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Articles for August 18, 2025 - August 24, 2025
Sunday, 24 August 2025
Resilience Building Through Climate-Smart Agriculture in Malawi
SAIIA
(South African Institute of International Affairs)
A Lesson from Iraq About Genocide Accusations
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Source to Glass: Water Quality Risks in Hyderabad’s Low-Income Settlements
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Endocrine Disruptors in India’s Drinking Water
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Beyond Access: Ensuring Water Safety in Arsenic-Affected India
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
At the Water’s Edge: Shaping Inclusive Coastal Urban Futures
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Hydro-social Commons: Springs for Resilient Mountain Cities
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Scaling up Namami Gange for Rejuvenating India’s Rivers
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Cost of Leakage: How Water Losses Fuel Unsustainable Choices
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Saturday, 23 August 2025
The Real Reason India and China Are Mending Ties
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Friday, 22 August 2025
Latin America’s Role in De-Risking Semiconductor Supply Chains
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Guns and Oil: Continuity and Change in Russia-India Relations
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Tracking Gaza’s Descent into Famine
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
No Islet Left Behind: Vietnam Reclaims Land at Every Remaining Spratly Outpost
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Spy games: how China could take Taiwan without a war
Lowy Institute
When the dollar falls
Brookings
Azerbaijan Punches Above its Weight in Regional Geopolitics
AIR Center
Russia-Azerbaijan Relations in Freefall with No End in Sight
AIR Center
The Clumsy Crusade Against School Choice
Heritage Foundation
Good Luck Trying To Leave TikTok
Heritage Foundation
I Fear Visiting Britain To Promote My Book, When Speaking Freely Can Get You ...
Heritage Foundation
Trump turns global human rights on their head
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Why Thaksin Was Acquitted of Lese Majeste
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The future of industry in Africa: A Q&A with Brahima S. Coulibaly
Brookings
Entrepreneurship in Africa: Laying the groundwork for success
Brookings
Resourcing resilience and prosperity: Philanthropic investment in New Orleans' nonprofit sector after Hurricane Katrina
Brookings
Most Americans support parental opt-out of school curriculum—until they consider the downsides
Brookings
When Alliances Matter: What the Israel-Iran War Reveals About Alliances Among Authoritarian States
RAND Corporation
Tanks, Tech, and Tungsten: The Strategic Mineral Alliance the West Needs
RAND Corporation
The Mattei Plan: Recasting Cooperation Through Strategy and Branding
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
The Development of the Founders’ Theory of Separation of Powers
Heritage Foundation
The India-China Thaw Needs Eyes Wide Open
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Tariffs and Health Security: The Future of US–India Pharma Trade
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
China’s Data Centres: Watts Behind The Bytes
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
A Strategy Long Overdue: The EU’s New Vision for the Black Sea
RUSI
Palestinian Statehood Is Not the Answer
RUSI
Will German Foreign Policy Ever Change Its Spots?
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Japan’s ‘Nuclear Taboo’ 80 Years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A competitive electoral oligarchy
Brookings
The President’s Path to Peace in Ukraine
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Power in Progress
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Charting the Growth and Aspirations of India’s Fintech Regulatory Sandboxes
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Leveraging Nuclear Energy Through Small Modular Reactors
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
As Europe Heats Up, India’s Climate Partnerships Risk Drying Out
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Of Street Dogs and City Pigeons: Law, Sentiment, and Public Health
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Development Futures: Climate change and the great procrastination
Lowy Institute
RAND’s Recovery Tracking Tool
RAND Corporation
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Winning through people: The human capital advantage in great-power competition
Atlantic Council
Addressing China’s military expansion in West Africa and beyond
Atlantic Council
Competitiveness Check—August 21 Edition
German Marshall Fund
United in values, enlarged in diversity?
Clingendael
Trump might sell out Taiwan—Here’s how to prevent it
Brookings
What Is a ‘security guarantee’?
Brookings
Why China Is Spooked by Dollar Stablecoins and How It Will Respond
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
How politics is weakening America’s weather service
Brookings
How America Toppled the Patriarchy
Heritage Foundation
Why China Is Scared of Dollar Stablecoins and How It Will Respond
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Displacement as a weapon of war: targeting Africa’s most vulnerable
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Can the weather service avert hurricanes and natural disasters?
