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Have Low-Income Pakistanis Benefitted from the Belt and Road Initiative?
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), launched in 2013 by Beijing and Islamabad, is an umbrella term for the Belt and Road Initiative’s Sino-Pakistani projects. The projects’ $62 billion budget mostly …
Normative Power or Geopolitical Player? How the Accession of Western Balkan Countries Will Change the EU
At the 2003 summit of Thessaloniki, the six Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia (then called the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia), Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo …
Biden’s Middle East Policy: A Return to Normal?
Although President Donald Trump has yet to concede the election, President-elect Joe Biden has launched a transition team and website, prompting analysis and speculation about his upcoming administration’s policy priorities. …
In Morales’ Shadow: The Return of the Bolivian Left
After almost a year of political ambiguity and public demonstrations, Bolivia has a new president. Luis Arce swept to victory with a nearly 20 percentage point lead over his nearest …
What Joe Biden’s Victory Means for Europe
“We will be back.” Those were the words now President-elect Joe Biden used at the 2019 Munich Security Conference to reassure an audience of European leaders frustrated with President Donald …
Saad Hariri’s Uphill Battle
The return of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to power is the latest major development in Lebanese politics. Forced from office a year ago by anti-government protesters demanding institutional …
Myanmar’s Second Election Since the End of Military Rule: Democratic Standstill or a New Turning Point?
Official results by the Union Election Commission (UEC) confirmed Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), as the winner of the Myanmar general election held …
Libya’s Ceasefire: The Opening Move of a Complex Chess Game
On October 23, the UN body supervising the peaceful resolution of Libya’s Civil War, UNSMIL, announced that the warring factions, the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the rebel-led …
Biden and Harris: The Path Ahead
A Biden-Harris win has reassured American citizens and the wider world that democratic institutions in the world’s most powerful nation will survive. While it may have been reassuring for many, …
Low-Skilled Production: Can India Learn From Bangladesh?
This year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its biennial World Economic Outlook. There could hardly have been a better time to re-examine the global economic conjuncture and adjust earlier …