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Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies

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Newsweek
John Austin

Nonresident Fellow John Austin and Elaine Dezenski unpack how domestic investments can be creative tools to strengthen democracy.

President Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law.
Reuters
Global Cities

How to Prevent a Meltdown of the Global Food System

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Foreign Policy
Ertharin Cousin

"Now is not the time to put the challenges of global food insecurity on the back burner," Ertharin Cousin cowrites.

Black person's hands planting a green seedling in soil.
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Food and Agriculture

Pan-African Attitudes on Gerontocracy

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Running Numbers by Emma Geiser

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London
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Public Opinion

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia against Ukraine

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VOA
Sibel Oktay

Macron’s statements show Europe’s concern that US attention will waver too much from Ukraine to Taiwan, argues Sibel Oktay.

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Pentagon Document Leaks Foreshadow a Long War in Ukraine

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The leaked documents underscore how the war in Ukraine is truly a multilateral war, and the West a co-belligerent," Paul Poast writes.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley hold a news conference
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Defense and Security

Macron Goes Off Script

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Jamil Anderlini, Ryan Heath, and Elise Labott join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

French President Macron on state visit to China
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Global Politics

South Korea Reacts to US Document Leaks

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NPR All Things Considered
Karl Friedhoff

President Yoon Suk-yeol is under fire for his administration’s US relationship following the Pentagon leak, Karl Friedhoff says.

Tables with South Korea delegation on the left and US delegations on the right, flags in the center in front of a blue background.
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Global Politics

Wanted: Vladimir Putin for Crimes Against Children

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The recent ICC arrest warrant for Putin has sparked global attention, but what about the children abducted during conflict?

Children's shoes and people with Ukrainian flags
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Human Rights

Ecuador's Crime Wave and its Albanian Connection

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Americas Quarterly
Robert Muggah

Criminal groups from the Balkans are helping reverse the drop in Ecuador's homicide rate and turn the country into a hub for illegal exports.

Police search for illegal drugs.
Reuters
Global Politics

Xi Is Fixated on Ending China's Century of Humiliation

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POLITICO
Ivo H. Daalder

Europe’s aim should be “to affirm Washington’s commitment to de-risking—not to decouple the Chinese economy from their own,” writes Ivo Daalder.

Xi and Macron walk next to steps with trumpeting guards in red.
Reuters
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