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Articles for August 1, 2022 - August 7, 2022

Sunday, 07 August 2022

After the 25 July constitutional referendum: Codification of autocratic rule heightens Tunisians’ fears of the future

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

Saturday, 06 August 2022

Will the Democrats’ big bill get past the hurdles of reconciliation?

Brookings

Friday, 05 August 2022

The Changing Geography of Terror: Why is Jihadist Terrorism Escalating Southward in Nigeria

Wilson Center

Taking Out the Trash in a Time of War

Wilson Center

Putin Has Opened a Pandora’s Box of International Adventurism

Wilson Center

Going Hungry in Brazil

Wilson Center

Is Eastern European Energy Security a Pipe Dream?

Wilson Center

Smart Take: China's Reaction to Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit

Wilson Center

Kenya one week before the general election 2022

Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Evaluating the Use of Non-Lethal Weapons in Operational Environments

RAND Corporation

Is the Virtue in the Weapon or the Cause?

RAND Corporation

Emerging Trends in Naval Mining Capabilities

RAND Corporation

Abortion Advocates Launch New Strategies To Keep Abortions Going

Heritage Foundation

Bangladesh’s economic crisis: How did we get here?

Atlantic Council

Russia’s invasion is putting the future of Ukraine’s forests at risk

Atlantic Council

CHIPS Act Spending Is Making America Less Free

Heritage Foundation

Turning Off Congo’s Looting Machine

RUSI

Facial Recognition Technology and Counter-Terror Operations

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Green hydrogen offers a window to redefine the Africa-Australia and Africa-Australia-Europe partnerships

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

The Killing of Al-Zawahiri and the Future of Al-Qaeda

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

Lebanon’s Perennial Limbo: A Paralysed System Teetering on the Brink

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

China’s Global Vision Vacuum

DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Al-Qaida lost its leader, but are Americans any safer?

Brookings

EU Code of Practice on Disinformation

Brookings

The Reshuffling Report No. 15: China’s growing prominence in the aviation market and the “space club”

Brookings

US Secretary of State Blinken to visit Africa as tension with China and Russia intensifies

Brookings

Heyday of Asian regionalism? Implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for the United States

Brookings

The foreign policies of the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG – Part II: The Asia-Pacific

Brookings

UK Royal Navy fleet numbers: more or less?

IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)

Turkey in the Black Sea: Is a Balancing Act Still Possible?

CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)

Why US global leadership keeps surviving partisanship

Atlantic Council

Colombia’s first leftist president is taking office. What should the US expect from him?

Atlantic Council

Japan may not militarize soon, but Abe’s dream lives on

Atlantic Council

5 August: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

An Uncertain Cross-Strait Future

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Using Digital Technology for Development Outcomes in the Pacific

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The Future Of Foreign Policy Is First Nations. Where Then Are Our Voices?

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

UN Human Rights Council Needs a Radical Reform This Time

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

How it can be done

Bruegel

Thursday, 04 August 2022

The EU Demonstrates Unity in the Face of Russia's Energy Blackmailing

Wilson Center

Can the Grain Shipments Agreement Deliver Peace?

Wilson Center

Event Summary | Lessons from Europe: Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sphere

Wilson Center

Infographic | The Militarization of Public Security in Mexico

Wilson Center

Wilson Center Announces 2022-23 Wilson China Fellowship Class

Wilson Center

Smart Take: Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan

Wilson Center

How October’s Presidential Race Will Impact the Brazilian Amazon

Wilson Center

Mays Almoosawi Introduces Female Figure Art to Oman

Wilson Center

'The Future Could Be Brilliant': RAND's CEO Is an 'Apocaloptimist'

RAND Corporation

Russia's Withdrawal from the ISS: Another Sign of Its Space Decline?

RAND Corporation

Health Care Affordability: State Policy Options to Control Costs

RAND Corporation

Erdoğan Visits Russia, Blinken’s Southeast Asia and Africa Tours, Kenya’s Election, and More

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Kenya’s Paradoxical Elections

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Strengthening Accountability and Democratic Institutions in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Educating Newcomers: A Research-Practice Conversation About K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

RAND Corporation

Creating Conditions for Teachers' Use of High-Quality Instructional Materials: A Research, Policy, and Practice Conversation

RAND Corporation

RAND American School District Panel: Creation and Technical Description

RAND Corporation

The U.K. Cracks Down While the U.S. Doubles Down on “Gender Affirming” Care

Heritage Foundation

The Latest Federal Takeover of Elections Violates Federal Law

Heritage Foundation

Washington Knows Best What Car You Should Drive: Electric Vehicles. Seriously?

