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Articles for August 11, 2021 - August 17, 2021

Tuesday, 17 August 2021

When U.S. Democracy Promotion Hits a Wall

Wilson Center

Afghanistan's Women, Special Immigrant Visas, and Educational Dreams

Wilson Center

Return of the Taliban: Human Costs and Regional Implications

Wilson Center

Predicting the Rise and Demise of Liberal Democracy

Wilson Center

Wilson Memo: The Cryptocurrency Codex

Wilson Center

Beyond Aid - Making the EU Strategy with Africa work for Africa

PCNS (Policy Center for the New South)

Collapse in Afghanistan: Early Insights from RAND Researchers

RAND Corporation

Zambian Opposition Stalwart Hichilema Secures Big Win in Presidential Elections

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

The Legacy of the U.S. War in Afghanistan in Nine Graphics

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Biden and Merkel must confront Putin’s imperial ambitions in Ukraine

Atlantic Council

High Gasoline Prices and Biden’s Confusing OPEC Request on Oil Production

Heritage Foundation

Welcome Back, Taliban. Welcome Back … Terror? What Biden Must Do Now

Heritage Foundation

I Served in Afghanistan. This Chaos Was Avoidable, and Biden Is Squarely to B...

Heritage Foundation

Running Away From a “Nation Building” Mess

Heritage Foundation

Dictators Are Using Interpol to Shape America’s Legal System. It’s Time to Ch...

Heritage Foundation

Vietnamese Government Uses COVID-19 To Crack Down on Christians

Heritage Foundation

Federal Judge Reinstates “Remain in Mexico,” Ruling Biden Broke Law in Termin...

Heritage Foundation

Teachers Unions Go to Court To Deter Critical Race Theory Disclosure

Heritage Foundation

Hate Crimes: Should They Be Prosecuted More Aggressively?

Heritage Foundation

Lithuania's Ties with China Sour, and Warm with Taiwan

German Marshall Fund

United States’ Failure to Push Back Pakistan Has Brought Taliban to Kabul. India Had Seen it Coming.

German Marshall Fund

Rethinking Homeland Defense: Global Integration, Domain Awareness, Information Dominance and Decision Superiority

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Taliban Takeover: Plan Now for the Next Crisis in Afghanistan

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

South America’s Lithium Triangle: Opportunities for the Biden Administration

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Reasons for the Collapse of Afghan Forces

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Relearning the Art of Proactive Defence

RUSI

How the West went from building democracies to containing threats

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

Risks of technology use in humanitarian settings

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

The Korean Way With Data: How the World’s Most Wired Country Is Forging a Third Way

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Beyond ‘food deserts’: America needs a new approach to mapping food insecurity

Brookings

Gaining Ground

Brookings

Where are the Biden financial regulators?

Brookings

Ryan Hass appointed Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies

Brookings

How should we address the US’s history of slavery and racism? Here’s what Americans think.

Brookings

Why the Taliban won, and what Washington can do about it now

Brookings

What does the resurrection of the Taliban mean for the people of Afghanistan?

Brookings

Online Event: After the Fall in Afghanistan

Brookings

The future of early childhood education after COVID-19

Brookings

US loses moral credibility abandoning Afghan forces

CIIS (China Institute of International Studies)

Vietnam’s lessons for the Afghanistan failure: Don’t count out US leadership just yet

Atlantic Council

The Taliban now controls the Afghan economy. Here’s what that means.

