Global Economics

> The pandemic adds momentum to the deglobalization trend

> COVID-19 Could Bring Down the Trading System

> The revived centrality of the G20

> As coronavirus shocks the energy sector and economy, is now the time for a new energy order?

North Korea: sucession ahead?

> With Kim Jong Un Mysteriously Gone, China Is Likely to Make a Power Move

> Kim Jong-un Dead or Alive, Trump Should Keep "Maximum Pressure" in Place

> History Tells Us How North Korea Would Handle the Death of Kim Jong-un

EU-China

> Compatible Interests? The EU and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

> Le Covid-19 dans la relation Europe-Chine

> Europe Can Afford to Fight With China

Lebanon: Crisis & Protests

> At a Breaking Point

> Coronavirus in Precarious Lebanon

> Lebanon’s Imminent Financial Crisis

Arch of Crisis

> Peace in Ukraine: A Promise yet to Be Kept

> Peace in Ukraine I: A European War

Terrorism

> The insurgency in Cabo Delgado

> ¿Prevenir la radicalización combatiendo el terrorismo?

USA

> In Defense of the Blob: America’s Foreign Policy Establishment Is the Solution, Not the Problem

> The National Debt Dilemma

> The next COVID-19 relief bill must include massive aid to states, especially the hardest-hit areas

> The corona election: How Trump might use the pandemic to win

China

> China’s Hidden Crackdown in Tibet

> Residence permit points systems widen China’s class divide

> Unpacking China’s overseas aid program

> China’s Impact on Conflict Dynamics in the Red Sea Arena

> Making the Most of It, Part II: Xi Jinping Leverages Coronavirus ‘War Without Smoke’ to Spur Digital Transformation, Test National Defense Mobilization

Russia

> The Gerasimov Doctrine

> Putin’s Societal Distancing: Prioritizing Power in the Corona Pandemic

> Forward to the Past? New/Old Theatres of Russia’s International Projection

> Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military

European Union

> The post-coronavirus world is already here

> Where in the World Is the EU Now?

> Coronavirus Has Revealed the EU’s Fatal Flaw: The Lack of Solidarity

> Covid-19 bends the rules on internal border controls: Yet another crisis undermining the Schengen acquis?

> Shared goals: How Germany’s crisis response could strengthen Europe

Middle East

> Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Play Politics With the Coronavirus

> Importing Instability? How External Influences Nurture the War in Libya

> The Middle East between Collective Security and Collective Breakdown

> Why is it So Hard for Iraq to Form A Government?

Latin America

> How Political Science Explains Countries’ Reactions to COVID-19

> Una ventana de oportunidad para América Latina tras una década perdida

> Petrobras entre Nacionalistas y Liberales: del PT a Bolsonaro

> The Key to Bolsonaro’s Survival

Asia

> The missing piece in the debate about the future regional order

> India’s Indian Ocean Diplomacy in the COVID-19 Crisis

> West Papua: The Issue That Won't Go Away For Melanesia

> China and the West competing over infrastructure in Southeast Asia

Africa

> Defusing the Political Crisis in Guinea

> Al-Shabab’s Territory in Somalia Is a COVID-19 Powder Keg

> Is COVID-19 enabling debt-trap diplomacy?

> Chad’s Escalating Fight against Boko Haram

Transitional Justice

> Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Transitional Justice for the Victims of ISIS in Syria

> Healing the Wounds of the Past

Report

> Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI 2020)

> Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019

Books & Reviews

> Deliberative Democracy in the EU: Countering Populism with Participation and Debate [e-book]

> The Polarization Paradox

> Our China Problem

> Les autres, l’Europe et Magellan

> “City on Fire: the fight for Hong Kong” by Antony Dapiran

> How to wage war

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