Heritage Foundation

My brother was executed during the 1988 massacre. The Hamid Noury trial verdict is a victory for truth and justice.

Atlantic Council

Ukraine grain deal: World must still confront Putin’s Black Sea blackmail

Atlantic Council

Russia is forming an alliance of pariah states in the Middle East. It might put Israel in an awkward situation in Syria.

Atlantic Council

Russian army faces morale problems as Putin’s Ukraine invasion drags on

Atlantic Council

Now Is Not the Time for South Korea To Go Nuclear

Heritage Foundation

Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip: An Opportunity Lost

Heritage Foundation

After Pelosi’s Visit, It’s Time for U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement

Heritage Foundation

As Americans Reel From Stagflation, Manchin Pitches Tax Hikes

Heritage Foundation

IP22041 | From Pragmatism to Aggression: The Sources and Consequences of China’s Assertive Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping

RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)

Predicting the Unpredictable Turkish Foreign Policy

German Marshall Fund

The View of the January 6 Hearings

German Marshall Fund

Toward a Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis?

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

The Task Ahead for Rapid Capability Enhancement in Australian Defense

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Looking beyond the Biden Visit to the Middle East and the “Fist Bump”

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Zawahiri’s Death and What’s Next for al Qaeda

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Making the EU’s New Development Aid Work for Democracy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

AI for good: Research insights from financial services

Brookings

FTC’s case against Meta’s acquisition of Within seeks to shape the emerging VR market

Brookings

The COVID pandemic and the federal budget

Brookings

Hutchins Roundup: Earnings gap, housing shortage, and more

Brookings

Celebrating two years of tech policy with the TechTank Podcast

Brookings

Protecting the open internet from China's latest governance body

Brookings

The climate bill’s oil and gas provisions are a worthwhile tradeoff

Brookings

Is the Sri Lankan debt crisis a harbinger?

Brookings

Capability, capacity, and risk in the sustainment of Air Force weapon systems

Brookings

Book Review: The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together

RUSI

Evaluation of MC12 Outcomes: Korea's Perspective

KIEP (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

US-led economic initiative will fail due to its divisive nature

CIIS (China Institute of International Studies)

Cyber Week in Review: August 4, 2022

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

On Sri Lanka, the New Labor Government Balances Border Security and Humanitarianism

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Enhancing Australia’s National Security Through ASD’s REDSPICE

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

The War in Ukraine: Heading South?

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

What Russia’s ISS Withdrawal Means for Space Power Configurations

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

AUKUS: A Tale of Politics, Strategy, and Submarines

AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Wednesday, 03 August 2022

The War and the Future of Ukraine’s Oligarchy

Wilson Center

Da’esh Systematized Perversion and Dared to Call it “Islam”

Wilson Center

Zawahiri Killed in U.S. Strike in Afghanistan

Wilson Center

Robert Daly Interviewed on Implications of Pelosi Trip to Taiwan

Wilson Center

Wilson Center and Congressional Leaders Receive Distinguished Awards from President of Colombia

Wilson Center

Either Go Back to the Drawing Board or Man the Battlements

Wilson Center

After Two Years, Lebanon Has Done Nothing in Response to the Port of Beirut Blast

Wilson Center

New Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: Global Fertility Rates and the Role of Infertility

Wilson Center

Qatar’s Minister of Communications and Technology Discusses Digital Transformation

Wilson Center

The Imperative to Defend Minefields

RAND Corporation

After the al-Zawahiri Strike, the U.S. May Lack Capabilities in Afghanistan

RAND Corporation

China's Gambit in the Pacific: Implications for the United States and Its Allies and Partners

RAND Corporation

Update on Findings of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

RAND Corporation

Networking and Collaboration: Case Study 5

RAND Corporation

Skills Needs in Selected Occupations Over the Next 5–10 Years: Research Report

RAND Corporation

Fossil Fuels Enable Human Flourishing

Heritage Foundation

Good Riddance: The Elimination of al-Qaeda’s Top Terrorist and the Troubling ...

Heritage Foundation

Amongst Iran’s super-rich are tax evaders too. And the government isn’t doing much about it.

Atlantic Council

Trading geopolitics: The US-Chinese capital markets

Atlantic Council

Experts react: Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of al-Qaeda, killed by US drone strike in Afghanistan

Atlantic Council

With Ground War Bogged Down, Ukraine Should Turn to Sea to Speed Russia’s Defeat

Heritage Foundation

Manchin-Schumer Taxes Would Hit Both Rich and Poor Americans

Heritage Foundation

The Biden Administration Is Wrong to Abandon Anti-Personnel Landmines

Heritage Foundation

Community-wide change towards positive parenting

ISS Africa (Institute for Security Studies)

Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Stud...

