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Articles for August 9, 2021 - August 15, 2021

Sunday, 15 August 2021

The West must not force a Russian “peace” on Ukraine

Atlantic Council

Struggle for a democratic Belarus enters second year

Atlantic Council

Experts react: The Taliban has taken Kabul. Now what?

Atlantic Council

How the Taliban did it: Inside the ‘operational art’ of its military victory

Atlantic Council

Haiti needs the world’s help. Now.

Atlantic Council

FAST THINKING: What you need to know about the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Atlantic Council

Saturday, 14 August 2021

Africa in the news: Ethiopia updates, Zambia elections, and Africa’s many Olympic achievements

Brookings

Friday, 13 August 2021

The Fall 2021 Washington History Seminar Lineup

Wilson Center

Reactions to the Belarusian provocations

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Working with charitable trusts and foundations

RAND Corporation

Summary of the Current Status of Health Insurance Enrollment in Connecticut

RAND Corporation

"What We Have Here, Is a Failure to [Replicate]": Ways to Solve a Replication Crisis in Implementation Science

RAND Corporation

What Have We Learned About Safety Net Providers and Integrated Care?

RAND Corporation

It’s been one year since the Abraham Accords. Gulf-Israel ties are still far from normal.

Atlantic Council

Biden Wants NATO To Focus on Climate Change. What About Russia?

Heritage Foundation

Infrastructure and Reconciliation Bills Undermine Competition With China

Heritage Foundation

America Needs Jordan, Jordan Needs an Engaged America

Heritage Foundation

Why Race-Based Politics Undermines Minority Communities

Heritage Foundation

Young Migrants in Pandemic Times: What is Happening in Cities?

German Marshall Fund

Mexico, A Complement or an Inhibitor of North American Competitiveness?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO21123 | War as a Service: Stop Overhyping Technology

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Implications of Political Dissonance in the Maldives

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Blame it on Russia? The danger of geopolitical takes on Georgia’s far right

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Right-wing Populism in Associated Countries: A Challenge for Democracy

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Why it's harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Brookings

Parents are time squeezed, these policies can help

Brookings

The Senate infrastructure bill’s four interconnected broadband components

Brookings

How does virtual learning impact students in higher education?

Brookings

New 2020 census results show increased diversity countering decade-long declines in America’s white and youth populations

Brookings

John Allen: Biden must reverse his decision to quit Afghanistan

Brookings

Biden’s confirmations progress at the 200-day mark

Brookings

America’s sharpening focus on technology competition with China

Brookings

FAST THINKING: The Taliban take three major cities. Is Kabul next?

Atlantic Council

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Compliance With WTO Rules

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Repatriation: A Short-Term Risk for Long-Term Security

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Remembering the Past through Public Space: Contested Narratives of the Korean War

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

13 August: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Opinion: Post-war peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan getting more complicated

AIR Center

Thursday, 12 August 2021

Economic Security Remains Asia’s Achilles Heel

Wilson Center

The Berlin Wall: Wilson Center Publications & Archival Resources

Wilson Center

Bringing Women to the Forefront of Entrepreneurship

Wilson Center

Youth Entrepreneurs will Define the Future

Wilson Center

Supporting Youth Activists in the MENA Region: A Challenging Reality and Opportunities for a Brighter Future

Wilson Center

Wilson Memo: The Relationship Between Russia & the Baltics

Wilson Center

IGF-USA 2021: Facilitating Interoperability – Bridging the Gaps in Supply Chain Security

Wilson Center

Science is Cool 6: Esports and Games as a Way To Reach and Motivate Students

Wilson Center

To the Borderline, with Rep. Brian Higgins

Wilson Center

The Great Divide at the Border

Wilson Center

To Build or Not to Build: Western Route of China’s South-North Water Diversion Project

Wilson Center

Myanmar’s junta on a path of no return

Wilson Center

Combating Insecurity and Demanding Justice: Indigenous Communities in Mexico

Wilson Center

U.S. Bubble-Led Macroeconomics

PCNS (Policy Center for the New South)

Engaging with North Korea: Lessons from Game Theory

RAND Corporation

Which Kremlin Can Investors Expect?

