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Articles for January 17, 2022 - January 23, 2022

Sunday, 23 January 2022

Ukraine Crisis: Putin the gambler may have gone too far to back down

Atlantic Council

Belarus pro-democracy opposition plans to target sham referendum

Atlantic Council

Disarming Putin’s history weapon

Atlantic Council

Putin is threatening not just Ukraine but post-Cold War principles. And the stakes are generational.

Atlantic Council

Laying the Groundwork for Peace in a Fragmented Libya

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

Is a breakthrough coming between Bulgaria and North Macedonia?

Atlantic Council

Developments in Kazakhstan: Backgrounds, repercussions and future scenarios

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

Saturday, 22 January 2022

Environmental Peacebuilding in the Arctic: Reinforcing Indigenous Peoples’ roles in securing a sustainable, just, and peaceful north

Wilson Center

Stop asking what Putin wants and start asking what Ukrainians want

Atlantic Council

Experts react: Six options for Europe as it searches for a response to Russian aggression

Atlantic Council

Friday, 21 January 2022

‘Vaccine Diplomacy,’ the Final Frontier

Wilson Center

Ukraine and Russia: How Likely Is a Russian Attack?

Wilson Center

Nicole Gaouette Named Wilson Center Vice President of External Relations

Wilson Center

NASA Looks to Private Sector for Successor to the International Space Station

Wilson Center

Wilson Smart Take: Canadian Vaccine Mandate for Truck Drivers

Wilson Center

Most US Fresh Cucumbers are Imported from Mexico

Wilson Center

Support for National Security Families

RAND Corporation

U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine: A Silver Bullet?

RAND Corporation

Predictors of PTSD Treatment Retention and Response: A Systematic Review

RAND Corporation

Do We Prioritize Floodplains for Development and Farming? Mapping Global Dependence and Exposure to Inundation

RAND Corporation

A Simple Strategy to Communicate About Climate Attribution

RAND Corporation

Estimating Nuclear Proliferation and Security Risks in Emerging Markets Using Bayesian Belief Networks

RAND Corporation

Protecting Unborn Children in a Post-Roe World

Heritage Foundation

Congress Should Ban Foreigners From Interfering in Referenda

Heritage Foundation

SCOTUS 101: Supreme Gossip

Heritage Foundation

The Biden administration’s Syria policy sets a path towards disengagement. Here’s why it’s problematic.

Atlantic Council

India’s Data Protection Bill–the long wait continues

Atlantic Council

It’s Time to Retire Funding Parity Talking Point

Heritage Foundation

Support for Energy Storage Is Needed to Prevent the Next Energy Crisis

German Marshall Fund

CSIS Australia Chair Launch Event

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Integrated Arms Control in an Era of Strategic Competition

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Can European Energy Cope with a Conflict in Ukraine?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO22004 | Surprise Court Ruling: Jokowi’s Omnibus Law Hits Snag

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Understanding Pakistan’s National Security Policy Document

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Biden's Foreign Policy

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Urban violence, resilience and security: Governance responses in the Global South

Brookings

Russia, China, and beyond: Key U.S. foreign policy challenges

Brookings

Federal investments ignore crucial upgrades to school facilities—and students pay the price

Brookings

What were Democrats thinking when they tried — and failed — to pass their voting rights bill?

Brookings

4 paradoxes of global education on International Day of Education

Brookings

Taking stock of the new Fed and ECB monetary policy frameworks

Brookings

The digital transformation of agriculture in Indonesia

Brookings

Zambia’s success will be Africa’s success

Brookings

Did the FAA cry wolf on 5G?

Brookings

Steps the states should take to achieve the infrastructure bill’s broadband goals

Brookings

France's monumental months ahead

Brookings

Europe in an era of disruption: Where does the Russia-Ukraine crisis go from here?

Brookings

Trump's Putin complex

Brookings

Resistance to Erdoğan’s encroachment at Turkey’s top university, one year on

Brookings

SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)

Causa Djokovic: Eine serbische Heldensaga

OIIP (Austrian Institute for International Affairs)

Russian Hybrid Threats Report: Troops arrive in Belarus as propaganda narratives heat up

Atlantic Council

SpeedRead: The military steps Biden can take to force Putin to back off

Atlantic Council

What if Russia invades Ukraine (again)? Consider these options for sanctions escalation.

Atlantic Council

FAST THINKING: The race is on for a digital dollar

Atlantic Council

Volcano Cuts Communication With Island Kingdom

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Forgotten Conflicts 2022: Four Years On, the Effects of Conflict Reverberate in Iraq

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

21 January: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Azerbaijan’s Pathway to a Sustainable Energy Future

AIR Center

Can America Learn from Azerbaijan and Iran’s Rapprochement?

