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Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a press conference at the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Summit on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, on October 13, 2023
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The Joint Expeditionary Force: Deterrent, Defender, or Distraction?

Since Baltic and Nordic member countries remain invested in the force, they should ensure that it has realistic tasks, is resourced to perform them, and contributes to NATO activities in the region.

  • Ian Bond
Algeria city street with flags
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Climate Governance in Algeria: Analyzing Institutional Capacities, Challenges, and Strategic Pathways

The country will need timely, concerted, and inclusive governance plans to meet the challenges posed by climate change.

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the South Korean President on December 05, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.
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Yoon’s Failed Political Coup and South Korea’s Mounting Crisis

Yoon’s martial law decree lasted only three hours, but the ramifications for his political future and the country’s political divide will go on much longer.

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Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a press conference at the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Summit on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, on October 13, 2023
article
The Joint Expeditionary Force: Deterrent, Defender, or Distraction?

Since Baltic and Nordic member countries remain invested in the force, they should ensure that it has realistic tasks, is resourced to perform them, and contributes to NATO activities in the region.

  • Ian Bond
· December 6, 2024
Protesters take part in a demonstration against the South Korean President on December 05, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.
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Yoon’s Failed Political Coup and South Korea’s Mounting Crisis

Yoon’s martial law decree lasted only three hours, but the ramifications for his political future and the country’s political divide will go on much longer.

· December 5, 2024
Algeria city street with flags
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Climate Governance in Algeria: Analyzing Institutional Capacities, Challenges, and Strategic Pathways

The country will need timely, concerted, and inclusive governance plans to meet the challenges posed by climate change.

· December 5, 2024
Russia in the Middle East and North Africa: Arms, Power Projection, and Nuclear Diplomacy
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Russia in the Middle East and North Africa—Disrupting Washington’s Influence and Redefining Moscow’s Global Role

The agency of MENA states and nonstate actors and their multilayered interactions with the United States, China, Russia, and the EU have helped shape the complex outcomes of the great power competition.

· December 2, 2024
This general view shows a haze of pollution over Lyon, south-eastern France on October 15, 2021
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The Case for a New International Climate Policy: Where the U.S. Should Go Next on Climate

Trump likely will again withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and possibly from the UN climate change framework governing it. U.S. influence on climate affairs may diminish, but the upheaval could give way to other approaches.

  • Sagatom Saha
  • Lilly Lee
· November 27, 2024
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The EU’s Triple-Nexus Challenge: Climate, Conflict, Democracy

The EU’s fragmented approaches to the crises of climate change, conflict, and democracy fall short by not addressing the mutually reinforcing links between them. Brussels needs an integrated strategy to tackle the emerging three-way nexus and mitigate the vulnerabilities it creates.

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· November 27, 2024
Photograph of a pro-choice protester holding a sign reading "keep abortion legal" as anti-abortion campaigners in the background participate in the "March for Life" outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Why Gender Is Central to the Antidemocratic Playbook: Unpacking the Linkages in the United States and Beyond

Restrictive gender norms and authoritarianism often strengthen one another.

· November 25, 2024
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024
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The United States and the “Axis” of Its Enemies: Myths vs. Reality

Since launching its all-out assault on Ukraine, Russia has drawn closer to China, Iran, and North Korea. But have they really formed an “axis?” Their interests have aligned but not merged. It makes little sense and can be even counterproductive to treat these four countries, each guided by its own vision, as a unified coalition.

· November 25, 2024
enegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall delivers a speech at the ministerial conference of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on September 3, 2024 in Beijing, China.
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What FOCAC 2024 Reveals About the Future of China-Africa Relations

China’s domestic situation and its engagement with Africa indicate a drastic shift in China’s checkbook diplomacy approach.

· November 21, 2024
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India’s Advance on AI Regulation

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of AI regulation in India by examining perspectives across government, industry, and civil society stakeholders. It evaluates the current regulatory state and proposes a policy roadmap forward. Does India need new AI regulations? What should they look like? Who is driving this debate in India and what are their views?

· November 21, 2024