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Taiwan’s Potential to Strengthen Creative Economy Sectors in the Americas
January 4, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Margarita R. Seminario Despite the challenges of the pandemic, there are significant opportunities for the creative and cultural economies of Guatemala, Haiti, and Colombia, taking into consideration lessons from Taiwan.

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Memo to Incoming USAID Leadership in the Biden Administration
November 30, 2020 | Bonnie Glick A new memo from CSIS Senior Adviser Bonnie Glick to the USAID leadership of the incoming Biden administration outlines several operational requirements for addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, great power competition, and other global challenges in its first 100 days.

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China’s Humanitarian Aid: Cooperation amidst Competition
November 17, 2020 | Jacob Kurtzer China's provision of medical humanitarian assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic warrants a closer look. Increased transparency in China’s aid is necessary for facilitating closer engagement and cooperation with traditional humanitarian actors and donors.

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Biden Can Engage Southeast Asia and Still Promote Good Governance
November 13, 2020 | Michael J. Green, Gregory B. Poling The Biden administration will face a contradiction in U.S. objectives in Southeast Asia. While the United States should expand engagement in Southeast Asia to reinforce resilience against coercion by Beijing, democratic governance in much of the region is deteriorating.

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Cloudy Forecast: Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Future
June 9, 2020 | Jacob Kurtzer, Amith Mandavilli As the Trump administration pushes for a swift military withdrawal in Afghanistan, it should reinforce the importance of humanitarian access in ongoing deliberations. Reinforcing humanitarian access is strategically beneficial and politically feasible.

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Seizing the Momentum on Afghan Peace
June 2, 2020 | J. Alexander Thier

Just as things were seeming especially bleak in Afghanistan, with horrific violence and unchecked pandemic spread, there have been two major breakthroughs that could greatly improve the potential for peace talks. Swift action is needed to seize the momentum.

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Five Ways COVID-19 Is Changing Global Migration
March 25, 2020 | Erol Yayboke COVID-19 has caused unprecedented mobility restrictions. Whether by creating longer-term economic stress, greater inequality, more vulnerability to forced migrants, and increases in irregular migration, it could also be fundamentally changing the face of global migration.

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Getting Afghanistan to Peace Will Require Persistent U.S. Engagement
March 6, 2020 | Earl Anthony Wayne Two former U.S. diplomats argue the United States needs to stay engaged to achieve peace in Afghanistan.

Commentary
China’s Growing Power for a Food Secure World
January 8, 2020

CSIS’s Amy Beaudreault analyzes China’s forward-thinking actions towards food security, which may result in China outpacing the United States as a global agricultural powerhouse.

Commentary
The PRC Turns 70
September 27, 2019 | Jude Blanchette As China prepares to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of its founding, the leadership of the Communist Party of China faces an extraordinary set of domestic and international challenges that look to overshadow the festivities.

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Is Peace Actually on the Horizon in Afghanistan?
July 26, 2019 | Earl Anthony Wayne The momentum for peace in Afghanistan is growing but getting to a peace agreement will be a complex and bumpy, subject to delays, detours and dashed hopes, argue Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne and Ambassador Rick Olson.

Commentary
‘Morrison’s Miracle Election’: The End of Uncertainty
May 28, 2019 CSIS's Patrick G. Buchan argues that the recent Scott Morrison's upset victory in Australia is less the "Trump moment" down under and more about the Australian electorate's need for stability.

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