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Patrick Fine

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

China's first domestically-built polar research vessel and icebreaker "Xuelong 2" prepares to take water at Jiangnan Shipyard in Chongming's Changxing Island in Shanghai, China, 10 September 2018.China's first wholly domestically conceived and built icebreaker Xuelong 2 took to the sea on Monday (10 September 2018) at Jiangnan Shipyard in Chongming's Changxing Island. Construction of the vessel began in December 20, 2016. Xuelong 2 will be put into service in the first half of 2019. It will team up with another icebreaker Xuelong on polar expeditions next year. The vessel is 122.5 meters in length and 22.3 meters wide, with a draught of 7.85 meters and displacement of 13,990 tons. It can reach 15 knots and it has a range of 20,000 nautical miles. Xuelong 2 can break 1.5-meter ice with a thick covering of snow at speeds of 2 to 3 knots. Its combines the requirements of a new-generation research vessel with environmental protection having an azimuthing electric propulsion system. Researchers can make observations of environmental elements like the ocean water, sea ice and polar air from the vessel and take samples from the marine environment in connection with climate change.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

The Polar Silk Road will be cleared with Chinese icebreakers

Jeremy Greenwood

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Digital

Essay

USMCA Forward: Building a more competitive, inclusive, and sustainable North American economy – Digital

Patrick Leblond

Monday, February 28, 2022

Robert Greenstein

Visiting Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project

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Anthony F. Pipa

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

Cameron F. Kerry

Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation

Johannes F. Linn

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

David F. Damore

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Kristin F. Butcher

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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TechStream

The conspiracy and disinformation challenge on e-commerce platforms

Thursday, June 10, 2021

A woman goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system in the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 13, 2013. The UID database, known as Aadhaar, will help directly transfer budget-busting subsidies to the poor, plugging in leakages in welfare spending. Picture taken February 13, 2013. To match INDIA-BUDGET/ REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

TechStream

Lessons from India’s attempt to marry biometric and voter ID databases

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

The parent of 8-year-old student Reem Al-Jaony helps her son with his school work at their home, after coronavirus lockdown forced schools to go online amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Education Plus Development

Adapting approaches to deliver quality education in response to COVID-19

Patrick Hannahan

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Flower tributes are pictured outside Al-Noor mosque after it was reopened in Christchurch, New Zealand March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Order from Chaos

Reflections on the Christchurch commission report

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Members of the house depart after the first session of the 117th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS

FixGov

Why members of Congress choose not to run for re-election

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, May 12, 2022