AIR Center

Thursday, 20 January 2022

A Ukraine Insurgency? Beware Moscow’s “Syria Rules”!

Wilson Center

Russia-Ukraine Tensions Grow. What Is the Mood in Ukraine?

Wilson Center

Cousin Seamus Comes from Away to DC

Wilson Center

El rol de la sociedad civil en la batalla contra los feminicidios con Alexandra Zapata Hojel

Wilson Center

Retos y riesgos para la democracia en México

Wilson Center

Creando una cultura anti-feminicida con Ruth Fierro

Wilson Center

Fellow Regina Smyth on Putin and Navalny

Wilson Center

Wilson Memo: Understanding Recent Turmoil in Kazakhstan

Wilson Center

Multi-Domain Integration in Defence: Conceptual Approaches and Lessons from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea

RAND Corporation

An Analysis-Centric View of Wargaming, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis

RAND Corporation

Deterrence and Escalation in Competition with Russia: Executive Summary

RAND Corporation

Deterrence and Escalation in Competition with Russia: The Role of Ground Forces in Preventing Hostile Measures Below Armed Conflict in Europe

RAND Corporation

How do Russia, China, Iran and North Korea approach multi-domain integration in defence?

RAND Corporation

US-China Strategic Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Post-industrial Age

RAND Corporation

Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in the Federal Emergency Management Agency Workforce

RAND Corporation

The Future of U.S.-Middle East Relations

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Identity Crisis Undermines Zimbabwean Opposition

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Allowing Aliens to Vote in New York City Violates State Law and Devalues Citi...

Heritage Foundation

Turkey’s muted response to Cyprus’ offshore drilling reflects a new diplomatic reality

Atlantic Council

Under Ebrahim Raisi, Iran and Turkey may be entering a new phase of bilateral ties

Atlantic Council

Pakistan’s new National Security Policy: A step in the right direction

Atlantic Council

By intervening in Kazakhstan, Russia strengthens its hand in China’s energy market

Atlantic Council

West Virginia Crafts Ties With America’s Partners Around Globe

Heritage Foundation

Talks Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict Yield Little Fruit, but West Must Stand Firm

Heritage Foundation

Basic Air Force Planning MIA in Afghan Withdrawal Debacle

Heritage Foundation

Youngkin Off to Good Start, but Parents Need to Keep Up Counterrevolution

Heritage Foundation

Maritime Security Dialogue: FIFTH Fleet Mission and Operations Update

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama: A New Alliance for Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in the Americas

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Regional Competition and the Future of Russia-Turkey Relations

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

What to Watch in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

African countries are stuck on the free movement of people. How to break the logjam

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

Biden's Foreign Policy Casts a Long Shadow

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Security debates and partnership choices in the Nordic states: From differentiation to alignment

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Burial and the politics of dead bodies in times of COVID-19

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

Burial and the politics of dead bodies in times of COVID-19

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

Economic Equidistance is Not an Option

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration

Brookings

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

Brookings

Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households

Brookings

How Black Twitter influenced Black electoral opinion during the 2020 presidential election

Brookings

Hutchins Roundup: Stimulus checks, Paycheck protection program, and more

Brookings

Proxy voting takes on new meaning for Republicans

Brookings

Growth and distribution in the digital era

Brookings

An overview of Biden's first regulatory year

Brookings

Gone digital: Technology diffusion in the digital era

Brookings

Japan-Taiwan relations: A look back on 2021 and look ahead to 2022

Brookings

Is Biden’s foreign policy grade "A" material?

Brookings

UK 'defending' Ukraine's right to self-determination

Brookings

How Middle Eastern conflicts are playing out on social media

Brookings

Africa's external relations: Reinventing and pursuing new partnerships

Brookings

Technological innovations: Creating and harnessing tools for improved livelihoods

Brookings

Climate change: Tackling a global challenge

Brookings

African women and girls: Leading a continent

Brookings

Public health: Ensuring equal access and self-sufficiency

Brookings

Africa's economic recovery: Financing robust post-pandemic growth

Brookings

Foresight Africa 2022

Brookings

Join the conversation on the top priorities for Africa in 2022

Brookings

Why NATO countries can't agree on how to respond to Russia-Ukraine conflict

Brookings

Toward Xi’s third term: China’s 20th Party Congress and beyond

Brookings

Cyber diplomacy and Africa’s digital development

ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)

New International Tax System and Global Investment

KIEP (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

Regional security and alliances in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific: implications for European security

IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)

Can the US and EU rein in Big Tech with diverging approaches?