Heritage Foundation

Senate Hearing on Diversity in Diplomacy Fails to Get to Real Questions

Heritage Foundation

Access to Tech Finance for the Peaceful Application of Nuclear Technology in Africa

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

Time for Difficult Choices on Myanmar

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Africa needs to forge a unified approach to Russia before 2023 Russia-Africa Summit

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

Confronting the caliphate

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

Wide fluctuations in Danish-Russian relations

DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)

The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Brookings

Medicare Advantage plans pay large markups to consolidated dialysis organizations

Brookings

Navigating great power competition – A serious planning start

Brookings

Networks of opportunity: Social capital and economic mobility

Brookings

Ambassador Norm Eisen's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration

Brookings

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Brookings

Al-Qaida after al-Zawahri

Brookings

Can a hot but smaller labor market keep making gains in participation?

Brookings

Iraq’s Water Plight: The Drought Between Two Rivers

RUSI

New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q2 2022

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

It’s time to block Taliban leaders’ trips abroad

Atlantic Council

How the US can curb the North Korean nuclear threat

Atlantic Council

The coming aftershocks from Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

Atlantic Council

The Senate emphatically backs NATO expansion. What’s next?

Atlantic Council

Tuesday, 02 August 2022

Canadian Petroleum Supplies to the US

Wilson Center

Pelosi in Taiwan: A China File Conversation with Robert Daly

Wilson Center

Wilson Experts on Nancy Pelosi Trip to Taiwan and the Implications for US-China Relations

Wilson Center

Robert Daly on China's Reaction to Potential Trip to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi

Wilson Center

The Promise of Transatlantic Partnerships in the Critical Mineral Supply Chain

Wilson Center

Delaying the Inevitable? The Uncertain Future of the EPA’s Online Archive

Wilson Center

Transformative Climate Security: A Conversation with Josh Busby

Wilson Center

Smart Take: The Killing of Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Wilson Center

Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: Global Fertility Rates and the Role of Infertility

Wilson Center

Climate Finance: Can Integrity and Transparency Prevent Environmental Catastrophe?

Wilson Center

Beyond a "Threat Multiplier": Exploring Links Between Climate Change and Security

Wilson Center

Biodegradable Plastic in Chinese and U.S. Agriculture: Hero or Villain?

Wilson Center

Confronting Seismic Shocks: New WQ Article Looks at “Russia’s War on Natural Resources”

Wilson Center

Addressing the Global Food Crisis: CIMMYT Experts Weigh In

Wilson Center

Got a Labor Shortage? Make It Easier to Work

RAND Corporation

Legal Review of State Emergency Medical Services Policies and Protocols for Naloxone Administration

RAND Corporation

How Policies That Punish Pregnant Women Backfire

RAND Corporation

Working to Embed and Champion Youth Voice in Infrastructure Organisations: Case Study 2

RAND Corporation

Working to Effect Change in Policymaking at Regional, National and Systems Levels: Case Study 1

RAND Corporation

Supporting Capacity Building of Frontline Organisations: Case Study 4

RAND Corporation

Data and Learning: Case Study 3

RAND Corporation

Second Amendment Protects Everyone, as 12 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show

Heritage Foundation

Census Bureau Errors Distort Congressional Representation for the States

Heritage Foundation

Adrian Levy and the myth of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence

Atlantic Council

Putin’s entire Ukraine invasion hinges on the coming Battle of Kherson

Atlantic Council

Iran and Iraq: The struggle for tenable relations

Atlantic Council

Ukrainian civil society can play a key role in securing victory over Russia

Atlantic Council

The global slowdown: Why Sub-Saharan Africa is so important

Atlantic Council

Why U.K. Defense Must Go on Offense

Heritage Foundation

America Declines as the Elites Remain in Denial

Heritage Foundation

Why Sen. Pat Toomey Did Right Thing in Stopping Burn Pit Bill

Heritage Foundation

CHIPS Is a Missed Opportunity for Real Security

Heritage Foundation

“Inflation Reduction Act” Is Euphemism for Big Government Socialism

Heritage Foundation

Trade and Investment Controls: The Transatlantic Toolkit

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains: An Affirmative Agenda for International Cooperation

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Budgetary Reforms: The Forgotten Agenda

IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)

Best Practice Guidance For Influence Operations Research: Survey Shows Needs and Challenges

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Transdniestria, Moldova, and Russia’s War in Ukraine

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World

Brookings

Enable a just transition for American fossil fuel workers through federal action

Brookings

Seven key takeaways from Chetty’s new research on friendship and economic mobility

Brookings

New polls: Democrats say Biden and members of Congress lean toward Israel more than they do

Brookings

Can the CHIPS Act heal the nation’s economic divides?

