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UkraineAlert
By Nicholas Bell, Lukas Straumann
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared his intention to bring the Winter Olympics to the country, but environmentalists fear the initiative will cause irreparable damage to some of the most valuable mountain ecosystems in Europe.
IranSource
By Andrew L. Peek
The Joe Biden administration can negotiate and sanction at the same time, and it should take advantage of the flexibility of US sanctions policy to drive down Iran’s oil exports, which have crept up over the past year.
By Paul Niland
Since it was launched in October 2019, Lifeline Ukraine has evolved from its original focus on support for Ukrainian combat veterans into a fully-fledged national suicide prevention hotline.
New Atlanticist
By Hung Tran
Endless discussion is slowly replacing swift action. Here's where last weekend's Rome summit came up short.
EnergySource
By Andrea Clabough
Released to great fanfare, Saudi Arabia's new green pledges represent an attempt to build a clean future on the bedrock of fossil fuels. The viability of that approach is far from certain.
By Atlantic Council experts
Atlantic Council experts deliver insightful analysis on the COP26 developments that will matter most in the fight against climate change.
SouthAsiaSource
By Megan Goyette and Emily Carll
Governments must re-examine their climate finance policies to ensure that funds are directed to and advised by those who know the on-the-ground truth, rather than others who will be drawn to invest in climate buzzwords such as renewables and technological saviors.
By Cameron Hudson
In a context where Washington’s voice is diluted amid competing powers vying for influence in Africa, Sudan has emerged as the ultimate battleground.
EconoGraphics
By GeoEconomics team
Asset purchases by the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and the Bank of Japan, are driving most of the more than $17 trillion increase in the “G20 balance sheet”.
By Mrugank Bhusari, Niels Graham
This year's Summit priorities of people, planet, and prosperity seem to have forgotten another P -- pandemic -- that most of the world is still dealing with.
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