Atlantic Council

Pakistan’s ‘Praetorian’ state is a troubling model for a Taliban-led Afghanistan

Atlantic Council

How Europe can reclaim its voice in the Russia crisis

Atlantic Council

Will Russia make a military move against Ukraine? Follow these clues.

Atlantic Council

Djokovic, Dayton, and COVID-19: Has Scott Morrison Stoked Tensions in the Balkans?

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The Politics of (In)visibility: Novak Djokovic and Australia’s Endless “Border Crisis”

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The World’s Oldest Democracy Debates How It Functions

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Another Piece in the Jigsaw: Australia and Japan Sign Long-Awaited Reciprocal Access Agreement

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Ukraine and A Sliding Scale of Horrors

Wilson Center

Unrest in Kazakhstan

Wilson Center

Kennan Scholar Spotlight: Soviet Myths and Historical Memory

Wilson Center

Iran’s Nuclear Challenge and the Military Option: Nonproliferation Precedents and the Case for Containment

Wilson Center

Ukraine Needs Help Surviving Airstrikes, Not Just Killing Tanks

RAND Corporation

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: January 8–14

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Biden’s Middle East Strategy Is Ruthless Pragmatism

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Changes in School Composition During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for School-Average Interim Test Score Use

RAND Corporation

Ukraine faces mounting encirclement as Russian troops enter Belarus

Atlantic Council

Don’t believe Putin’s propaganda. Sanctions are hurting Russia.

Atlantic Council

Lebanon’s Stalled Government Should Worry the U.S.

Heritage Foundation

It’s Official: It’s OK to Be Racist If You’re the Left Pushing COVID-19 Mandates

Heritage Foundation

Transatlantic Takeaway #2: Europe On The Brink Of War?

German Marshall Fund

What Next for Diplomacy Between the West and Russia?

German Marshall Fund

The Middle East and North Africa in International Relations: The Changing Dynamics of Regional and National Security

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Credibility Gap for Carbon-Neutral LNG

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Post-Covid-19 Economic and Health Recovery in Laos

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Will America Squander Its New Sputnik Moment?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Move Over JARVIS, Meet OSCAR

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

CO22003 | ASEAN and Myanmar: Litmus Test or Existential Challenge?

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Kazakhstan’s Quest for Arctic Trade Route

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

The European Maritime Security and Defence Policy Architecture: Implications for Norway

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

Beyond Turkey’s ‘zero problems’ policy

Clingendael

A United Front on Russia Policy

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

The German G7 Presidency

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

The Need for a Swift Response to Cyber-Attacks on Ukraine

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Lessons for policymakers from the NSO Group saga

Brookings

It’s time for the Biden administration to let immigrants know about the public charge rule change

Brookings

Protecting national security, cybersecurity, and privacy while ensuring competition

Brookings

Steps the Commerce Department should take to achieve the infrastructure bill’s broadband goals

Brookings

Biden can reduce civilian casualties during US drone strikes. Here’s how.

Brookings

Do drugmakers “revenue target”? Evidence from the differential timing of biosimilar entry across markets

Brookings

Military innovation and technological change: Preparing for the next generation of cyber threats

Brookings

Biden’s first year: Successes, failures, and what lies ahead

Brookings

Understanding the impact of automation on workers, jobs, and wages

Brookings

What's Canada's role in reducing Russia-Ukraine tensions?

Brookings

Upcoming DAC peer review is an opportunity to advance US development goals

Brookings

Why Indian NGOs are developing a shared education agenda in reaction to COVID-19

Brookings

Illegal Wildlife Trade and Illicit Finance in the UK

RUSI

[ADRN Issue Briefing] The Pandemic Exposes and Exacerbates Existing Problems of Inequality and Polarization

East Asia Institute

Border Necropolitics

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

The 2022 Global Energy Agenda

Atlantic Council

Azerbaijani Perspectives on the Recent Unrest in Kazakhstan

AIR Center

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Hidden Parallels: The Impact of Beijing’s Policies on the Rohingya Crisis

Wilson Center

What’s the Metaverse, Anyway?

Wilson Center

Prisoner Exchanges: Driving Forced Prison Labor in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories?

