Think Tank Alert

Articles for August 22, 2022 - August 27, 2022
Friday, 26 August 2022
Argentina and the BRICS: Port in a Storm or Geopolitical Launching Pad?
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
On Youth in Jordan from UNICEF's Youth Head
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
War in Ukraine Is Changing Europe, Especially Germany
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Reduce Friction in Space by Amending the 1967 Outer Space Treaty
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorder Bed Capacity, Need, and Shortage Estimates in California: Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
IP22048 | Three New Provinces: Consolidating Central Control in Papua
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Upcoming Key Multilateral Leadership Races the Biden Administration Should Focus On
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Can the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Initiative Succeed?
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Latest Aid Packages to Ukraine: New Systems, Trade-Offs, Mysteries, and the Long Game
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Conversion of Yonpo Airbase to the Yonpo Vegetable Greenhouse Farm
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
CO22084 | Micro-reactors in the Field of Military Application
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Food security shouldn't take a summer vacation
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Why is Erdoğan suddenly making nice to his enemies?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Are we at a crisis point with the public teacher workforce? Education scholars share their perspectives
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The FTC ups the ante for federal privacy legislation
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What happens if right-wing Giorgia Meloni wins Italy’s elections?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The US Marine Corps, the National Defense Strategy, and the future of expeditionary warfare
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan: Provoking the first AI war in history?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Should UN peacekeepers remain in Africa?
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Contemporary Nuclear Dynamics in Southern Asia: Many Challenges, Few Possibilities
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
European missile defence - unstructured cooperation?
tiny icon of iiss  IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The Crisis of the Century: How the United States Can Protect Climate Migrants
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Cyber Week in Review: August 26, 2022
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Russian War Report: Russian missile strike targets railway station
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Is Australia an Antarctic Colonial Power?
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Thursday, 25 August 2022
AfPak File Podcast Update
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Why Trust Matters in Supply Chains
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Energizing the Western Hemisphere
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Response to Pentagon Plan to Mitigate and Respond to Civilian Harm Resulting from Military Operations
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Improving How Medicines R&D Is Financed Could Support Innovation and Benefits for Patients
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Preventing Conflict in Coastal West Africa
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Macron’s Algeria Trip, Drought in China, Anniversary of Afghanistan Withdrawal, and More
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
How Educators Are Faring in the COVID Era
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Supporting Threat Reporting to Strengthen School Safety: Findings from the Literature and Interviews with Stakeholders Across the K–12 School Community
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Why Latin America Lost at Globalization—and How It Can Win Now
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
The Ukraine war has made Iran and Russia allies in economic isolation. Here’s how.
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
European energy sovereignty is tied to Ukraine’s independence
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Brown-to-green subsidy swaps in MENA are long overdue. Here’s why.
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Amnesty announces review as Ukraine report backlash continues
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Delisting Chinese companies from the New York Stock Exchange: Signs of decoupling
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
American Defense: A Perspective of Stewardship
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Digital Livelihoods for Refugees—Examples, Challenges, and Recommendations
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
China’s Global Security Initiative
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Disability Discrimination and Automated Surveillance Technologies
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Finding a Path Through Quagmire: Humanitarian Access and Coordination in the Sahel
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Redefining Cybersecurity as International Security, Not Just National Security
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Why the New Climate Bill Is Also about Competition with China
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
‘Kinshipping’
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Good, the Right, the Just
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Somali or part of the Somali diaspora?
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Staying with the Culture Struggle
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Policies for resilience and economic transformation in Africa: setting the agenda for a post-COVID-19 era
tiny icon of acet  ACET (African Center for Economic Transformation)
The power of Mexican cartels: In Mexico and abroad
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Hutchins Roundup: Cash transfers to families, startup research, and more
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The most important public servants you’ve never heard of
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Biden’s Africa strategy seeks to revitalize ties with the continent
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Is abortion policy pushing Latinos back towards the Democratic Party?  
