Think Tank Alert

Articles for September 1, 2021 - September 7, 2021
Tuesday, 07 September 2021
How the Vietnamese Began to Remember a Forgotten War
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
30 Years of Ukrainian Independence and Energy Dependence
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
WASH Within Reach: Moving Towards a Forward-Thinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Agenda
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Woodrow Wilson Awards will Recognize Stéphane Bancel and Alex Gorsky
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Conflict in the Sahel Likely to Worsen as Climate Change Impacts Increase
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
The Fall 2021 Global Middle East Seminar Lineup and Video Library
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
With the Evacuation Over, Afghanistan Is Left to Contend with a Worsening Refugee Crisis
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Behavioral Health Care for National Guard and Reserve Service Members from the Military Health System
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Criminal Justice in the Pandemic Era and Beyond
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 28–September 3
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Mapping Environmental Racism: Q&A with Jaime Madrigano and Benjamin Preston
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
RAND Review: September-October 2021
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
ASEAN’s COVID spike
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Ukraine’s digital revolution is gaining momentum
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Could Vladimir Putin repeat his Crimean conquest in southwestern Ukraine?
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Xi Jinping and the Shaking China
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Freedom’s Global Force Posture: A Grand Strategy for the 21st Century
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
U.S. Over-the-Horizon Capability for Afghanistan
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Dealing With North Korea’s Dangerous Cyberthreat
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Fact-Checking the Pundits as a New School Year Begins
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Making Civic Education Matter
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Implications of the Withdrawal from Afghanistan – Views from Washington, DC and Ankara
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Iran’s Interests in Afghanistan
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Dr. Joseph Majkut Joins CSIS as Director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Dr. Eliot A. Cohen Joins CSIS as Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Speaking Different Languages
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Learning the Right Lessons from the Afghan War
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The International Spectator, Vol. 56, No. 3, September 2021
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Americans First: The Biden Administration’s Geopolitics
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Europe/United States: 50 Shades of Dependence
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
German Foreign Policy: Caught Between Multilateralism and Germany First
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Moving Towards the End of 20 Years of War on Terror?
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Germany/European Union: Angela Merkel’s Ambiguous Legacy
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Climate and International Trade: The Clash of Powers
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Is Europe a “Digital Colony” of the United States?
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
The European Union: Caught Between the United States and China
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Mistenkelig kritikk
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Russlands Kabul
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
The Political Economy of Green Financial Regulation
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
Don’t Lose Faith in State-Building
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
What is delaying the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
America’s anti-hacking laws pose a risk to national security
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Cities are taking it slow with American Rescue Plan funds
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Why is blue-collar work still male-dominated?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Debt service risks, Special Drawing Rights allocations, and development prospects
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Lessons for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism: An Evidence-Based Approach
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Cicero: A Republic—If You Can Keep It
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Bush to Biden: Two decades of U.S. failure in the Middle East
tiny icon of ciis  CIIS (China Institute of International Studies)
China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, With Peter Martin
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
20 years of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A view from Azerbaijan
tiny icon of aircenter  AIR Center
Friday, 03 September 2021
Chronicling Crisis and Recovery in Latin America
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Japanese PM Suga to Step Down
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Brazil’s role in international development cooperation
tiny icon of kas  Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Lessons from Afghanistan
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Reinforcing U.S. Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific After the Fall of Afghanistan
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Australia’s Response to the Coup in Myanmar
tiny icon of lowy  Lowy Institute
Eight More Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
MACRA Palliative Care Quality Measure Development—Testing Summary Report: Measure Name: Receiving Desired Help for Pain
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
MACRA Palliative Care Quality Measure Development—Testing Summary Report: Measure Name: Feeling Heard and Understood
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The Implications for Human Rights in the Digital Age
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Texas Gets Election Reform Right, Mainstream Media Gets It Wrong
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Afghanistan demonstrates why it’s time for a clear Syria policy, starting with northeast Syria
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Pakistan and the Taliban 2.0: The good, the bad, and the ugly
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Broadening the pressure on the Lukashenka regime
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Event recap: “What is the key to national prosperity?”
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Texas Heartbeat Law Is Now in Effect. Here’s What You Need to Know.
