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The United Nations at 80: Adapting to support the world’s most vulnerable states
En: Think TanksLegacy of Support for Vulnerable Countries Since its founding, the U.N. has maintained relevance for 193 nations and remained focused on protecting the most vulnerable during conflict and humanitarian crises. …
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3 Climate Trends – Issue 72
Three main issues covered in the World Economic Forum 1. How policy, culture and mindset are key to shaping #India’s #water future India faces mounting pressure on its water systems…
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From the halls of the Munich Security Conference
En: Think TanksEnergetic Atmosphere The Munich Security Conference this year felt unusually vibrant, with intense conversations and active cooperation between Europeans and Americans. Rubio’s Speech and European Reaction However, U.S. Secretary of…
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What price for peace in Ukraine?
En: Think TanksOverview of the War Four Years Later Russia’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022, continuing with high casualties and ongoing combat across Ukraine. Peace negotiations persist, but major breakthroughs remain…
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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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Africa’s new economic transformation: More than manufacturing
Context and Challenge Africa will add roughly 15 million young workers to its labor force every year. Historically, the region failed to grow manufacturing jobs as others did. This limited…
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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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What comes after New START?
En: Think TanksBackground and Context New START expired on February 5, 2026, ending limits on U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces. President Trump aims for a new, improved, modernized arms agreement that…
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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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From service to cash to service: Back to the future or evolution?
En: Think TanksHistorical Foundations of Social Protection Systems Initially, social protection centered mainly on services and in-kind assistance, especially for people unable to work. As governments developed modern welfare states, income support…
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How the Big Beautiful Bill hurts the care economy
The Care Economy’s Importance The U.S. care economy includes paid and unpaid labor supporting children, elderly adults, and people with disabilities. It grows as the population ages. Moreover, immigrant workers…
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Harnessing the blue economy for growth and prosperity: The Cabo Verde experience
En: Think TanksVision and Opportunity Cabo Verde’s ocean is both a defining feature and vast economic opportunity. The surrounding Atlantic spans more than 200 times its land area, offering enormous potential. This…
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How Mexican cartels are using drones, now and in the future
Drone Use in Criminal Strategy Carteles first adopted drones for reconnaissance, monitoring law enforcement, rivals, and civilian movement patterns. Furthermore, this use expanded into territorial control and intimidation of local…
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Postcard from Dhaka: The women battling the scrap heap
En: Think TanksIn Dhaka, Bangladesh, thousands of women work in informal textile-waste sorting centers, known locally as jhut yards, where they sift through discarded cloth scraps brought from across the country. These…
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What is Hamas?
En: Think TanksHamas is a Palestinian Islamist political and militant organization founded in the late 1980s during the First Intifada. It grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and combines religious ideology…
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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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Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risk to undersea infrastructure
En: Think TanksCritical Undersea Infrastructure and Vulnerabilities Undersea networks carry nearly all global internet traffic and most military communications. Shallow seas make cables easy targets for anchor damage or deliberate interference. Recent…
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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…
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The End of the Israel Exception
En: Think TanksA New Paradigm for American Policy Andrew P. Miller | Foreign Affairs, January/February 2026 In The End of the Israel Exception, Andrew P. Miller argues that U.S. policy toward Israel…
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Foreign Affairs – January/February 2026
En: Think TanksVolume 105, Number 1 The January/February 2026 issue of Foreign Affairs examines a world shaped by democratic strain, authoritarian cooperation, and strategic uncertainty. Across regions, the essays explore whether the…