in the MENA region and beyond
Atlantic Council
UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s frontline democracy
Atlantic Council
National Bank of Ukraine prioritizes green finance
Atlantic Council
Supreme Court Provides a Win for Commonsense Election Measures
Heritage Foundation
Supreme Court Leaves Unlawful, Unconstitutional Eviction Moratorium Intact
Heritage Foundation
Biden Could Be the German Election’s Biggest Loser
Heritage Foundation
How To Make Sure the Black Sea Doesn’t Become a Geopolitical Black Hole
Heritage Foundation
Despite Controversies, We Need to Encourage Voluntary Military Service
Heritage Foundation
In the Feds Versus Georgia’s Voting Law, Bet on Georgia
Heritage Foundation
Unions Double Down on Inserting Critical Race Theory Into Education
Heritage Foundation
How To Remember Donald Rumsfeld
Heritage Foundation
Governance at a Glance: Botswana’s APRM Experience
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
India’s Vaccine Ambition: How Far Can It Go?
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The WTO and Africa: The State of Play and Key Priorities Going Forward
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
Can Cities Help Us Believe in Democracy Once Again?
German Marshall Fund
Taxes and Taiwan
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Unlikely, Indispensable U.S.-Vietnam Partnership
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Hiding and Finding: The Challenge of Security Competition
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Responsible to Protect
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
The Two Souls of the Egyptian Revolution and Its Decline
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
India’s Energy and Climate Policies Post COVID-19: Short Term Slowdown, Longer Term Boom in Renewables
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
The "Burqa Bans" and Superficial Politics
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Policymaker's Journal: From New Delhi to Washington DC
Brookings
How should the G-7 respond to China’s BRI?
Brookings
Searching for supply-side effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Brookings
New 2020 voter data: How Biden won, how Trump kept the race close, and what it tells us about the future
Brookings
When JFK hosted Pakistan’s president at Mount Vernon
Brookings
How to balance debt and development
Brookings
Reconciliation 101: An explainer of the budget process
Brookings
India’s Second COVID-19 Wave: A Hit to the Country’s Economic Recovery
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
The Age of Impunity, With David Miliband
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Arizona Lawmakers Underperform on Pharmaceutical Freedom for Women
Cato Institute
The Fable of the Cats
Cato Institute
TikTok, Schrems II, and Cross-Border Data Flows
Cato Institute
Pop Goes Korea, Plop Goes Australia
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
The Australia-US Bilateral Investment Relationship in 2020: Taxing Times
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Reimagining the US-India trade relationship
Atlantic Council
Banks post-Brexit: regulatory divergence or parallel tracks?
Bruegel
Monday, 05 July 2021
The Director’s Chair: Matt Pottinger on his career, working for President Trump, China and COVID
Lowy Institute
Democratic Socialists of America Embraces Maduro Dictatorship
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Independence Day 2021: Needed, a Foreign Policy for a Republic
Cato Institute
Challenges for Israel’s New Coalition Government
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Differentiated Integrations
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
What type of differentiation in EU economic governance after COVID?
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Opportunities for Green Growth: In Search of Multilateral Coordination
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
The Importance of the OSCE in German Diplomacy
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
Humanitarian Biometrics in Yemen
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Interventions since the Cold War
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Use of Games in Strategic Foresight
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Our epistemic crisis is essentially ethical and so are its solutions
Brookings
Here's how we can save Afghanistan from ruin even as we withdraw American troops
Brookings
[Research Reports] Iranian Politics Leading Up to the 2021 Presidential Elections and US Influences
JIIA
(Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Book Review: James Callaghan, An Underrated Prime Minister?
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
"Megadrought" on the Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Designing a hybrid work organisation
Bruegel
Sunday, 04 July 2021
Arguing with Success: COVID-19 and the Failure of Australia’s Regulatory State
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Saturday, 03 July 2021
Kim Jong-Un Reverses Economic Reforms and Fires Top Aides
Cato Institute
China Might Help Contain North Korea’s Nukes—for a Price
Cato Institute
Beyond Stability: A United Libya will Not End the Migration Challenge for Italy and the EU
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Africa in the news: Eswatini protests, upgrades to Rwanda’s health system, and energy and environment updates
Brookings
Friday, 02 July 2021
Losing Hearts and Minds: Policing Latin America
Wilson Center
When Russia Danced with Europe: George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes
Wilson Center
Aquaculture Fish Feed – Can China and the U.S Break the Ocean Connection?