Brookings
Explaining Mali’s democratic breakdown: Weak institutions, extra-institutional channels, and insecurity as a trigger
Brookings
What are Federal Reserve swap lines?
Brookings
Beyond the Alaska summit
Brookings
Addressing political violence to protect American democracy
Brookings
CO25177 | How to Train a Drone Warrior, with Lessons from Ukraine
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
CO25178 | Social Listening Tools in Disinformation and Online Harms Analysis
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
The World Will Miss U.S. Investments in Energy RD&D if Trump’s Proposed Cuts Go Through
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The United States and South Korea Are Allies and Trade Partners. Will They Reinforce Ties at Their Summit?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Is the Pentagon Slowing Artificial Intelligence Adoption?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The Intelligence Community's Politicization: Dueling to Discredit
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Inpatient Care Experiences Are Better in Critical Access Hospitals Than in Other Hospitals
RAND Corporation
Russia–Ukraine: peace looks more remote than ever
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
China’s commercial space sector
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
The Human Cost of Biden’s Shameful “Children’s Crusade” at the Border
Heritage Foundation
Could Short-Term Dealmaking Hurt Long-Term U.S.-South Korea Relations?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Assessing the Nine Anticompetitive Practices Under the Draft Digital Competition Bill
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lessons from Congressional Black Caucus Members’ Leadership in U.S. Foreign Policy
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A World Unsafe for Democracy
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Washington Post Gets Arizona School Closures Wrong
Heritage Foundation
AI Companions Are Harming Your Children
Heritage Foundation
India’s Amphibious Operations Depend On Contingencies. Can The Armed Forces Adapt?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Affection Economy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Despite Trump’s Shuttle Diplomacy, a Protracted War Is Likely to Drag On in Ukraine
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Drones Drive Battlefield Motorcycle Tactical Shift
RUSI
Lost in Change
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
After the Alaska Summit: Ukraine Not Closer to Peace
DGAP
(German Council on Foreign Relations)
Elusive Peace: Russian and Western Manoeuvres to End the War in Ukraine
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
An update on the efficacy of sanctions against Russia
Brookings
Mission Review: James Webb Space Telescope
RAND Corporation
Mission Review: Solar Orbiter
RAND Corporation
US-South Korea-Japan Trilateral: Challenges to an Enduring Security Cooperation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Quick-Fix Paradox: Obesity, Equity, and India’s Weight-Loss Drug Market
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Indian Battle Tanks: Medium or Heavy Armour in Combined Arms
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Between Jihad and Geopolitics: Syria and Afghanistan’s Fragile Balancing Acts
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Weathering the Trumpstorm: Navigating Tariffs in Indo-US Trade Relations
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s Pivot to Self-Reliance in a Protectionist World
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Replicator and beyond: The future of drone warfare
Brookings
Health Insurance for Veterans Age 65 and Over
RAND Corporation
On the Front Porch with Tony Pipa and Brent Orrell: A conversation with Tataboline Enos about ‘Proudly Made’
Brookings
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Why the rule of law is the key to prosperity: Lessons from thirty years of data
Atlantic Council
Public and Private R&D Are Complements—Not Substitutes
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
States Weekly: August 20, 2025
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Previewing White House Visit of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Undeclared North Korea: Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Why U.S. Junior Professionals in the UN Still Matter
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Would Security Guarantees in Ukraine Look Like?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Does the U.S.–Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Announcement Signal a New Front in Great Power Competition?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Dramatic Rise of Vehicle Theft in the UK
RUSI
G20 can bridge opposing power blocks through climate action
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
Trade Tools for Climate Action: Green Procurement
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Is Trump’s Push for Peace in Ukraine a Fantasy?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
India-China Economic Ties: Determinants and Possibilities
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Managing Climate Risk: Implications for Local Governments
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Regulatory Reform Is a Great Start, but Modernizing Defense Industry Will Req...