Wilson Center

Former army general on how the U.S. could back a Ukranian insurgency against Russia

Wilson Center

From Crisis to Convergence: A Strategy to Tackle Balkans Instability at its Source

Wilson Center

Keeping Human Rights in Family Planning Policy as Depopulation Fears Mount

Wilson Center

How to Effectively Assess the Impact of Non-Lethal Weapons as Intermediate Force Capabilities

RAND Corporation

Developing Strategic Plans for Defense Human Resource Management: Case Study of Planning in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

RAND Corporation

Competition and Governance in African Security Sectors: Integrating U.S. Strategic Objectives

RAND Corporation

Biden's Rhetoric on Ukraine Has Been Quite Moderate. Here's What That Means

RAND Corporation

Adult Psychiatric Bed Capacity, Need, and Shortage Estimates in California—2021

RAND Corporation

What Happened to Military Recruiting and Retention of Enlisted Personnel in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

RAND Corporation

Twitter Ban Shows Limits of State Power in Nigeria

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

NY’s Schumer Shows Contempt for His Own State’s Voters

Heritage Foundation

Is the GCC ready to embrace sustainable finance?

Atlantic Council

Ben Wallace: Putin’s bogus NATO fears disguise Ukraine ambitions

Atlantic Council

Will What’s Happening “Over There” Hit Home Again?

Heritage Foundation

How Taiwan Can Be Trusted Partner of 3 Seas Initiative

Heritage Foundation

9 Reasons Not to Pass Yet Another Federal COVID-19 “Relief” Spending Package

Heritage Foundation

America Is Lurching From Pandemic to Major Recession

Heritage Foundation

California Nightmare: What to Know About Left’s Next Run at Single-Payer Heal...

Heritage Foundation

Indirect Costs: How Taxpayers Subsidize University Nonsense

Heritage Foundation

Will Left’s Gender Agenda Fall Flat With Minorities and Working Americans?

Heritage Foundation

IP22004 | A German Warship in Asia: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Women’s Safety House: Protecting Women in Montenegro

German Marshall Fund

International Mechanisms for Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Belarus

German Marshall Fund

A Transatlantic Rating of Biden’s First Year in Office

German Marshall Fund

Policy Issues for Telecom Transformation: Opening Remarks by Representative Mike Doyle

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Satire and Dissent

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Biden Boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

De Minimis

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Prioritizing MNCH Services in the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Covid-19 Response Update: January 11-18

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Lessons from the T20: Five Priorities for Italian Infrastructure Investment

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Booming Decentralized Solar Power in Africa’s Cities. Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning Provide Cutting-Edge Data on Electrification

Ifri (Institut français des relations internationales)

The geopolitics of digital financial technologies

Clingendael

Relations with Russia in the Arctic

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

What Happens When Democracies Become Perniciously Polarized?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Strengthening Turkish Policy on Drone Exports

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

How an Open Climate Club Can Generate Carbon Dividends for the Poor

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Reducing inequality has no easy answers

Brookings

Is the U.S. military's futurism obsession hurting national security?

Brookings

Introducing the Foresight Africa podcast, exploring Africa's dynamism and strategies to benefit all people in the region

Brookings

Feedback on teacher evaluations misses the mark

Brookings

Japan in 2022

Brookings

Breakthrough: The promise of frontier technologies for sustainable development

Brookings

How close are Russia and Ukraine to war?

Brookings

Energy trilemma causes a headache for Germany’s new leaders

Brookings

'A-Team' turnover in the Biden administration: A return to normalcy

Brookings

How digital transformation is driving economic change

Brookings

President Biden’s First Year, With Richard Haass

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Enhancing U.S.-Japan Coordination for a Taiwan Conflict

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Legal Principles Matter in Defense of Democracies

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Move swiftly on Global Criminal Justice Ambassador

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

No consensus? No problem. Why NATO is still effective.

Atlantic Council

Authoritarian Tendencies Loom for Indonesia’s G20 Presidency

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Monday, 17 January 2022

Winter Games harden China’s global freeze

Lowy Institute

Countering the growing Russian naval threat in the Black Sea region

Atlantic Council

The Putin Doctrine: Russia defends autocrats from Belarus to Kazakhstan

Atlantic Council

Russia’s Resurgent Interest in Africa: The Cases of Zambia and Tanzania

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement: Roadmap to India’s Strategic Access in the Arctic

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS)

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

UN-ICC Cooperation: Walking A Tightrope.

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The European Maritime Security and Defence Policy Architecture: Implications for Norway

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

The Future of European Security – What Does Russia Want?

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Russian threat requires flexible and creative solutions: Here are two suggestions

Brookings

Tell me how the US-China war ends

Brookings

Pandemic and social protests: cities as flashpoints in the COVID-19 era

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

If the West sticks together, it can find a way forward with Russia

Atlantic Council

Episode 90: Lessons From 2021; Expectations and Hopes for 2022

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Book Review: Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, public health, and the economy

Bruegel

Rebuilding of Karabakh: Results of 2021

AIR Center

Brookings

107.6

CSIS

103.1

CFR

96.0

Atlantic Council

89.5

Wilson Center

81.4

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