Wilson Center
USAID Ties With Israel, UAE a Model to Advance Development Goals
Wilson Center
The Second Filling of the GERD Reservoir
Wilson Center
New feminist activism, waves, and generations
Wilson Center
Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence?
Wilson Center
Misinformation, disinformation and hateful extremism during the COVID-19 pandemic
RAND Corporation
COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions and Mistrust in a National Sample of Black Americans
RAND Corporation
Vaccine Confidence And Black Communities: Where Do We Go From Here? Town Hall Recap
RAND Corporation
Not Everything on Earth Is a Vital Interest for America
Cato Institute
The Local School Board Is Unaccountable, So I’m Running for a Seat
Cato Institute
Book Review: Leaving Rights Talk Behind?
Cato Institute
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Falls Firmly in the Realm of Fantasy
Cato Institute
Former Justice Department Lawyer Testifies to Voting Section’s History of Abu...
Heritage Foundation
Georgia’s Citizen’s-Arrest Repeal Not a Path for States To Follow
Heritage Foundation
America’s Leaders Must Denounce All Political Violence, and Prosecute All Per...
Heritage Foundation
SCOTUS 101: That's a Wrap
Heritage Foundation
Supreme Court Upholds the Freedom of Association
Heritage Foundation
What Iran’s Failed Satellite Launch Likely Signals
Heritage Foundation
The House of Representatives Goes Fishing on China
Heritage Foundation
Congress Should Incentivize Forward Naval Presence in Key Areas
Heritage Foundation
Schools Should Be Forging An Educated Citizenry, Not Indoctrinating Children
Heritage Foundation
Zambian Civil Society’s Arduous APRM Journey
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
CO21103 | France as an Indo-Pacific Player
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Global Migration in 2030: Time To Take Africa Seriously
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Geo-Economics in 2030: How the EU Can Squeeze Out From Between the US and China
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
The Global Conflict Landscape in 2030: The Imperative of Investing in Security Cooperation
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Technology in 2030: Innovation Before Regulation
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
To restore North Nashville’s Black middle class, local policymakers should pursue reparations
Brookings
Dirty money in offshore banks
Brookings
How serious are the Trump Organization tax fraud charges?
Brookings
Capturing Africa’s insurance potential for shared prosperity
Brookings
Why are states banning critical race theory?
Brookings
Protecting forests: Are early warning systems effective?
Brookings
Middle-class lifestyles start with $ 10 per person and day
Brookings
What is Angela Merkel’s legacy on engagement with China
Brookings
Podcast: A guide to public-private collaboration in chipmaking
Brookings
Despite June’s positive jobs numbers, Black workers continue to face high unemployment
Brookings
Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?
Brookings
Why the ‘Fear, Honour and Interest’ Trinity Harms Our Understanding of War
RUSI
Why “Red, White, and Blue” Should Bridge Red vs. Blue Divide on Fourth of July
Heritage Foundation
Happy Second of July
Cato Institute
The Ongoing American Revolution
Cato Institute
New Reports Confirm the Jones Act’s Paltry Contributions to U.S. Shipbuilding
Cato Institute
This Isn’t a Break-up. It’s an Intervention.
Cato Institute
Cato Does Really Well in an Unusual Supreme Court Term
Cato Institute
Episode 77: Debating Democracy and the “Competition of Systems”
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
2 July: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Thursday, 01 July 2021
USMCA at One Year – Happy Birthday?
Wilson Center
Short-Term Scholar Judy L. Twigg Explores Russia's Vaccine Diplomacy
Wilson Center
Sustainable forest management
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Reducing Disparities in Infant Mortality: Using Big Data to Help Babies at Risk
RAND Corporation
RAND Review: July-August 2021
RAND Corporation
Biden’s Vaccination Goal Nears, UNSC Votes on Syria Aid Pipeline, and More
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Chronic Pain Among Service Members: Using Administrative Data to Strengthen Research and Quality Improvement
RAND Corporation
Sphere Summit: Teaching Civic Culture Together
Cato Institute
As We Celebrate July Fourth, Our Constitutional System Is in Danger
Cato Institute
The Chinese Communist Party Turns 100
Cato Institute
War Is on the Rocks
Cato Institute
Transatlantic COVID-19 Travel Rules Are Totally Crazy — and the International Elite Know It
Cato Institute
Supreme Court Win for Property Rights Is Hardly a Loss for the Regulatory State
Cato Institute
Can energy be the key to Turkish-US relations in the Biden era?
