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Emily Weinstein quoted in MIT Technology Review: The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?

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Feb 23, 2022

Emily Weinstein quoted in MIT Technology Review: The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?

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On February 23, 2022, Weinstein was quoted in MIT Technology Review’s article “The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?” “The China Initiative was going after problems in academia that academia hadn’t even realized were issues yet,” says Weinstein. “There needs to be some type of olive branch,” she added. “Just fixing the […]

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Feb 23, 2022

US-China vaccine diplomacy: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

By María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Bosco Marti, Riyad Insanally and Claudia Trevisan

The implications of diverging COVID-19 responses, notably at the onset of the pandemic’s rise in the region, will reverberate beyond the health sector. What might the differing US and China pandemic approaches portend for future influence in the region? 

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Feb 23, 2022

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Feb 23, 2022

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Feb 23, 2022

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Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander quoted in ABC News on sanctions escalation

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Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole interviewed by Bloomberg News on Russia sanctions

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Feb 22, 2022

Alienating the West is not in Pakistan’s interests

By Syed Abdul Ahad Waseem

Islamabad's foreign policy should focus on maximizing its power–both hard and soft–and that means maintaining good ties with Western countries. It is possible to achieve this without risking relations with the East.

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Feb 22, 2022

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Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander interviewed in Formiche on sanctions against Russia

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