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Biden’s Taliban Gamble and Over the Horizon Mirage
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Why U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement Is in Interest of Both Nations
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Democrats Don’t Understand How Critical Race Theory Threatens Our Military
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Left Wants to Close Your Bank Accounts
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The EU’s Triangular Dilemma on Climate and Trade
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Germany is Vulnerable before the Elections but Can Still Escape Interference Attempts
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Aid Delivery in Afghanistan
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Capital Cable #33 with Senator Brian Schatz
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Next Decade in U.S. Power Sector Decarbonization
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Japan’s Prime Minister Steps Aside
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
All Quiet along the GERD: Will This Year’s Rains Avert a Worst-Case Scenario?
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Taliban Talks to “International Community”
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Turkish and Iranian Response to Upheaval in Afghanistan
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
If you Can't Beat Them, Join Them: Should States Embrace Bitcoin?
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
France, China and the BRI: The challenge of conditional engagement
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Conflicts in the EastMed: From Germany’s and France’s Conflicting Strategies to a Dual Approach
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Gruppepress – fungerer det?
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
COVID-19 impacts on foreign direct investments in sub-Saharan Africa
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Can national statistical offices shape the data revolution?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Insurgency is easier than governing: The future of the Taliban in Afghanistan
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Suga steps down: Japanese politics in the pandemic era
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Vigilante groups and militias in southern Nigeria
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Transfers of major arms to Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020
tiny icon of sipri  SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Cruise missiles in the Middle East
tiny icon of iiss  IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)
American security cooperation needs an ‘integrity check’
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Germany’s defense minister: Only political will can protect Europe
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Italy shows how defense partnership is done
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
FAST THINKING: Who’s funding the Taliban?
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Australia Reaches Across Borders to Shore Up Post-Pandemic Recovery
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Sino-ASEAN Relations and Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
3 September: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Thursday, 02 September 2021
International History Declassified - The Ghosts of Sheridan Circle with Alan McPherson
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
The CIA in the Eye of the Storm
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Waiting for the Storm? Ukraine’s Political Situation before the Autumn of 2021
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Integrating Conflict Prevention and Climate Change in U.S. Foreign Policy and Development Assistance
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Four Key Questions About Afghanistan’s Future
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
It’s Time for the World to Treat Wildlife Crime as Serious and Organized Crime
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Wilson Memo: Ransomware & Russia
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Where Chinese Science Fiction and RAND History Meet
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Data Rights Relevant to Weapon Systems in Air Force Special Operations Command
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Strengthening and Empowering Delivery of the Covenant: Evaluation of the Strengthening Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant Programme
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Disparities in Social and Economic Determinants of Health by Sexual Identity, Gender, and Age: Results from the 2015–2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Taliban Capture of Super Tucano Highlights Risk in Nigeria
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Women This Week: Challenges to Abortion at Home and Abroad
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
A Review of Public Data About Terrorism and Targeted Violence to Meet U.S. Department of Homeland Security Mission Needs
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Arizona Moves To Make Legal Assistance More Affordable
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The US-Pakistan relationship in a new Afghanistan
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
To honor two generations of service members, prevent the next GWOT ribbon
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Biden and Zelenskyy get US-Ukraine ties back on track
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Japan Should Develop Strike Capabilities To Augment Its Defense
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
North Korean Cyberattacks: A Dangerous and Evolving Threat
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Why Do We Keep Using Stupid War Slogans To Talk About War?