Atlantic Council
The need for a renewed NATO
Atlantic Council
Event recap: A gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance
Atlantic Council
Critical Signs To Watch for Famine in North Korea
Heritage Foundation
In Hong Kong, Pro-Democracy Newspaper Closes and Editor Is Arrested
Heritage Foundation
Corporations Versus Parents
Heritage Foundation
Disasters in COVID-19: Implications for Nexus Governance
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Interreligious Relations (IRR) Issue 25 – Introducing Dasŏk Yu Yǒng-Mo’s Korean Spiritual Disciplines and his Poem “Being a Christian” by Heup Young Kim
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Remembering My Boss, Donald Rumsfeld
Heritage Foundation
Accelerating U.S. Energy Innovation
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
It’s Time for a New Economic Partnership with Africa
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act Gets Right (and What It Gets Wrong)
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Gas Line, Q2 2021
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO21102 | Cohesive Societies, Shared Humanity: Looking Back, Moving Forward
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Tokyo Olympics: A Game-changer in Japan’s Looming Election Season?
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Attack on Mohamed Nasheed and Challenges Ahead for the Maldives
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
July 2021
Cato Institute
The EU–UK Partnership and Implications for Differentiation Within the EU and Between the EU and Third Countries
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Stepping Up Climate Action in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of G20 and COP26
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Xi Jinping’s Conquest of China’s National Security Apparatus
Ifri
(Institut français des relations internationales)
International support for the effectiveness of the G5 Sahel Force
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Stepping up greenification of the power sector in Western Balkans
Clingendael
Development assistance
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution Appoints Kristin F. Butcher as New Director
Brookings
The Derek Chauvin sentencing decision: Is it fair?
Brookings
Hutchins Roundup: Coal-fired plants, hedge funds, and more
Brookings
Remittances: One more thing that economists failed at predicting during COVID-19
Brookings
Designing digital services for equitable access
Brookings
Nigeria’s Northern Elders Forum: Keeping the Igbo is Not Worth a Civil War
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Free World vs. China and Friends: It’s ideology, stupid
Atlantic Council
Regulation: The solution to Bitcoin’s risks and unrealized benefits
Atlantic Council
European policy toward Russia begins in the East
Atlantic Council
Estonian president: Our connected world needs a trusted architecture
Atlantic Council
Policy memo: A digital agenda for the Three Seas Initiative Summit
Atlantic Council
FAST THINKING: Unpacking Van Buren v. US: Did the Supreme Court just redefine computer hacking?
Atlantic Council
Walking the Tightrope: U.S. Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia Under President Biden
Cato Institute
New Bill Prevents Forced Departure of Documented Dreamers
Cato Institute
Supreme Court Gives Good Guidance on Voting Rights
Cato Institute
Nigeria Doesn’t Deserve a Turkish Internet
Cato Institute
Supreme Court Protects Donor Privacy in Important Decision
Cato Institute
Keep Repealing AUMFs until You Hit the One That Matters
Cato Institute
LGBTQ Rights in Japan
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Brazil’s Coronavirus Debacle: Pandemic Chaos amid Fears of Democratic Rupture
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Avoiding the next transatlantic security crisis: The looming clash over passenger name record data
Atlantic Council
Commercialisation contracts: European support for low-carbon technology deployment
Bruegel
Opinion: Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations: peace is possible, but uncertainties remain
AIR Center
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Alumni Scholar Spotlight: Nancy Sherman
Wilson Center
Operation HORIZON: A KGB Counterintelligence Operation against the West
Wilson Center
Focus on the Americas: Is a Hemispheric Environmental Treaty Possible?