Brookings

How do Global South politics of non-alignment and solidarity explain South Africa's position on Ukraine?

Brookings

Scale & digital public goods: Realizing the effectiveness principles for longer-term development

Brookings

What Ayman al-Zawahri’s death says about terrorism in Taliban-run Afghanistan

Brookings

Mapping The Emerging Strategic Stability And Arms Control Landscape

NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)

[Research Reports] The "Leadership" of the Chinese Communist Party and "Party Groups"

JIIA (Japan Institute of International Affairs)

JIIA Strategic Comments (2021-08)China-Europe relations fraught with economic and human rights dilemmas and the '17+1' at a turning point

JIIA (Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Term Member Virtual Information Session on CFR Fellowship Opportunities

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: July 23-29

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

What Zawahiri’s Killing Means for al-Qaeda

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Do Targeted Killings Weaken Terrorist Groups?

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Behind the rise of ransomware

Atlantic Council

Space traffic management: Time for action

Atlantic Council

The future of global value chains and the role of the WTO

Bruegel

Monday, 01 August 2022

What Can We Expect from a Pelosi Visit to Taiwan?

Wilson Center

A Wild Year

Wilson Center

Can the Abraham Accords Succeed? Exploring Arab Support for Normalization with Israel

Wilson Center

Black Swans and Green Fields: Exploring the Threat and Opportunity of the Alternative Payments Ecosystem to the West

Wilson Center

The Global Gateway: An Overview

Wilson Center

Could U.S. Weapons Assistance to Ukraine Lead to Russian Escalation?

RAND Corporation

Addressing Homelessness Among Individuals Incarcerated in Los Angeles County

RAND Corporation

Conversations: Think local, act central - innovation in local level policymaking in China

Lowy Institute

Rules Based Audio: The scramble for information control over Africa

Lowy Institute

QE and Inflation: The FT Responds to Us, and We to Them

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

Litigation in State Courts Puts Pro-Life Laws on Hold

Heritage Foundation

Biden’s Middle East Trip Should Be Judged by Its Long-Term Security Results

Heritage Foundation

Biden’s trip to the Middle East: Outcomes and opportunities

Atlantic Council

Trading for Prisoners Held Abroad Like Brittney Griner Is Politically Expedie...

Heritage Foundation

Forging New Leadership for the Atlantic World

Heritage Foundation

Interpol Needs Improved Financial Transparency to Restore Its Integrity

Heritage Foundation

China Is No. 1 Domestic National Security Threat and Biden Administration Won...

Heritage Foundation

A Plan for Decisive Action Against the Threat of CCP Land Use in the U.S.

Heritage Foundation

Transitions and Resilience: Natural Resource Governance Trends in Africa

SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)

Japan’s Vision for a Free, Open and Inclusive International Order Based on the Rule of Law

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Meeting the Technology Transfer Challenge: Part II

CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)

Turkey in the Black Sea: Is a Balancing Act Still Possible?

IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

The Neighborhood Effect: The Imperial Roots of Regional Fracture in Eurasia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

White and youth population losses contributed most to the nation’s growth slowdown, new census data reveals

Brookings

What chicken tikka masala teaches us

Brookings

10 years of the Aid Transparency Index—How has the US fared?

Brookings

China’s role in supplying critical minerals for the global energy transition: What could the future hold?

Brookings

African Growth and Opportunity Act: Program usage, trends, and sectoral highlights

Brookings

It matters now more than ever: What new developments say about Teacher Diversity and Student Success

Brookings

Is the risk of crime against businesses greater in more unequal countries?

Brookings

Russia, Ukraine, and the decision to negotiate

Brookings

Book Review: Democracy Protests: Origins, Features, and Significance

RUSI

The SPLC Backs Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier

Heritage Foundation

James Madison’s Montpelier Gets a CRT Renovation

Heritage Foundation

Nigeria in Uncharted Waters

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

An urgent message to our fellow senators: Support Finland and Sweden’s swift accession into NATO

Atlantic Council

Former Kosovo foreign minister: How to stop Serbia spat from spiraling out of control

Atlantic Council

Experts react: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead. What’s next for US counterterrorism?

Atlantic Council

Brookings

107.6

CSIS

103.1

CFR

96.0

Atlantic Council

89.5

Wilson Center

81.4

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