Chinese Investments in South Caucasus
→ Chinese investments in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia,
→ implications for the region,
→ and the responses of Russia and the United States.
What’s in the Senate’s $2 trillion economic package?
Jay Shambaugh explains the different assistance programs for individuals and businesses,
how the bill creatively boosts unemployment insurance,
and what policymakers’ next move should be to continue protecting workers and the economy.
The case for ‘10 percent less democracy’
Do politicians behave worse when they’re up for re-election?
How effective and accountable can non-elected policymakers be?
And has the government’s response to COVID-19 bolstered or weakened the case for democracy?
Spying: Hiding in Plain Sight
Spycraft has always excited people, with stories of daring agents using high-tech wizardry to bust terrorists in the act.
But the reality is much less glamorous—and much more dangerous.
As spying entered the 1960s, technology started to play a serious role in getting intel.
Dark money: How to reform Australia’s political donations system
Listen to Kate Griffiths, fellow for the Budget Policy and Institutional Reform program, in discussion with host Kat Clay, on how to reform Australia’s political donations system.
Russia’s Campaign in Africa
Maseh Zarif talks with his ISW colleagues Nataliya Bugayova and Darina Regio about what Russia is up to in Africa.
They discuss Russia’s coordinated campaign to gain economic and political influence, and its attempt to create opportunities for expanding its military presence on the continent.
Nataliya and Darina also put this campaign in the context of U.S. interests, identifying why the United States should be concerned and what to look for in the coming months.