Heritage Foundation
Building Resilient Blue Communities Through Social Enterprise
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Guaranteeing Insecurity: The Flaws in Ukraine’s Security Talks
RUSI
The Helsinki + 50 commemoration (30 July-1 August 2025). Main takeovers and the way forward
OIIP
(Austrian Institute for International Affairs)
Stealth Frigates and India–Russia Defence Cooperation
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Why people mistrust AI advancements
Brookings
What does well-being mean for Black boys and men?
Brookings
Geographic Scale Matters in Analyzing the Effects of the Built Environment on Choice of Travel Modes: A Case Study of Grocery Shopping Trips in Salt Lake County, USA
RAND Corporation
Organizational Assessment of the Los Angeles Police Department
RAND Corporation
Does ASEAN climate policy pay sufficient attention to public transportation?
NUPI
(Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
No green growth without innovation
Bruegel
Planning for climate change in Africa’s maritime transport sector
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
A summit fizzles, a crisis emerges
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
From Viksit Rajya to Viksit Bharat: Localising the Growth Agenda
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Multilateral Efforts and Military Applications of AI
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Bangladesh: In Search for a New Civil-Military Equation
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Can India Deliver on the Promise of Lenacapavir?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Advancing digital inclusion in Africa
Brookings
Influencing Power: Civil Society, Political Mobilisation and the Pursuit of Reforms in Malaysia, 2018–2025
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Challenges and Opportunities for KORUS Cooperation under Trump 2.0 Industrial Policies
KIEP
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
What does well-being mean for Black men and boys in the US?
Brookings
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
A vision for US hypersonic weapons
Atlantic Council
The History and Evolution of North Korea’s Space Capabilities
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Rotten Tomatoes: Implications of the Termination of the U.S.-Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
What Form of Peace?
German Marshall Fund
The Race to AI Dominance: US and Chinese Approaches Differ
German Marshall Fund
Repairing the damage done in Alaska?
Brookings
Are We Beyond the Event Horizon of War in the Pacific?
Heritage Foundation
The Space Force Can’t Achieve Space Superiority on the Cheap
Heritage Foundation
U.S. Must Extract China From Defense-Industry’s Supply Chains
Heritage Foundation
Migration researcher and filmmaker Sine Plambech receives the Danish Research Communication Award
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Türkiye and the PKK: Disarmament and the Path Ahead
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
China in Africa: May 2025
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
China in Africa: June 2025
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
China in the Indo-Pacific: July 2025
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
When It Comes to Somalia, It’s Always Complicated
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Growth and identity: right goals, wrong game plan for SA’s National Dialogue
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
When tax laws defy public opinion: What OBBBA reveals
Brookings
Institutional and community resilience among institutions of higher education in metropolitan New Orleans
Brookings
Reimagining Appalachia: Ryan Eller on Hazard, Kentucky’s renewal, rural narratives, and the future beyond coal
Brookings
China’s Data Still Doesn’t Add Up
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Across Battlefields, Aid Workers Are Targeted More Than Ever
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Marshall 'Tom' Rockwell Dies at 86; Helped Launch RAND Health and Landmark Health Insurance Study
RAND Corporation
The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
IISS
(International Institute for Strategic Studies)
De-Dollarization, Local Currencies, And External Financial Defense
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Plurilateralism and Regionalism as Alternatives to Multilateralism in Global Trade
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Public Privileges Demand Public Responsibility in Banking
Heritage Foundation
Organ Transplant Investigations Expose Grisly Stories of Patient Abuse
Heritage Foundation
Arizona’s $20 Billion School District Surplus: Empty Buildings, Full Bank Acc...
Heritage Foundation
George Mason University Dust-Up Shows the Left’s Hypocrisy on Politicized Edu...
