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Geopolitical Split

Over the past few years we have witnessed a significant geopolitical shift with the emergence of regional powers. The system that emerged after WW2 is not anymore the unique model.

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@ForeignPolicy shared
On Feb 7, 2023
In the span of only one month, Japan revised large parts of its post-1945 security posture and replaced it with a new strategy that could create a more robust and forward-leaning Japan. https://t.co/NztXGYp7dc
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Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics

Japan’s Long-Awaited Return to Geopolitics

Tokyo’s abandonment of its post-1945 security stance is another fallout from Russia’s war.

@MiddleEastInst shared
On Feb 6, 2023
MEI's @heissenstat tells @voxdotcom, "This is a Turkey that can say ‘no.’ This is a Turkey that expects its interest to be taken seriously — and not to have its allies assume that it will simply get into line because they said." https://t.co/adGQyHQqvB
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How Turkey is ruining NATO’s moment of unity

How Turkey is ruining NATO’s moment of unity

President Erdoğan is blocking the quick membership addition of Sweden and Finland to the alliance.

@RichardHaass shared
On Feb 7, 2023
In “The Bill of Obligations,” I maintain the first obligation of a citizen is to be informed. This ⁦primer on climate change is a good example of how news orgs can provide the facts needed for political involvement & constructive debate in a democracy. https://t.co/WUls7REYkj
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Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.

Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.

What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.

@MiddleEastInst shared
On Feb 7, 2023
The MENA region is experiencing a digital transformation that may define the region's geopolitical environment forever. MEI's @ThisIsSoliman examines the growing disparity in tech capabilities across the MENA region & the global cyber landscape. https://t.co/2OqK1rD6UU
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The Middle East in an era of great tech competition

The Middle East in an era of great tech competition

With the acute impacts of US-Chinese global tech decoupling becoming clearer, MENA is slowly emerging as an important region to watch. Economic and geopolitical ties with the West have long ...

@AlMonitor shared
On Feb 7, 2023
New Pro Memo: Libya’s National Oil Company (@NOC_Libya) hopes to increase oil production to over 2 million barrels per day in the medium term. Here's why that is unlikely to happen. 👇 https://t.co/CEPqQNsC0X https://t.co/P56mxswumz
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Libya’s oil production unlikely to reach 2 million barrels per day ever again

Libya’s oil production unlikely to reach 2 million barrels per day ever again

Farhat Bengdara, the head of Libya’s National Oil Company (NOC) toward the end of 2022 stated a desire to increase output to over 2 million b/d over the medium term. This means …

@MiddleEastInst shared
On Feb 3, 2023
RT @JindalDiv: Excited to share that I have joined @MiddleEastInst as a Non-resident scholar for the Strategic Tech & Cyber Security program. My research will look into India's West Asia connect. Sincere thnks to Prog Dir @ThisIsSoliman for this excellent opportunity. https://t.co/gWxPsvYNdk https://t.co/B5wq78UcEH
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Divyanshu Jindal

Divyanshu Jindal

Divyanshu Jindal is a Non-Resident Scholar with MEI’s Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program and a Research Associate at NatStrat, India. His work focuses on the geopolitics of ...

@CFieschi shared
On Feb 3, 2023
New piece in @TheWorldToday on Europe and its struggle to find its foreign policy voice in the current context. Can the #EU narrative hold in the face of #Russian agression? https://t.co/XtZmTBmURt
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Culture notes: Will the EU find its voice at last?

Culture notes: Will the EU find its voice at last?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has galvanized the bloc, but doubt remains about how it can capitalize on this moment, writes Catherine Fieschi.

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On Feb 5, 2023
How did we end up so exposed, through our meters and boilers and radiators, to the ructions of geopolitics? And what do we do about it now? @phil_tinline explores how Britain squandered its gas wealth. https://t.co/w6CyQpIxiB
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Running on fumes: how Britain squandered its gas wealth

Running on fumes: how Britain squandered its gas wealth

The source of the current energy crisis goes back decades. How did the UK become so hopelessly hooked on foreign gas?