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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (15-21 May)

Economic

War rooms and bailouts: How US is preparing for a default

Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising house-on-fire alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the biggest banks and financial regulators are....

May 31, 2023 QUAD , Taiwan , Aramco , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Macron , IPEF , Sahel , US Default , Internet Cable projects , Grain deal

The Promise and Peril of Africa in 2023

Samir Bhattacharya Article

As the year 2022 ended, here is a brief recap of what happened in Africa over the past year. Most African countries were still battling to recover from the pandemic when the year began. However, a series of disruptions, such as supply shortages and s....

February 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , democracy , Climate Change , Africa , election , COVID-19 , AfCFTA , Military Coup , Scramble for Africa , Islamist terrorism , Horn of Africa , COP27 , Sahel

China’s Great Game in the Sahel

Samir Bhattacharya Article

On November 29–30, 2021, the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), under the theme "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era," took place i....

October 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Energy Security , International Relations and Diplomacy , France , Great Game , Cold War , Islamist , Lithium , Mali , African Union , Coups , Wagner , AU , Niger , Sahel , green transition , G5 , Barkhane , FOCAC , Uranium