Heritage Foundation
Conference Proceedings on U.S.-Indian Security and Defense Industrial Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
TICAD 9: Japan’s Renewed Vision for Africa’s Future
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The Alaska Summit as Theatre: Moscow’s View Beyond Ukraine
RUSI
Make a Deal to Advance American Interests in Greenland
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Battle for the bush
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Rippling Effects of European Migration Governance in Africa: A Critical Research Agenda and Analytical Approach
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
Foreign Policy Instrument, Actor, or Infrastructure? Conceptualizing the Wagner Group in Sudan
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The New Syria: Foreign Breakthrough, Domestic Impasse
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Washington’s Gambit: How the US Is Rebooting the Geopolitics of the South Caucasus
AIR Center
The Washington Summit and Its Implications for South Caucasus Geopolitics
AIR Center
Southeast Asia’s evolving defence partnerships
Lowy Institute
After the Los Angeles Wildfires: Implications for Risk Mitigation, Compensation, and the Insurance Market
RAND Corporation
Veteran Access to Multiple Forms of Health Care Coverage: Veterans' Issues in Focus
RAND Corporation
Four Years of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan: A Stocktaking
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Expectations meet Reality in Alaska
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Whatever became of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam?
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Trump’s Geopolitical Gambit in the South Caucasus
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
How a Breakthrough in Physics Can Revolutionise Climate Models
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Three Threats and the Recalibration of India’s Grand Strategy
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Hazard, Kentucky's civic renaissance is changing the narrative about Appalachia
Brookings
Collateral Effects of the Tariff War on ASEAN Food Security
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Monday, 18 August 2025
Was Trump’s summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russia’s war in Ukraine?
Atlantic Council
Smart Decision or Big Shakedown?
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
USMCA Review 2026
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The Importance of Educational Exchange with the Dominican Republic
CSIS
(Center for Strategic and International Studies)
Taiwan’s Growing Distrust of the United States
German Marshall Fund
The Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting
German Marshall Fund
Made in the EU: Mechanisms for Burden-Shifting in European Security
German Marshall Fund
How disastrous was the Trump-Putin meeting?
Brookings
IP25081 | Critical Infrastructure Designation: A Strategic Approach to Enhancing Space Sector Cybersecurity
RSIS
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
Major Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelenskyy and European Leaders
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Will Trump’s India Tariffs Affect a Critical U.S. Partnership?
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
The only plausible path to end the war in Ukraine
Brookings
Somalia’s illicit gulper shark oil trade threatens the entire species
ISS Africa
(Institute for Security Studies)
How different states are approaching AI
Brookings
Health as resilience capacity in New Orleans: The critical role of community-based collaborations
Brookings
The way forward for Ukraine after the Putin summit
Brookings
Diplomacy Without Consequences
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Designing a monitoring and evaluation framework for UKSA space science programmes
RAND Corporation
Exploring the Offense-Defense Balance of Biology: Identifying and Describing High-Level Asymmetries
RAND Corporation
Lessons From Latvia's Efforts to Keep Essential Services Running During a Crisis
RAND Corporation
The Case for Redeploying Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons to South Korea
Heritage Foundation
A Second Chance for a Consensual Process in Syria?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Chinese Energy Security: Africa’s Opportunity for a New Development Boost
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Global changes and effectiveness of innovation policy in Brazil
PCNS
(Policy Center for the New South)
Jihadi Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Growing Threat in the Digital Age
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
The False Promise of Defence as Prosperity
RUSI
Trump and the future of transatlantic relations
DIIS
(Danish Institute for International Studies)
The Washington Summit Reshapes the Regional Order in the South Caucasus
AIR Center
Despite threats and challenges, the Washington Agreements may bring lasting Peace to the South Caucasus
AIR Center
Strategic Implications of Russia–Ukraine Talks in Istanbul for Eurasia’s Diplomatic Rebalancing
AIR Center
Geopolitical realignment in the South Caucasus after the Washington summit
AIR Center
Cognitive Warfare: Key Aspects
IDSA
(Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses)
Incentivizing US airport privatization
Brookings
The New Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
CFR
(Council on Foreign Relations)
How is innovation competition exacerbating global overcapacity?
Bruegel
A Global Vision of Free and Open Spaces: Creating Connectivity in the Modern World
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
To bridge the chasm
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
India’s trade dilemma with the US and China
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Schadenfreude in China Amid US-India Tariff Spat
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Drone Statecraft: Turkey’s Expanding Security Footprint in Africa
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
Parametric Insurance: Bridging the Loss and Damage Fund Gap
ORF
(Observer Research Foundation)
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111.6
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102.3
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