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UkraineAlert

Mar 7, 2021

Ukraine-EU border crossings in urgent need of upgrade

By Lesia Dubenko and Pavlo Kravchuk

Ukraine's EU border crossings play an important infrastructure role in the country's Euro-Atlantic integration but little has been done to upgrade border facilities since the country turned west in 2014.

Economy & Business Eurozone

In the News

Mar 6, 2021

Slavin and Kadhim quoted in DW on the impact of Ali al-Sistani on Iraq

Iraq Middle East

In the News

Mar 6, 2021

Kadhim quoted in Tablet on meeting between Pope and Grand Ayatollah in Iraq

Iraq Middle East

In the News

Mar 6, 2021

Kadhim quoted in Arkansas Democrat Gazette on the Pope’s historic visit to Iraq

Iraq Middle East

In the News

Mar 6, 2021

Mezran quoted in the Times on increasing migration rates to Italy

Human Rights Italy

In the News

Mar 6, 2021

Kadhim quoted in Financial Times on Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq

Iraq Middle East

The future is here

Mar 6, 2021

The post-COVID world this week: A new scientific consensus, the vaccine challenge in Asia, and a new role for the WTO

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 WTO plays a new role as global trade intertwines with COVID-19.

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Mar 5, 2021

Malala Yousafzai: The pandemic is endangering long-term education for millions of girls

By Larry Luxner

There were already 130 million girls out of school worldwide before the COVID-19 crisis, and an estimated twenty million more may never return to their classrooms once the pandemic is over, warned female-education activist Malala Yousafzai.

Education Pakistan

In the News

Mar 5, 2021

Kadhim quoted in WaPo on Pope’s historic visit to Iraq

Iraq Middle East

Issue Brief

Mar 5, 2021

Biden and Ukraine: A strategy for the new administration

By Anders Åslund, Daniel Fried, Melinda Haring, John E. Herbst, William B. Taylor, Alexander Vershbow

The United States has been an essential partner for Ukraine since the Kremlin's invasion in 2014. Now that Joe Biden has taken office, he has a real chance to move past the difficult detour that US-Ukraine relations took under his predecessor.

Conflict Corruption

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