RAND Corporation

Increasing Fighter Pilot Retention with Improved Basing Decisions

RAND Corporation

Violent Extremism in America

RAND Corporation

Women This Week: Pakistani Activists Call for Domestic Violence Law

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Ethiopia Plunges Deeper Into Conflict

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Assessing the Effect of Corequisite English Instruction Using a Randomized Controlled Trial

RAND Corporation

Climate Report Causes Concern, Taliban Attacks Escalate, and More

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

A Pilot Study Investigating STEM Learners' Ability to Decipher AI-generated Video

RAND Corporation

George Gascon’s Sinking Poll Numbers

Heritage Foundation

Countering Putin’s passport policies in Ukraine

Atlantic Council

Ukraine must do more to protect civilians living close to the conflict contact line

Atlantic Council

Hezbollah walks tightrope between two opposing goals to deter Israel

Atlantic Council

Bloated Bipartisan $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Neither Reasonable no...

Heritage Foundation

Biden’s Nonsensical Border COVID Policy Costs Lives

Heritage Foundation

Interest-Rate Caps Harm Consumers

Heritage Foundation

The Great Parent Revolt

Heritage Foundation

Sloppy Thinking About “Systemic Racism”

Heritage Foundation

Threats to Democracy: City Edition

German Marshall Fund

We Did Start the Fire—Now System Change Is Inevitable and Irreversible

German Marshall Fund

Iraq in the Balance

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Biden-Harris Strategy on the Root Causes of Migration (and Fragility) in Central America

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The United States Needs a Solar Manufacturing Strategy

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Whither the Journey to Self-Reliance?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Tracking Missile Threats

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Humanitarian Suspensions and the Politicization of Aid in Ethiopia

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO21122 | Lethal Autonomous Weapons: No Law for LAWS?

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Differentiated Defence Integration Under French Leadership

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Differentiated Integration and Europe’s Global Role: A Conceptual Framework

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The EU’s Rise as a Defense Technological Power: From Strategic Autonomy to Technological Sovereignty

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Hutchins Roundup: Earnings shocks, central bank communications, and more

Brookings

Remote work wanted? Evidence from job postings during COVID-19

Brookings

The COVID-19 travel shock hit tourism-dependent economies hard

Brookings

The “new normal” in US-China relations: Hardening competition and deep interdependence

Brookings

Remote work wanted? Analyzing online job postings during COVID-19

Brookings

America failed its way to counterterrorism success

Brookings

Supply Chains Survived COVID-19

JIIA (Japan Institute of International Affairs)

[ADRN Issue Briefing] Anti-Asian Americanism and the 2020 Elections

East Asia Institute

Experts react: How far will Poland push away its friends?

Atlantic Council

FAST THINKING: What will a post-American Afghanistan look like?

Atlantic Council

Hamas's Modulating Positions on the Two-State Solution and Israel

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Prospects and Pitfalls for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: A View from India

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

SOS Cuba: Protests on the Island

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

A Climate Catastrophe Is Becoming Increasingly Unavoidable

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Wednesday, 11 August 2021

Tony Blair: How to Vaccinate the Whole World

Wilson Center

Wilson Memo: The Unique Relationship Between China & North Korea

Wilson Center

Drawing Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War: A Conversation with Title VIII Research Scholar Jonathan Brunstedt

Wilson Center

The CCP 100th in Media Narratives : Appeasing Young Viewers Puts Party Leadership to the Test

Wilson Center

The Tigray War and the African Union

PCNS (Policy Center for the New South)

“La comunidad internacional puede jugar un papel crucial para enfrentar la crisis de Nicaragua”

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Jihadism in Belgium

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Operational Unpredictability and Deterrence: Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking

RAND Corporation

Can the U.S. Military Strengthen Deterrence by Becoming More Operationally Unpredictable?

RAND Corporation

Nancy Staudt Named Dean of Pardee RAND Graduate School

RAND Corporation

Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among U.S. Coast Guard Active-Duty Members

RAND Corporation

Lack of Diversity in U.S. Coast Guard Greater in Higher Ranks; Comprehensive and Sustained Changes Recommended to Improve

RAND Corporation

Getting To Outcomes®: Guide for Strengthening Sexual Assault Prevention Activities in the Military

RAND Corporation

How Have Communities Been Faring During COVID-19? And How Will Lessons Learned Inform Future Response and Planning?