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
New School Year Brings New Education Options for Kids and Families
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
How Donald Rumsfeld Helped Save the Presidency
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Italy Positions Itself as the Driver of “Transatlantically Sustainable” European Strategic Autonomy
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Maritime Security Dialogue: An Update on the Marine Corps with Commandant Gen. David H. Berger
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO21134 | Inter-Religious Dialogue: Catholic Social Teachings and Cohesion
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Industrial Policies for Health: The G20 Must Act Now
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
From Friends to Partners? The Changing Nature of Sino-Tanzanian Relations
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Danish development cooperation
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
The root cause of ‘Western’ failure in Afghanistan
tiny icon of cidob  CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
Hard Questions for NATO post-Afghanistan
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
International Corporate Tax Reform
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
Born identities
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The war in Afghanistan has shaped an entire generation in the West
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
A hot labor market won’t eliminate racial and ethnic unemployment gaps
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Hutchins Roundup: Stimulus checks, gender disparities, and more 
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Senate’s new cannabis reform bill can do more for drug war-targeted communities
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Biden is appointing judges faster than Trump, and most everyone else—for now
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Designing a collaborative fund for underserved entrepreneurs: Lessons from Western New York’s Open4 program
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Russia’s Growing Ambitions in the Red Sea Region
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
The Cost of the Pandemic in Southeast Asia: The Need for Further ASEAN Cooperation
tiny icon of siia  SIIA (Singapore Institute of International Affairs)
Expert react: What the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan means for Turkey
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
ISIS: From State to Caliphate
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
ISIS-K: High-Profile Attacks, Low-Profile Organisation
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Brisbane 2032: Hold On to Your Wallets
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Global asymmetries strike back
tiny icon of bruegel  Bruegel
Wednesday, 01 September 2021
The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of Small-Scale Mining
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Afghans that Remain Are in Dire Need of Humanitarian Support
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Integrating Infrastructure in U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy: Lessons from China
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Woodrow Wilson Awards Honor Senator Wicker and Congresswoman McCollum
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
What’s the Plan? U.S. Land Border Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Helping local authorities to support members of the Armed Forces community
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice: A Report by the Brookings-AEI Working Group on Criminal Justice Reform
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
What If Progress Meant Well-Being for All? U.S. Innovators Use Global Insights to Shift the Narrative and Surface Opportunities Ahead
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
New COVID-19 Variant Detected in South Africa
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Fight for Climate After COVID-19
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Business Case For Rigorous Evaluation Of Mobile Health Apps
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
An escalating Israel-Iran conflict could sink the JCPOA
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
On the way out like Afghanistan? The Biden administration’s Syria policy labyrinth
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Putin militarizes Belarus
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Young Ukrainians must not remain hostages to the country’s totalitarian trauma
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Afghanistan Withdrawal—5 Ways Biden’s Leadership Went Bad
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
America Must Stand Up for Fundamental Rights of Afghan Women
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Government Misinformation: How Congress Can Get Agencies to Address the Problem
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Office for Civil Rights Sticks Its Nose Unnecessarily Into School Masks Debate
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Interreligious Relations (IRR) Issue 26 – Dasŏk Yu Yǒng-Mo’s Korean Trans-Cosmic and Trans-Religious Spirituality: A Translation and Commentary on “Spiritual Hiking” by Heup Young Kim
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
IP21004 | What the RCEP Can Tell Us about China’s Role in the Emerging Geoeconomic Order in Asia
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Conservative Politics After Afghanistan
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
How Zambia and China Co-Created a Debt ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Cameroon’s Separatist War: Anglophone Grievances and its Diaspora
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Creating Better Political Conversations
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Watching China in Europe - September 2021
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
CO21133 | China’s Military Modernisation: Constrained by One-Child Policy
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Public Opinion on an Ever More Differentiated EU
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Sudan's Transition in the Balance
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
RAMSES 2022. Beyond Covid
tiny icon of ifri  Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)
Translating national threats to individual security
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Translations of security cascading at Thule
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Europe’s New Refugee Crisis
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
The new Thrifty Food Plan re-evaluates a 50-plus-year-old design and low-income kids will benefit
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Comments on No Surprises Act Rulemaking: Part I
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Adversaries or competitors: A conversation on US-China relations
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What does back-to-school look like during COVID?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Give IRS the tools it needs to enforce tax rules and catch cheaters
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Homeownership, racial segregation, and policy solutions to racial wealth equity
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Trustee Phil Knight donates $15 million to Brookings’s Foreign Policy program
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
A new federal grant should make regional leaders rethink their industry clusters
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The social media war in the Middle East
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Student reassignments achieve diversity without academic adversity
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Book Review: Behind the Enigma: The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain’s Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Securing Support Advantage: The Transformation of Defence Support
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Assessing the Implications of the APRM’s Expanded Mandate
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
What is violence prevention?
tiny icon of issafrica  ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)
How to avoid another state-building failure after Afghanistan
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
FAST THINKING: Ukraine’s president finally gets a White House visit
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
The International Community Can and Should Help End Haiti's Unnatural Disasters
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
"A True Friend Down Under": Why Australia's Relationship With the US Can Harm Australia
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Addressing instability in Central America: Restrictions on civil liberties, violence, and climate change
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council