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Inside the Taliban's gender apartheid

Mar 14, 2024

Why the Taliban’s persecution of women meets the bar of a crime against humanity

By Azadah Raz Mohammad

Codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity is an important step toward holding the Taliban accountable.

Afghanistan Human Rights

EnergySource

Mar 14, 2024

Hydrogen challenges in a post-45V world 

By Matthew Blieske and Joseph Webster

Despite the US Treasury’s guidance on the 45V tax credit to promote "qualified clean hydrogen" production, domestic investment in the hydrogen ecosystem has yet to ramp up. 45V will be impactful, but as long as technical, commercial, and regulatory challenges remain unaddressed, the industry will not reach its full potential.

Americas Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Mar 14, 2024

Ukraine’s Security Council Secretary: The West is still in denial over Russia

By Peter Dickinson

Western leaders have yet to grasp the true scale of the threat posed by Putin's Russia and are in danger of suffering an history defeat, warns the Secretary of Ukraine's Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov.

Conflict Disinformation

Econographics

Mar 14, 2024

CBDCs will need to work across borders. Here are the models exploring how to do it

By Ananya Kumar, Alisha Chhangani

These innovative models reflect a clear realization in the both the public and private sector— as CBDCs become a part of the financial landscape, there needs to be a mechanism to interchange them across borders.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2024

‘We still need to fight for democracy.’ Latvia’s prime minister on defending against Russian aggression.

By Daniel Hojnacki

Speaking at the Atlantic Council, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa discussed Latvia’s approach to bolstering security on NATO’s eastern flank.

New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2024

Three activists offer a window into life behind bars for unjustly imprisoned women around the world

By Katherine Golden

An Atlantic Council event featured three recipients of the US State Department’s 2024 International Women of Courage Award.

Belarus Civil Society

MENASource

Mar 14, 2024

Heaven can’t wait: Are Israel’s Haredi parties about to bring Netanyahu down?

By Shalom Lipner

Bringing this clash to its latest boil is a fast-approaching April 1 deadline for the Knesset to approve new legislation that would regulate the Haredi exclusion from the IDF draft.

Israel Middle East

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2024

What to watch in Russia’s stage-managed presidential ‘election’

By Benton Coblentz

While the outcome of the upcoming Russian presidential election is not in doubt, it is worth watching for signs about what to expect next from Putin’s Russia.

Civil Society Elections

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2024

Will the US crack down on TikTok? Six questions (and expert answers) about the bill in Congress.

By Atlantic Council experts

The US House has just passed a bill to force the Chinese company ByteDance to either divest from TikTok or face a ban in the United States.

China Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2024

NATO should establish a Baltic Security Initiative at the Washington summit

By Franklin D. Kramer, Hans Binnendijk

The Baltic nations are justifiably concerned that they could be the next targets of a reconstituted Russian military.

Eastern Europe NATO