Global Governance & Politics

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Order from Chaos

Implications for Taiwan of the divergence in narratives on China’s future

Ryan Hass

Monday, August 8, 2022

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Up Front

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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Africa in Focus

How do Global South politics of non-alignment and solidarity explain South Africa’s position on Ukraine?

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Ibrahima Soumare, 47, a supporter of Senegal's main opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi holds signs glued on pot lids during a protest over the disqualification of their national list for the July 31 legislative election in Dakar, Senegal, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Op-Ed

Senegal’s democratic backsliding is a threat to African democracy

Danielle Resnick

Friday, July 29, 2022

Reports

Cargo operations in the trading port in front of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Global Trade

Six ways to improve global supply chains

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Sustainable Development Goals

Local leadership driving progress on the Sustainable Development Goals

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Friday, June 24, 2022

Surveillance cameras are seen at the headquarters of China's Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 22 May 2019.China's Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd takes cybersecurity seriously and abides by applicable laws and rules wherever it operates, the China Daily newspaper quoted the company on Thursday as saying. No Use China. No Use France.

Technology & Innovation

Geopolitical implications of AI and digital surveillance adoption

Dahlia Peterson and Samantha Hoffman

June 2022

BRUSSELS,BELGIUM-04212021 : Screen and desk during a press conference following the meeting about the promotion of artificial intelligence at the European Commission.

Report

The European Union AI Act: Next steps and issues for building international cooperation in AI

Joshua P. Meltzer and Aaron Tielemans

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Close-up of calculator on Indian rupee banknotes on table.

Report

A bad deal for development: Assessing the impacts of the new inclusive framework tax deal on low- and middle-income countries

Julie McCarthy

Monday, May 16, 2022

Blog Posts

Africa in Focus

Bureaucratic commitment to local government service: Lessons from Zambia

Danielle Resnick and Gilbert Siame

Friday, July 29, 2022

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Future Development

Summer readings on cash transfers and social protection

Ugo Gentilini

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

A boy waits before attending a rally where former U.S. President Donald Trump is to speak, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

FixGov

Observations from Trumpland

Darrell M. West

Monday, June 27, 2022

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The state of international cooperation and multilateralism: A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, representative of the United States to the United Nations

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Experts

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Multimedia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, looks at a map with Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022. On a visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat said Ukrainians should prepare for difficult days. He said Washington would keep providing defence assistance to Ukraine and renewed a promise of severe sanctions against Russia in the event of a new invasion.

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Ukraine in the age of unpeace

Mark Leonard, Fiona Hill, and Jason Cowley

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Friday, July 15, 2022

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Challenges in the post-COVID global economic recovery

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Friday, March 4, 2022

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Fred Dews

Thursday, December 30, 2021

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