Eleonora Lucia Cammarano examines the geopolitical and energy implications of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso's withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The piece highlights how these countries' alignment with Russia, including exclusive uranium mining agreements, could jeopardize Europe's nuclear energy supply and destabilize regional security.
Read MoreCara Fallon's article discusses the detrimental effects of recent U.S. cuts to global health funding, particularly impacting maternal and child health programs in Africa. She highlights successful initiatives, like Niger's reduction in maternal mortality, and argues that such funding is crucial for both humanitarian and national security objectives.
Read MoreThis piece explains how one nation’s clash with a social media giant reveals the complex balance between digital rights and democratic governance. The author concludes that democratic nations must develop coordinated international frameworks protecting national sovereignty and digital rights, with host countries like the United States taking the lead responsibility.
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Soumya Chaturvedi argues that the signing of the IMEC MoU at the G20 Summit aims to foster connectivity between India, the Middle East, and Europe, while strategically diversifying economic relations away from China's BRI influence.
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Alex Cherry argues that developing countries seeking to limit growth in their GHG emissions while meeting their populations’ protein needs must invest heavily in changing consumer attitudes and revive the social value of neglected plant-based sources over animal protein.
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Cultivating leaders who value fundamental human rights and dignity should be the teaching and practicing model at the Jackson School of Global Affairs and beyond, argues Rayhan Assat.
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How can the U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption deliver? The case of Albania suggests that instead of simply designating certain politicians as corrupt, the United States should collaborate with local activists to foster openness, newness, and competitiveness inside the body politic, writes Dosti Banushi.
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To enable the full inclusion of poor and marginalized populations—including, and especially, smallholder farmers and indigenous communities—in the process of and benefit from food systems transformation, institutional innovations in social, business, and policy systems must accompany investments in technology-based innovations, Kyriacos Koupparis advocates.
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How can governments and funders combat the global education crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? Piper O’Keefe argues that the key is to invest more resources in teachers—not simply ask more of them.
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A citizen wealth fund could be the right antidote to Mexico's impoverishing populism, argues Martin Rodriguez Rodriguez.
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Exacerbating the gender divide proved a successful strategy for the South Korean conservatives, argues Sunghea Khil.
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To what extent should foreign and internal policies be aligned? Daniela Philipson Garcia and Ana Velasco analyze Mexico’s feminist foreign policy.
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Congress can bring the policy into the twenty-first century by removing the president’s sole control of nuclear weapons and eliminating U.S. land-based nuclear forces, argues Alexandra Chandler.
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Adityamohan Tantravahi argues the U.S. decision to engage the Taliban jeopardizes U.S. security interests. Instead, the United States should support a multi-ethnic coalition to negotiate with the Taliban itself.
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As the drumbeat for climate intervention grows louder, the world needs to decide how to govern it, argues Nicolás Esguerra.
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By Ehi Agbashi, Nivana Tesfayohannes, Temiloluwa Adeyemi, and Osasenaga Aghayere
Why was #EndSARS a powerful moment in Nigerian history? And what comes next?
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By Joseph Gayeski
How his history of Franco-Russian relations begs questions that he himself struggled to answer.
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By Andrew Rennemo
Regulatory diplomacy that replaces political provocation with cooperation on technical issues, such as securities fraud, antitrust, and illicit trade, could be a first step toward restoring a measure of stability in the U.S.-China relationship.
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By Jacob Shiman
Current U.S. regulations aiming to counter money laundering and terror financing likely impact financing for the poor more than criminals. Cost-benefit analyses would make this clear and provide a path forward.
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By Maria Santarelli
The United States should mitigate the suffering of Venezuelans within its own borders by granting Temporary Protected Status.
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