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Strengths and weaknesses of China’s national human capital development
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Patents and AI inventions: Recent court rulings and broader policy questions
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Building regional and global maritime stability in Southeast Asia
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Biden’s student debt cancellation doesn’t solve the root problems facing borrowers—but it’s a start
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
A Big Job Ahead for the United Kingdom's Next Prime Minister
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
26 August 2022: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Roundtable
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Leveraging Hydropower for Peace
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Whither China’s Economic Growth
tiny icon of pcns  PCNS (Policy Center for the New South)
Galactic Formative Power
tiny icon of kas  Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender and Race/Ethnicity in the FEMA Workforce: 2021 Survey Follow-Up
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Fewer FEMA Employees Experienced Workplace Harassment or Discrimination in 2021 than 2019; More Progress Needed
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Creating operational advantage through military diversity
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Gaps between Medical Cannabis Research and Policy
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Putting Equity First in COVID-19 Vaccination
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative: Impacts and Lessons Learned
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Explaining Heterogeneity in Use of Non-wage Benefits: The Role of Worker and Firm Characteristics in Disability Accommodations
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Higher Education Webinar: Free Speech on Campus
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
What Does the CDC Do?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High. What’s Being Done?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Removing Barriers to Diversity in the UK and U.S. Militaries Could Bring Significant Operational and Strategic Advantage
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Did American Academy of Pediatrics Just Blink on “Gender Affirming Care” or B...
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Delayed but not defeated: The road ahead for a global minimum corporate tax
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Ukraine’s six key conditions for peace talks with Putin’s Russia
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Afghanistan’s drug trade is booming under Taliban rule
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
School Choice Reform Ought To Be a Bipartisan Effort
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Constitution Isn’t Broken, but Law Professors Are a Broken Record
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
How Deep Are China-Russia Military Ties?
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The International Spectator, Vol. 57, No. 3, September 2022
tiny icon of iai  IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
Country ownership in climate finance coordination: A comparative assessment of Kenya and Zambia
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
Radical secularism and worldview dilemmas in countering sectarianism in Lebanon
tiny icon of diis  DIIS (Danish Institute for International Studies)
New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Can the abortion issue save Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The EU’s attempt to regulate open-source AI is counterproductive
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Supporting African Partner States Through European Military Assistance Programmes
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
Conference Report: RUSI Sea Power Conference 2022
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
China’s coercive diplomacy: Why it’s on the rise and what it means for Scandinavia
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Why the American Founding Matters for American Conservatism
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
An Australia-Korea Hydrogen Economy to Support Southeast Asia towards 2050
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
The Current State of Democracy in Tunisia
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
The Mar-a-Lago Raid: Trump Must Not Escape Rule of Law
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Pushbacks and Offshoring Asylum: Is Externalisation Becoming the Default Response to Refugee Situations?
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Chinese discourse power: Ambitions and reality in the digital domain
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan Appears To Be Declining—At a Cost
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Normalizing Rarity: The Awakening of Rare Diseases in Latin America
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Egyptian Social Entrepreneur Strives to Build a Community of Professionals
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Smart Take: The Transatlantic Coalition’s Response to Russia’s War
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Smart Take: Ukraine’s Defensive Strategy Against Russia
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
The future of global value chains and the role of the WTO
tiny icon of pcns  PCNS (Policy Center for the New South)
Predicting Race And Ethnicity To Ensure Equitable Algorithms For Health Care Decision Making
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Effects of Medicaid Automatic Enrollment on Disparities in Insurance Coverage and Caregiver Burden for Children with Special Health Care Needs
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
How Israel and Turkey Benefit From Restoring Relations
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2022
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
TPI Replay: China’s Domestic Challenges, With Ian Johnson
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Is Western Policy on Migration Holding Africa Back?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Broadband Communications Prioritization and Interoperability Guidance for Law Enforcement: Critical Considerations in the Transition to the Public Safety Broadband Network
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Leveraging diversity for military effectiveness: Diversity, inclusion and belonging in the UK and US Armed Forces
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
A strong Ukraine is the best solution to Europe’s Russia problem
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Ukraine needs more US support to win its fight for freedom
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Washington wins as Turkey and Israel restore normal ties
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Middle Eastern nations should learn from history and back Sudan’s democratic forces
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Amplifying the IRA: Prioritizing investment in US agricultural innovation
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Biden’s Gas Tax Gimmick Avoids Real Solutions
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Navy’s Navigation Plan Is Good, but Congress Has Some Heavy Lifting To Do...
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
IP22047 | No Winner’s Game: Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan and Geopolitics in Asia
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Cities Started Democracy. Now, They Will Save It.
