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Oct 6, 2025

Chinese demand for timber and wildlife in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

By Ebagnerin Jérôme Tondoh, Roland Balgah, Caroline Costello, Moses Fayiah, Jean-Luc Kouassi, and Christine A. I. Nougbodé Ouinsavi

West Africa’s forests are vital for climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation, and economic growth.

China Climate Change & Climate Action

Issue Brief

Oct 6, 2025

Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

By Ebimboere Seiyafa, Awa Niang Fall, Ellis Adjei Adams, Kadidia Kane, Isa Elegbebe Olalekan, Kodjo N’Souvi, and Salamatu Joana Tannor

Chinese companies have rapidly expanded into West Africa’s fishing sector, often operating illegally in prohibited coastal waters.

China Climate Change & Climate Action

Issue Brief

Oct 6, 2025

Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

By Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Richard Asante, Joseph Asunka, Joshua Eisenman, Fancies Egu Lansana, Sanusha Naidu, Igwe Ogbonnaya, Youmanli Ouoba, and Boukary Sangare

Chinese entities are expanding legal and illegal mining for minerals in West Africa.

Africa China

Issue Brief

Oct 3, 2025

Dissolving the fence: Improving utility privatization for defense installations’ resiliency

By Benjamin Byboth, Ariel Coreth, Travis Nels

US bases depend on increasingly vulnerable electricity systems. Utility privatization offers a key tool to ensure military installations' energy resilience.

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

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Oct 3, 2025

Enhancing NATO’s operational readiness through energy interoperability

By Jason Knapp, Christopher Olson, Chamai Shahim

NATO forces are facing significant energy-related constraints that put interoperability at risk. The recent Hague Declaration committing 1.5 percent of GDP for infrastructure offers a way to address this.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

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Sep 30, 2025

As Europe’s neutral states shift closer to NATO, Ireland approaches a turning point for its security

By Maeve Drury and Jason C. Moyer

Ireland spends the least of any EU country on defense. Taoiseach Micheál Martin wants to change that. In a country with a policy of military neutrality deeply rooted in the country's history of violent civil conflict, what will re-armament take?

Europe & Eurasia Maritime Security
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Issue Brief

Sep 29, 2025

How to dismantle a reserve currency

By Daniel McDowell

For the economic tumult that the dollar has faced over the last eighty years, its political foundations have remained steadfast—until now. As the political order on which the dollar system rests grows creaky, dollar preeminence is also looking wobbly.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Issue Brief

Sep 29, 2025

What drives the divide in transatlantic AI strategy?

By Alisha Chhangani, Ananya Kumar

The US and EU share AI ambitions but diverge on regulation, risking a fractured Western front. Nowhere is this tension sharper than in financial services, where details matter most.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Issue Brief

Sep 29, 2025

The dollar’s role in the fight for US primacy

By Martin Mühleisen

The contours of the second Trump administration's trade and exchange rate policies are becoming clearer. Economic policies have now become inextricably linked with US foreign policy priorities, including the role of the dollar.

Economy & Business Eurozone

Issue Brief

Sep 29, 2025

Waiting for the Big Bang: Executing the European defense build-up in Germany

By Robin Fehrenbach, Jakob Flemming, and Julia Friedlander

When it comes to European defense spending, Germany can and should be the first mover. By leveraging private capital, the 5% NATO spending target can be seized as an opportunity to avert deindustrialization.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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