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IranSource

Jan 19, 2021

Does Russia really want a US return to the Iran deal?

By Arman Mahmoudian and Giorgio Cafiero

The Kremlin has also backed European efforts to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action since the US’s unilateral withdrawal from the deal in 2018. Below the surface, however, Russia’s views may be more complicated and ambivalent.

Iran Middle East

UkraineAlert

Jan 19, 2021

Russia’s Crimean crimes demand tougher sanctions

By Maria Tomak

Ukrainian civic society activists are calling on the international community to introduce personal sanctions against officials guilty of human rights abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Civil Society Human Rights

UkraineAlert

Jan 19, 2021

Ukraine’s roadmap to an artificial intelligence future

By Vitaliy Goncharuk

Ukraine has recently adopted a National AI Development Strategy for the coming decade that aims to integrate artificial intelligence technologies into every sphere of the Ukrainian economy.

Defense Technologies Education

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2021

Chris Murphy: Healing at home shouldn’t stop the United States from its democracy work abroad

By Katherine Golden

The riot at the Capitol on January 6 brought American democracy “to its knees,” US Senator Chris Murphy observed just over a week after the shock to the nation. But that shouldn’t prevent the United States from trying to both “self-correct domestically” and “do the work of democracy promotion.”

International Norms National Security

MENASource

Jan 15, 2021

Why immunity for MBS should be off the table

By Michael Eisner and Jack Steele

American laws that allow for rogue royal princes like MBS to be held accountable for gross human rights violations, such as extrajudicial killing and torture, protect Americans and American values.

Middle East The Gulf

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2021

Germany may be about to pick its next leader. Here’s what you need to know.

By Jörn Fleck

The selection will likely mark the beginning of the end for the sober leadership style, centrist compromises, and coalition-building approach to governing country and party that so defined Merkel, Germany, and the CDU for much of her chancellorship.

Elections Germany

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2021

A way out of America’s divergent realities

By Hung Tran

Biden's policy measures, if passed by Congress, could begin to tackle some of the challenges underlying the nation’s present predicament, that America’s schisms don’t continue to deepen and its realities don’t continue to diverge to the point of no return.

Economy & Business Elections

The future is here

Jan 15, 2021

The post-COVID world this week: Mistrust in government is bad news for vaccines, new variants foreshadow new waves, and workplaces are reinvented.

By Atlantic Council

What can we expect from a post-COVID world after a pandemic that has reshaped international affairs? A world in which the world’s workplaces are reimagined

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

Fast Thinking

Jan 14, 2021

FAST THINKING: Biden’s $1.9 trillion message to Congress

By Atlantic Council

Joe Biden is unveiling a nearly two trillion dollar package aimed at beating back the pandemic and economic crisis. What’s the key thing to know?

Coronavirus Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jan 14, 2021

Putin’s war drives Ukraine towards true independence

By Peter Dickinson

Thirty years since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine is no longer part of Vladimir Putin's informal empire but the country continues to struggle with the legacy of centuries spent under Russian domination.

Conflict Democratic Transitions
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