policy analysis
By lens · 57 takes across the edition
Council on Foreign Relations: Germany's Central Bank and the Eurozone · North America · German Bunds (Bundesanleihen)
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RAND (China Is Going to the Moon by 2030) · United States · China Lunar Program and Tiangong Station
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Center for Strategic and International Studies · United States · US Chip Export Controls
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Center for Strategic and International Studies · United States · CIPS (China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System)
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CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) · United States · Claudia Sheinbaum (Mexico)
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RAND Corporation · United States · Open vs. closed weights: the licence divide that shapes who controls frontier AI
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IEA (International Energy Agency) · Global · Resource nationalism: five producing states using export controls to capture battery-metal value
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Resources for the Future (RFF) · United States · Resource nationalism: five producing states using export controls to capture battery-metal value
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CFR Global Conflict Tracker: Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea · United States · Standoffs: the world's eight unresolved territorial and political conflicts
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U.S. Energy Information Administration · global · Petroleum refining: the 103 mb/d conversion stage where crude becomes fuel and product disruptions move markets
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SIPRI Insights: The Role of Umbrella States in the Global Nuclear Order · International · Extended Deterrence
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Congressional Research Service, China Primer: Illicit Fentanyl and China's Role (IF10890) · United States · Fentanyl precursors
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CSIS, Indonesia's Nickel Industrial Strategy · United States · HPAL (High-Pressure Acid Leaching, nickel)
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Carnegie Endowment · United States · Modi's plan to nearly double the Lok Sabha is voted down
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Middle East Institute · United States · OFAC targets an Iran LPG-smuggling and shadow-banking network across the UAE and China
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Council on Foreign Relations, Mexico's Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels · United States · Mexico's Drug Cartels
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Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker · United States · Pakistan Insurgency
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New America (Open Technology Institute) · United States · Satellite megaconstellations: the race to own low Earth orbit
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Information Technology and Innovation Foundation · United States · Toronto / Waterloo Corridor, Canada
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Congressional Research Service · United States · Sanctions and export controls: the US-led regimes targeting Russia, Iran, China, Venezuela, and North Korea
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Real Instituto Elcano, Venezuela's oil: evolution, scenarios and international repercussions · Spain · Venezuela Oil
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Congressional Research Service, Venezuela Oil Sector: Context for Recent Developments · United States · Venezuela Oil
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CSIS · United States · US tanker seizures and post-Maduro licences reshape Venezuela's oil exports
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