RAND Corporation

Biafran Separatist Group Issues a Stay-at-Home Order

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Lowy Institute Conversations: Jeffrey Sachs on global cooperation and sustainable development in the time of COVID-19

Lowy Institute

Meet Chesa Boudin, the Rogue Prosecutor Wreaking Havoc in San Francisco

Heritage Foundation

Cuomo’s Resignation Is Not Enough. He Must be Held Accountable.

Heritage Foundation

Event recap: “Indian perspectives on reimagining the US-India trade relationship”

Atlantic Council

Lukashenka “negotiates” his political future with Moscow

Atlantic Council

Rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel again. Another game of brinkmanship?

Atlantic Council

Will the Supreme Court Overturn Roe v. Wade?

Heritage Foundation

It’s Now or Never for Tunisian Democracy

Heritage Foundation

9 Things You Need to Know About the Budget Resolution’s Reckless Tax and Spen...

Heritage Foundation

Prospects for Democracy in Cuba

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Learning from the War: “Who Lost Afghanistan?” versus Learning “Why We Lost”

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Britain’s Return to the Indo-Pacific

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO21121 | Biden’s Corporate Dilemma II: Future of American Capitalism

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

CELAC at a New Crossroads

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Nigeria’s Twitter ban is a misplaced priority

Brookings

Big Tech’s Stranglehold on Artificial Intelligence Must Be Regulated

Brookings

Delta variant outbreak challenges Vietnam’s COVID-19 response strategy

Brookings

Congress needs to prioritize inclusion in our slumping innovation system

Brookings

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Make progress on gender equality with more data transparency

Brookings

How does the Senate infrastructure bill invest in future resilience and growth?

Brookings

The carbon price conundrum

Brookings

America still needs to rebalance to Asia

Brookings

Precision Strike in 21st-Century Multidomain Operations Conference Report

RUSI

Ahmad Massoud: Look to local leaders to save Afghanistan

Atlantic Council

Nord Stream 2: How to make the best of a bad idea

Atlantic Council

Cuba’s protests have ebbed. But the forces that fueled them are as powerful as ever.

Atlantic Council

Three paths for counterterrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal

Atlantic Council

Book Review: India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Remembering Professor Peter Boyce, AO FAIIA

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object: U.S.-China Supply Chains in the Age of Decoupling

Wilson Center

Ambassador Mark Green in Conversation with Gen. David Petraeus and Sir John Scarlett

Wilson Center

Navigating Trade-Offs Between Dams and River Conservation

Wilson Center

Opportunities for the Brazilian Navy to Employ Additional Unmanned Systems

RAND Corporation

Stress Tests: The Right Tool for Strengthening Supply Chains

RAND Corporation

Absenteeism and Presenteeism Among American Workers

RAND Corporation

United States Names Five African Jihadis as Specially Designated Global Terrorists

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Winning the 5g Race with China: A U.S.-Japan Strategy to Trip the Competition, Run Faster, and Put the Fix In

RAND Corporation

This organization is working with armed groups to protect Syrian civilians. Here’s how they do it.

Atlantic Council

Contextualizing COVID-19 and its implications for the future of work

Atlantic Council

How Lebanon Can Attain Economic and Political Freedom

Heritage Foundation

Belarus Will Never Be Free Under Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Heritage Foundation

Does the World Have the Will To Stop Xi Jinping?

Heritage Foundation

Why Isn’t the Government Telling Us About Chinese Nuclear Weapons?

Heritage Foundation

Health Care Policies in the Biden Competition Executive Order

Heritage Foundation

Biden’s Ill-Conceived Executive Order on Electric Vehicles

Heritage Foundation

6 Troubling Leftist Wins in $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

Heritage Foundation

U.S. National Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Senator Tammy Duckworth

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

U.S. Restraint in the Middle East

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Beyond Emergency Pandemic Response: The Case for Prioritizing Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO21120 | US Afghan Withdrawal: Enter China and Taliban?

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Viable Alternatives Required to Replace Existing Procurement Procedures

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Russian Strategic Communication Towards Europe: Goals, Means and Measures

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

A Climate Backlash

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

How open-source software shapes AI policy

Brookings

Will China ever become a fully developed economy?

Brookings

July’s promising jobs report hides the challenges of left-behind communities

Brookings

What if teaching mirrored how human brains learn?

Brookings

Why crypto matters

Brookings

China's Governance of COVID-19: Achievements and Limitations

KIEP (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

[ADRN Issue Briefing] The Pandemic Situation in Myanmar is Getting Worse Under the Military Government

East Asia Institute

Biden’s Democracy Strategy, With Frances Z. Brown

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

The G7’s B3W Infrastructure Plan Can’t Compete with China. That’s Not the Point.

