Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Japan’s Incrementalism in the World Bank’s Global Financing Facility
…developing countries. According to statistical data reported by the GFF in December 2021, undernutrition is related to about 45 percent of child mortality, and anemia leads to some 20 percent…
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Rethinking Greater Central Asia: New American and Western Approaches to Continental Trade and Afghanistan
...Executive Summary: Greater Central Asia is reeling from the twin shocks of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The chaotic U.S. withdrawal risks postponing...
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Japan’s Response to IMF’s Special Drawing Rights in the COVID-19 Pandemic
…On August 2, 2021, the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) as international reserve assets equivalent…
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Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev
...Executive Summary Kazakhstan’s leaders have long harbored ambitious visions for their country’s future. The country’s first President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, launched several far-reaching goals for the country’s development, most notably...
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People’s Tribunal versus People’s Republic
…This weekend something unusual is going to happen. From June 4th to 7th an independent tribunal in the UK will hear evidence about human rights abuses against ethnic…
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Trump’s Facebook Ban Upheld as U.S.-EU Mull Action on Big Tech
…Amid the invasion of Capitol Hill four months ago, social media giants Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube banned then-President Donald Trump from their platforms, citing repeated violations of the…
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Trump’s “Peace through Strength” and the Japan-U.S. Alliance Revisited
…On January 20, 2021, Joseph Biden is scheduled to assume the next U.S. President succeeding Donald Trump who had taken presidential leadership since January 20, 2017. It has…
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Kazakhstan’s Role in International Mediation under First President Nursultan Nazarbayev
...Executive Summary In the past decade, Kazakhstan has emerged as an important player in the world of mediation of international disputes. Its role in convening the Astana talks on...
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The Evolution of Japan’s Space Strategy: Its Dual-Use Nature and Implications for the Japan-U.S. Alliance
…In recent years Japan has begun to be considered as something of a “space power”, with its technological advancements in key areas such as robotics being a key…
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A Steady Hand: The EU 2019 Strategy & Policy Toward Central Asia
...Executive Summary The launch of a new EU Strategy for Central Asia in June 2019 marked a milestone in the gradual development of relations between the EU and the...