Algeria at a Crossroads
December 3rd, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, a look at Algeria: The Algerian economy is gradually recovering from the initial impact of the pandemic and last year’s oil price shock. The health crisis has eased, most [...]
Digital Silk Road: A Platform for Techno-Authoritarianism in China and Abroad?
November 28th, 2021 Via CSIS, a transcript of Congressional testimony of Jonathan E. Hillman Senior Fellow, Economics Program, and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project re: the digital Silk Road: Chairman Merkley, [...]
November 28th, 2021 Via CSIS, a transcript of Congressional testimony of Jonathan E. Hillman Senior Fellow, Economics Program, and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project re: the digital Silk Road: Chairman Merkley, [...]
Can Afghanistan’s Underground “Sneakernet” Survive the Taliban?
November 27th, 2021 Via MIT’s Technology Review, an article on how a once-thriving network of merchants selling digital content to people without internet connections is struggling under Taliban rule: When [...]
November 27th, 2021 Via MIT’s Technology Review, an article on how a once-thriving network of merchants selling digital content to people without internet connections is struggling under Taliban rule: When [...]
Afghan Economy Nears Collapse as Pressure Builds to Ease U.S. Sanctions
November 27th, 2021 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how Afghanistan’s economy has crashed since the Taliban seized power, plunging the country into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: Racing [...]
November 27th, 2021 Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how Afghanistan’s economy has crashed since the Taliban seized power, plunging the country into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: Racing [...]
Cambodia’s New Normal
November 27th, 2021 Via The Diplomat, an article on how the road ahead is long and lonely for Cambodia, with Chinese largess checked by the pandemic and Western interests soured by pre-pandemic crackdownsCambodia: [...]
November 27th, 2021 Via The Diplomat, an article on how the road ahead is long and lonely for Cambodia, with Chinese largess checked by the pandemic and Western interests soured by pre-pandemic crackdownsCambodia: [...]
Kazakhstan Turns To Foreign Investment For Post-COVID Growth
November 24th, 2021 Via Eurasia Review, a look at Kazakhstan’s renewed openness to foreign investment: Since achieving independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, the Republic of Kazakhstan has [...]
November 24th, 2021 Via Eurasia Review, a look at Kazakhstan’s renewed openness to foreign investment: Since achieving independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, the Republic of Kazakhstan has [...]