tiny icon of gmf  German Marshall Fund
Chris Stirewalt: Why Media Rage Machine Divides America
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Iraq’s Political Crisis
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Military Dimensions of the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Venezuela's 2024 Elections: Understanding Participation under Unfree and Unfair Conditions
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Can the U.S. Deter China? Lessons from Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Berlin’s Summer of Discontent
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
A continent at a digital crossroads
tiny icon of acet  ACET (African Center for Economic Transformation)
In the muni market, financial disclosures DO matter to investors
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
How local governments are combating economic disadvantage with American Rescue Plan funds
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Digital Services Act’s lesson for U.S. policymakers: Co-regulatory mechanisms
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Editor’s Note: RUSI Journal, Issue 2 2022
tiny icon of rusi  RUSI
How to design EU-level contingency plans for gas shortages? Evidence from behavioural economics, policy research and past experience
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
United clubs of Europe: Informal differentiation and the social ordering of intra-EU diplomacy
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Tsai Ing-wen's inglorious role in Pelosi's Taiwan show
tiny icon of ciis  CIIS (China Institute of International Studies)
Six months, twenty-three lessons: What the world has learned from Russia’s war in Ukraine
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
What to Watch in the 2022 Fiji General Election
tiny icon of aiia  AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Monday, 22 August 2022
Evgeny Georgievich Golubev: The CIA’s Frustrated Frogman in the Early Cold War
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Agricultural Land in Russian Territorial and Geopolitical Ambitions
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
What the Heck
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Developing Trust in Black Box AI: Explainability and Beyond
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
Khaled Barakeh Uses Conceptual Art to Uncover Social and Political Injustices
tiny icon of wilson  Wilson Center
How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine May Impact the Arctic
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
The Indo-Pacific Mostly Backs 'One China,' but Taiwan Gets Some Love, Too
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
State Gun Regulations Are a Messy Patchwork. The Supreme Court's Bruen Decision Won't Help
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Sleep Expert Wendy Troxel Available for Interviews on California School Start Time Law
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Why Hasn’t the World Eradicated Polio?
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
How to Boost Microfinance in the United States
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values: Next Steps for the United States
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
National Guard Youth ChalleNGe: Program Progress in 2020–2021
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
A Dangerous Web: Mapping Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Facebook Misinformation Is Bad Enough. The Metaverse Will Be Worse
tiny icon of rand  RAND Corporation
Census Bureau Admits Overcounting 7 Blue States, Just 1 Red State
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Tragic Betrayal of Afghan Women a Year After Biden’s Botched Troop Withdr...
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Beyond CHIPS: Prioritizing standardization is critical for US competitiveness
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
U.S., South Korea to Resume Military Exercises
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
China’s Taiwan Strategy After the Nancy Pelosi Visit: Forever Crisis?
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Xi Enters Final Stretch Ahead of Precedent-Breaking Third Term
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
To Contain Xi, Defeat Putin in Ukraine
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
In 5 Charts, Factors Affecting China’s Military Future
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
The Public-Relations Ploy of “National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day”
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
Now or Never: We Must Seize the School Choice Moment
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
IP22046 | Inscribed in Stone: The Making of Jokowi’s Foreign Policy Legacy
tiny icon of rsis  RSIS (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Conservatives Shouldn’t Apologize for Healthy Skepticism of Big Government
tiny icon of heritage  Heritage Foundation
A New ‘Bumper Sticker’ for Space Satellites
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Rant Continues
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Cyber Workforce Strategies Should Produce at Scale
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Yoon’s National Liberation Day Speech
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Creating a New Energy Strategy for a Post Ukraine War World
tiny icon of csis  CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
India–Namibia Relations Get a Boost
tiny icon of idsa  IDSA (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Southeast Asia’s Growing Interest in Non-dollar Financial Channels—and the Renminbi’s Potential Role
tiny icon of ceip  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A German Proposal That May Finally Break the EU Fiscal Rules Stalemate
tiny icon of dgap  DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations)
Transforming and Building Resilient Economies in Africa: Resetting Priorities for the Policy Agenda in the post-COVID-19 Era
tiny icon of acet  ACET (African Center for Economic Transformation)
Fixing the climate crisis will require local experimentation and solutions
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The weaponization of information threatens American democracy. What should we do about that? | The TechTank Podcast
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Beyond Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: Uncertainties about cross-Strait stability
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
The Inflation Reduction Act will reduce household energy insecurity—but it could do more
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Can better information on applicants’ backgrounds increase socioeconomic diversity at selective colleges?
tiny icon of brookings  Brookings
Korea and Africa: Partnerships on Climate and Energy
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
Developments in Africa’s Free Trade Area: Opportunities for Korean Investors
tiny icon of saiia  SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs)
The European Union's CBAM as a de facto Climate Club: The Governance Challenges
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Interpreting cyber-energy-security events: experts, social imaginaries, and policy discourses around the 2016 Ukraine blackout
tiny icon of nupi  NUPI (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 13-19
tiny icon of cfr  CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)
Sweden and Finland are on their way to NATO membership. Here’s what needs to happen next.
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil  Atlantic Council
Opinion: One step forward, two steps backward undermines the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process
tiny icon of aircenter  AIR Center