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The Day After: Navigating a Post-Pandemic World – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Navigating the post-pandemic international landscape will pose an enormous challenge for decisionmakers in boardrooms and situation rooms alike. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has convened its…… Read more “The Day After: Navigating a Post-Pandemic World – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”
Has China Peaked Already? – NOEMA
In November 2006, the Chinese public was held rapt by a 12-part documentary series titled “The Rise of the Great Powers.” Curated by a team of respected…… Read more “Has China Peaked Already? – NOEMA”
An ‘alliance of democracies’ sounds good. It won’t solve the world’s problems. – The Washington Post
In theory, an alliance of democracies can expand freedom around the world and cooperate on solutions to some of the most challenging global and regional problems. Cobbling…… Read more “An ‘alliance of democracies’ sounds good. It won’t solve the world’s problems. – The Washington Post”
Yuval Harari, Elif Shafak, Dambisa Moyo, Eric Schmidt & Others: How COVID Will Change Us – NOEMA
How will COVID-19 change the world? We asked: Yuval Noah Harari, Elif Shafak, Eric Schmidt, Lorraine Daston, Safiya Noble, John Gray, Davide Casaleggio, Onora O’Neill, Jared Diamond,…… Read more “Yuval Harari, Elif Shafak, Dambisa Moyo, Eric Schmidt & Others: How COVID Will Change Us – NOEMA”
How global value chains will evolve in the post-COVID-19 economy | East Asia Forum
COVID-19 will likely accelerate the move toward ‘peer value chains’ among countries with similar institutional arrangements. In addition to traditional production factors, the quality of domestic institutions…… Read more “How global value chains will evolve in the post-COVID-19 economy | East Asia Forum”
The Renewed Dependency on Mercenary Fighters – DER SPIEGEL
Increasingly, governments that are involved in military conflicts are turning not to their own countrymen, but are instead relying on foreigners who they pay as mercenaries. Countries…… Read more “The Renewed Dependency on Mercenary Fighters – DER SPIEGEL”
New survey of European public opinion signals trouble for transatlantic alliance – Responsible Statecraft
Amid the ongoing global crisis caused by COVID-19, a new report from the European Council on Foreign Relations has troubling implications for the much-vaunted transatlantic alliance. The…… Read more “New survey of European public opinion signals trouble for transatlantic alliance – Responsible Statecraft”
Wilson Center Digital Archive
The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy.…… Read more “Wilson Center Digital Archive”
Coronavirus in the Caucasus and Central Asia – Steady State: Russian Foreign Policy After Coronavirus – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The vast region that stretches from Europe’s east to China’s west is no exception in that it will not escape the consequences—societal, economic, and political—of the coronavirus…… Read more “Coronavirus in the Caucasus and Central Asia – Steady State: Russian Foreign Policy After Coronavirus – Carnegie Moscow Center – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”