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Promoting the Development of the Semiconductor Ecosystem in Mexico
1. Strategic Context and Mexico’s Position The OECD report situates semiconductors as the backbone of modern digital and electronic technologies, highlighting increasing global concern over value chain concentration and vulnerability…
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Iran’s Conflict With Israel and the United States
En: Think TanksCenter for Preventive Action – Updated March 2, 2026 1. Escalation to Direct War in 2026 On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale offensive against…
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Top Conflicts to Watch in 2026
En: Think TanksPreventive Priorities Survey – Center for Preventive Action (December 2025) A More Violent and Disorderly World The 2026 edition of Conflicts to Watch reflects heightened concern among U.S. foreign policy…
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AI Usage Data and the Future of Work
From predictions to practice: What AI usage data reveals about the future of work The recent World Bank blog post analyzing AI usage data from Anthropic marks a shift from…
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China is playing the long game over Iran
En: Think TanksBeijing’s Long Game in the US–Iran Standoff The article China is playing the long game over Iran analyzes what appears to be diplomatic restraint but is, in fact, a calculated…
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Endangerment Finding Repeal
En: Think TanksTrump is dismantling climate rules. Industry is worried. The Endangerment Finding repeal announced by the Trump administration marks one of the most consequential rollbacks of federal climate authority in U.S.…
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Global Value Chains in 2025
Resilience, Re-Globalization and Emerging Policy Tensions The latest WTO data blog on Global Value Chains (GVCs), based on the Global Value Chain Development Report 2025, challenges narratives of deglobalization. Despite…
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From AI to Human Capital: Last Week’s Conversations
World Bank Group | February 20, 2026 The intersection between Human Capital and AI was at the center of two high-level conversations hosted by the World Bank Group on February…
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Building Pro-Worker Artificial Intelligence
En: Think TanksNBER Working Paper Series The concept of pro-worker AI challenges the assumption that artificial intelligence inevitably displaces labor. In Building Pro-Worker Artificial Intelligence, the authors argue that technological outcomes are…
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Europe’s Next Hegemon
En: Think TanksThe Perils of German Power Liana Fix | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 German power Europe has become a central question in debates about the continent’s future. In this article, Liana…
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Europe’s Next War
En: Think TanksThe Rising Risk of NATO-Russia Conflict Samuel Charap & Hiski Haukkala | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The risk of NATO Russia conflict has intensified as the war in Ukraine reshapes…
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China Article IV Consultation 2025
IMF Assessment of Macroeconomic Stability and Reform Priorities The China Article IV Consultation released by the International Monetary Fund provides a comprehensive assessment of the country’s macroeconomic outlook at a…
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Women’s Rights Are Democratic Rights
En: Think TanksThe Global Authoritarian Backlash to Gender Equality Hillary Rodham Clinton | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The claim that women’s rights are democratic rights frames gender equality as central to democratic…
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Ukraine and the New Way of War
En: Think TanksLearning the Right Lessons for the Conflicts of the Future Rebecca Lissner & John Kawika Warden | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The Ukraine new way war reveals how contemporary conflict…
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Asia After America
En: Think TanksHow U.S. Strategy Failed—and Ceded the Advantage to China Zack Cooper | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The concept of Asia After America reflects growing concern that U.S. strategic missteps have…
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How Europe Lost
Can the Continent Escape Its Trump Trap? Matthias Matthijs & Nathalie Tocci | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 The concept of the Europe Trump trap captures the continent’s growing dependence on…
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The Predatory Hegemon
En: Think TanksHow Trump Wields American Power Stephen M. Walt | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 Predatory Hegemon and American Power In The Predatory Hegemon, Stephen M. Walt argues that Donald Trump’s approach…
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The Age of Kleptocracy
En: Think TanksGeopolitical Power, Private Gain Alexander Cooley & Daniel Nexon | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The Age of kleptocracy defines a global system in which political authority and private wealth are…
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The Globalist Delusion
En: Think TanksWhy America Must Build a New Operating System Nadia Schadlow | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The Globalist delusion describes a long-standing assumption in U.S. foreign policy that expanding economic integration…
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America and China at the Edge of Ruin
En: Think TanksA Last Chance to Step Back From the Brink David M. Lampton & Wang Jisi | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The phrase America China ruin captures the escalating tensions that…
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The Multipolar Delusion
En: Think TanksAnd the Unilateral Temptation C. Raja Mohan | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The Multipolar delusion refers to the widespread belief that today’s international system has already shifted into stable multipolarity.…
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How to Survive in a Multialigned World
En: Think TanksThe Indian Way of Strategic Diversification Tanvi Madan | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In How to Survive in a Multialigned World, Tanvi Madan examines how India navigates an era defined…
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Latin America’s Revolution of the Right
The Forces Remaking the Region in the Age of Trump Brian Winter | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 The rise of the Latin America right reflects a broader political transformation unfolding…
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The Allies After America
In Search of Plan B Philip H. Gordon & Mara Karlin | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 The concept of Allies After America captures growing concern among U.S. partners about long-term…
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The West’s Last Chance
En: Think TanksHow to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late Alexander Stubb | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In The West’s Last Chance, Alexander Stubb argues that Western democracies face…
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The Weakness of the Strongmen
En: Think TanksWhat Really Threatens Authoritarians? Foreign Affairs | January/February 2026 In The Weakness of the Strongmen, the author challenge the common belief that authoritarian leaders are politically invincible. Although strongmen often…
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The Price of American Authoritarianism
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline? Steven Levitsky | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In The Price of American Authoritarianism, Steven Levitsky examines the erosion of democratic norms in the United States…
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The Illiberal International
En: Think TanksAuthoritarian Cooperation Is Reshaping the Global Order Nic Cheeseman, Matías Bianchi & Jennifer Cyr | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In The Illiberal International, Nic Cheeseman, Matías Bianchi, and Jennifer Cyr…
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How China Wins the Future
Beijing’s Strategy to Seize the New Frontiers of Power Elizabeth Economy | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In How China Wins the Future, the author examines how Beijing is positioning itself…
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China’s Long Economic War
How Beijing Builds Leverage for Indefinite Competition Zongyuan Zoe Liu | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In China’s Long Economic War, the author argues that Beijing’s strategy toward global competition is…