Atlantic Council

The Situation in Kabul is Bad, It Will Get Worse

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Whither the Arabs: The end of the welfare state and the start of a journey into the unknown

Atlantic Council

The UK, France, and the United States in Sweden’s vicinity: Strategic interests and military activities

Atlantic Council

Implementation Of ‘November Declaration’ Critically Important For Regional Security And Peace – OpEd

AIR Center

Azerbaijan Boosts Trilateral Cooperation With Pakistan and Turkey

AIR Center

Monday, 16 August 2021

The Deteriorating Situation in Afghanistan: Expertise from the Wilson Center

Wilson Center

Meeting Report | The Road to COP-26: Session 1 of the Brazil-US Dialogue on Sustainability and Climate Change

Wilson Center

Fellow Sergey Radchenko on the Legacy of the Soviet-Afghan War

Wilson Center

Fellow Regina Smyth on Russia's Parliamentary Elections

Wilson Center

Recess Reads: August 2021

Wilson Center

Lessons, Credibility and Priorities for Afghanistan

Wilson Center

Infographic: Canada's 44th General Election

Wilson Center

Relatório da Reunião | O Caminho para a COP-26: Sessão 1 do Diálogo Brasil-EUA sobre Sustentabilidade e Mudanças Climáticas

Wilson Center

Russian Grand Strategy: Rhetoric and Reality

RAND Corporation

Project imPACT Cohort 1 Final Local Evaluation Report

RAND Corporation

Helping Los Angelenos Involved in the Criminal Justice System Get and Keep Jobs

RAND Corporation

Stress Control for Military, Law Enforcement, and First Responders: A Systematic Review

RAND Corporation

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 7–13

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Climate Change Is Only One Driver of Explosive Wildfire Season—Don't Forget Land Management

RAND Corporation

The Director’s Chair: Dr Kori Schake on Senator John McCain, the Quad and the future of the GOP.

Lowy Institute

Summer 2021 COVID-19 Survey Results: American School District Panel Interactive Survey Results Tool

RAND Corporation

Technical Documentation for the Third American School District Panel Survey

RAND Corporation

The K–12 Pandemic Budget and Staffing Crises Have Not Panned Out—Yet: Selected Findings from the Third American School District Panel Survey

RAND Corporation

How Climate Change Can Bring Latin America Back

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Understanding and Defending Against Russia's Malign and Subversive Information Efforts in Europe

RAND Corporation

The Raisi administration must answer the IAEA enquires. Otherwise, Vienna talks risk derailment.

Atlantic Council

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aims to empower the non-profit sector. Here are three areas to focus on.

Atlantic Council

Afghanistan collapse sparks wave of alarm in Ukraine

Atlantic Council

Joe Biden’s Sanctions on Belarus Are the Right Move

Heritage Foundation

Japan’s Strike Capabilities: U.S. Alliance Advantages, Implementation Challenges

Heritage Foundation

How the Left Uses Children as Pawns in Immigration Policy

Heritage Foundation

Don’t Blame Trump for Afghanistan’s Collapse. Blame Barack Obama.

Heritage Foundation

Disaster Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Future Pathways for South and Southeast Asia

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Georgia’s Parties Need to Live Up to Citizens’ Democratic Instincts

German Marshall Fund

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Satellite Images Capture Afghan Civilians Flocking to Kabul’s International Airport

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Case for Expediting Special Immigrant Visas amid a Transition of Power in Afghanistan

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Georgia’s Europeanization challenged from within: Domestic foreign policy discourses and increasing polarization

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The Big Man Muqtada al-Sadr: Leading the Street in Iraq under Limited Statehood

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The Tusk Effect

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Will COVID-19 mark the end of the old international order?

Brookings

Digital technology and African smallholder agriculture: Implications for public policy

Brookings

Seven steps the FCC should take on broadband in response to the infrastructure bill

Brookings

Science-based increase in SNAP benefits should result in a healthier citizenry

Brookings

One year after Schrems II, the world is still waiting for U.S. privacy legislation

Brookings

إسرائيل وأفريقيا وليبيا: الأوراق الرابحة في سياسة المغرب الخارجية

Brookings

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Brookings

Republicans are wrong; Doubling the Pell Grant is good policy

Brookings

Russia's battle for the Black Sea: Why Moscow's moves could determine the future of navigation

Brookings

Book Review: China Coup: The Great Leap To Freedom

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

EU-US Future Forum 2021: A path forward for transatlantic relations

Atlantic Council

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)

Brookings

134.7

CSIS

127.5

Atlantic Council

119.8

CFR

115.0

Wilson Center

105.7

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