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

India’s digital policies are putting US tech in a bind

Atlantic Council

Why is US defense acquisition falling behind? Blame the TINA paradox.

Atlantic Council

Biden’s empty posts are a national security problem

Atlantic Council

The Enduring Partnership Between Azerbaijan And The NAM – OpEd

AIR Center

Monday, 09 August 2021

You Really Ought to Know More About Canada

Wilson Center

Interview with Eloy Terena, Indigenous Land Rights Activist in Brazil

Wilson Center

The Importance of Supply Chains: What You Need to Know

Wilson Center

Why National Security Agencies Must Analyze Climate Risks

Wilson Center

IDA Proceedings: 8th Biennial Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations

Wilson Center

Stefan Meining Releases Short Documentary on SS Officer Living Unnoticed in Germany

Wilson Center

Global Fellow John Maxwell Hamilton Wins 2021 American Journalism Historians Association's (AJHA) Book of the Year Award

Wilson Center

Infographic | Apprehensions of Migrants Increasing in the United States and Mexico

Wilson Center

Tackling societal challenges and guiding the future of research and innovation in Norway

RAND Corporation

Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs

RAND Corporation

Applying Machiavellian Discourses to the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

RAND Corporation

Former House Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry Joins RAND as Senior Fellow

RAND Corporation

Defund Prisons, Not Police

RAND Corporation

Reframing Retirement

RAND Corporation

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: July 31–August 6

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Grounded: An Enterprise-Wide Look at Department of the Air Force Installation Exposure to Natural Hazards: Implications for Infrastructure Investment Decisionmaking and Continuity of Operations Planning

RAND Corporation

Addressing societal challenges in Norway: Key trends, future scenarios, missions and structural measures

RAND Corporation

Xi’s tech crackdown preserves socialism with Chinese characteristics

Lowy Institute

Australia and the Growing Reach of China’s Military

Lowy Institute

How the United States Can Deter Ransomware Attacks

RAND Corporation

An interview with Afghanistan human rights defender Horia Mosadiq

Atlantic Council

Dictator vs democracy: Belarus one year on

Atlantic Council

Remembering Yevhen Marchuk

Atlantic Council

Why Climate Activists and Environmentalists Should Support Nuclear Power

Heritage Foundation

This Is the Fundamental Advantage That China Lacks

Heritage Foundation

Dealing With America’s Olympic-Sized Debt Problem

Heritage Foundation

UM’s Administrative Bloat Is Fueled by Diversity, Inclusion

Heritage Foundation

Judge Defends Equal Justice Against Tide of Critical Race Theory

Heritage Foundation

Texas Democrats’ Embarrassing Lawsuit Against Gov. Abbott

Heritage Foundation

A New Revolution in the Middle East

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Controlling Investment: It Ain’t Broke; Why Are We Fixing It?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Flagging the Issues: Maritime Governance, Forced Labor, and Illegal Fishing

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Two Years into CPTPP

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

A Timeline of South Korea’s Response to COVID-19

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Build Back Better World Initiative: A Partnership Against or Beyond China?

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Performing Nuclear Weapons: How Britain Made Trident Make Sense

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The Rankings Game: A Relational Approach to Country Performance Indicators

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Ramifications of further integration between Belarus and Russia

Clingendael

Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

Homelessness fell across most metro areas after the Great Recession. Will COVID-19 change that?

Brookings

An agenda for US-EU cooperation on Big Tech regulation

Brookings

The middle ground for fixing long-term care costs: The WISH Act

Brookings

Why state unemployment insurance programs failed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic | The TechTank Podcast

Brookings

Why hospitals and healthcare organizations need to take cybersecurity more seriously

Brookings

Dangerous trends in Ethiopia: Time for Washington’s tough love

Brookings

July’s jobs report shows Black teens struggling with the highest unemployment rate

Brookings

Global governance after COVID-19: Survey report

Brookings

The new US sanctions on Belarus: Strong, but not enough

Atlantic Council

FAST THINKING: What the UN climate report didn’t say

Atlantic Council

Brookings

107.6

CSIS

103.1

CFR

96.0

Atlantic Council

89.5

Wilson Center

81.4

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