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Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa on June 12, 2009
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Beneath the Waves: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Africa’s Undersea Digital Infrastructure

Undersea cables, commonly known as submarine cables, play a crucial role in Africa’s digital infrastructure. But recent incidents demonstrated the vulnerability and fragility of Africa’s internet infrastructure and underscored the need for a robust and resilient agenda for this foundational digital infrastructure

his picture taken on October 24, 2019 shows a view of a floating fish farm by the city of Rosetta on the Rosetta branch of the Nile river delta in Egypt's northern Beheira Governorate, some 55 kilometres northeast of Alexandria
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Engaging Egypt’s Landscape Architects to Combat Climate Change
  • Amir Gohar
Photo of a sheet of U.S. $100 bills being printed.
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Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Brings High Stakes and Serious Risks
Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa on June 12, 2009
his picture taken on October 24, 2019 shows a view of a floating fish farm by the city of Rosetta on the Rosetta branch of the Nile river delta in Egypt's northern Beheira Governorate, some 55 kilometres northeast of Alexandria
Photo of a sheet of U.S. $100 bills being printed.
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Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa on June 12, 2009
paper
Beneath the Waves: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Africa’s Undersea Digital Infrastructure

Undersea cables, commonly known as submarine cables, play a crucial role in Africa’s digital infrastructure. But recent incidents demonstrated the vulnerability and fragility of Africa’s internet infrastructure and underscored the need for a robust and resilient agenda for this foundational digital infrastructure

his picture taken on October 24, 2019 shows a view of a floating fish farm by the city of Rosetta on the Rosetta branch of the Nile river delta in Egypt's northern Beheira Governorate, some 55 kilometres northeast of Alexandria
article
Engaging Egypt’s Landscape Architects to Combat Climate Change

There are climate risks across the national, regional, and local levels. Egypt is facing a particular struggle without integrated engagement from landscape architects.

  • Amir Gohar
Photo of a sheet of U.S. $100 bills being printed.
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Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Brings High Stakes and Serious Risks

Experience shows that these funds can breed corruption and promote malfeasance.

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Officials attend a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024
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BRICS Expansion and the Future of World Order: Perspectives from Member States, Partners, and Aspirants

The potential of BRICS members and partner countries to fulfill their individual aspirations via BRICS hinges on what vision of the future of world order ultimately wins out within BRICS.

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Rethinking a Political Approach to Nuclear Abolition
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Rethinking a Political Approach to Nuclear Abolition
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International Approaches to Research on the Information Environment
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How the Federal Financing Bank Could Strengthen Clean Energy Supply Chains
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