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New Resilience Consortium to Forge Strategies for Recovery and Growth in Face of Multiple Crises
COVID-19, climate change and, most recently, the war in Ukraine and the ensuing refugee crisis, are the latest reminders of the unprecedented capacity of...
African Development Bank Seeks U.S. Support to Alleviate Africa’s Food Crisis
With Russia's "special military operation" still continuing in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine and its impact especially on Africa's economy, the President of...
Iran Gives Russia Two and a Half Cheers
Iran’s rulers enthusiastically seek to destroy the liberal world order and therefore support Russia’s aggression. But they can’t manage full-throated support.
For Iran, the invasion...
Possible Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on Global Food Trade
The large-scale war that erupted between Russia and Ukraine, the two major grain-producing countries, undoubtedly will impact the global food market. However, it would...
Sri Lankan economic crisis and the China factor
After the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is the sole member of the United National Party (UNP), was sworn in as Sri...
Health Silk Route: China and the Middle East
While China’s economic interests in the Middle East are well-known, China’s intrinsic involvement in the Middle East for increased political and cultural influence is...
Significance of Sergey Lavrov’s Trip to North Africa and the Middle East
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, with a handbag full of unique message on Russia-Ukraine crisis and its geopolitical implications, has made a snapshot trip...
Putting systems thinking at the heart of a global green and just transition
In 1972, the seminal report to The Club of Rome – The Limits to Growth - was the first study to explore the possible impacts of the growing...
Why (and How) Indonesia must Reduce its Economic Dependence on China
Indonesia and China relationship is perhaps one of the most important diplomatic relations in the Indo-Pacific. As the world’s most and fourth-most populated countries...
Legitimacy of Values during Climate Change
Post-industrial and neo-technological societies have rigorously separated the stories of cultural values and those of the earth’s nature and climate. Human civilizations have been...