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The epochal global supply chain snarl isn’t going away. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed widespread structural fragilities in the global trading system, first...
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The pandemic has aggravated an already alarming situation regarding the cost and accessibility of food worldwide, as the director general of the...
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About 24 percent of the global population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but distribution has been vastly...
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The rapid pace of Chinese growth has expanded the country’s need for natural resources, especially farmland, timber and inputs needed for emerging...
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This week, Russia’s foreign minister met with the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to discuss relations between Moscow and...
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Foreign direct investment is the trademark of the globalization of the international economy. FDI flows suffered greatly in 2020 because of pandemic-related...
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Throughout the past century, sub-Saharan Africa has more often than not either been largely ignored by outside powers or functioned uneasily as...
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The Western Mediterranean, particularly the Strait of Gibraltar, is the gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Mediterranean, which has coastline along...
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As the number of vaccinated people increases, so does optimism about the economic recovery. But despite the general positive trends, the defining...
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The geographic links between Europe and Africa go back centuries. The Mediterranean naturally ties southern Europe to the north of Africa. European...
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U.S. measures targeting Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have hit the company hard. U.S. restrictions on semiconductor sales have pushed it into crisis mode...
Special Collection – The Middle East