Wilson Center
The Cost of Care: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Exacerbated the Baby Bust
Wilson Center
The Kennan Institute's "Global Perspectives" Series
Wilson Center
USMCA at One
Wilson Center
Beyond Elections: The Future of US-Iran Relations
Wilson Center
The Wilson Center Mourns the Passing of Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
Wilson Center
The EU’s Carbon Border Tax is Likely to do More Harm than Good
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Statement About Donald Rumsfeld
RAND Corporation
Understanding Influence in the Strategic Competition with China
RAND Corporation
Trying to Manage North Korean Instability Risks
RAND Corporation
The Prevalence of Criminal Records Among Small Business Owners
RAND Corporation
Stop, Start, or Continue? A National Survey of the Police About Traffic Stops
RAND Corporation
Comparison of Definitions for Identifying Urgent Care Centers in Health Insurance Claims
RAND Corporation
Variation in Generic Dispensing Rates in Medicare Part D
RAND Corporation
Apprehension of Biafra Leader Poses Challenges for Nigeria's Government
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Trade Is Good for Your Health
Cato Institute
Antitrust Is So Hot Right Now. Three Reasons It Should Cool Off.
Cato Institute
What Should the Biden Administration Do about Far-Right Military Figures?
Cato Institute
The Sanctimonious Destruction of Syria: Washington Starves Syrians to Save Them
Cato Institute
We’ll Tell You What “60 Minutes+” Won’t About How Transgender Movement Endang...
Heritage Foundation
Letter in support of the Afghan people by friends of Afghanistan: As US and NATO forces withdraw, we must not abandon the Afghan people and their democratic republic
Atlantic Council
Raghuveera with the Turkish Heritage Organization: A discussion on cryptocurrency at the global scale
Atlantic Council
For Ukrainians, Euro 2020 resonates beyond football
Atlantic Council
Belarus dictator weaponizes illegal migrants against EU
Atlantic Council
Strike 3: Why Biden Commission Should Reject Court-Packing
Heritage Foundation
A Commonsense Bill That Will Ensure IRS Agents Do Their Jobs
Heritage Foundation
Don’t Shift Security Cooperation to State Department
Heritage Foundation
To Fix Health Care, Try Putting Patients in Charge
Heritage Foundation
The Stakes of User Interface Design for Democracy
German Marshall Fund
Corruption and Connectivity at Stake in Moldova’s Elections
German Marshall Fund
ISP Brief June 2021
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Global Economics Monthly, June 2021
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Lessons from a Real-Life Insider: The Case of Leonid Smirno
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Differentiation and the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Youth-Driven Climate Justice is Key to Achieving the Paris Goals
IAI
(Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Why the Nordic states maintain differentiated foreign policies
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Education as Activism in the Syrian Civil War
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Afterword: International Organizations and Technologies of Statehood
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Performing Statehood through Crises: Citizens, Strangers, Territory
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
COVID-19-Related Opportunities for Terrorist Groups
Clingendael
Macron, a story of lost illusions
CIDOB
(Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Grand Illusions: The Impact of Misperceptions About Russia on U.S. Policy
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Withstanding the Storm: The Digital Silk Road, Covid-19 and Europe’s Options
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
How Germany Tries to Lead From Behind in CFSP
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Merkel’s Final Act
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
In Search of the Next Partner
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Does the Supreme Court need a Code of Conduct?
Brookings
Protecting and elevating early years programming during and after COVID-19: Tools to support adequate, equitable, and efficient investments
Brookings
Land Warfare Conference 2021
RUSI
Low (Green) risk of severe transboundary haze in 2021
SIIA
(Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
African states and The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Primacy of politics or securitising governance? Options for a sustainable AU Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
China’s Communist Party Turns 100: A Major Force in Global Governance, But Cracks Exist in the Xi Era
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The case for greater US-EU collaboration on Taiwan
Atlantic Council
How Aleksandar Vučić stole the vaccine-diplomacy show
Atlantic Council
Law vs. Liberty in Hong Kong: The National Security Act One Year Later
Cato Institute
State Bars Can’t Force Lawyers to Fund Political Speech
Cato Institute
Interview in La Repubblica: “It is Time for a New Islamic Enlightenment”
Cato Institute
Australia and the Latin American Pacific: Ten Years of Partnership and the Pacific Alliance
AIIA
(Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Workers can unlock the artificial intelligence revolution
Bruegel
Iran’s Foreign Policy under Raisi
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
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