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After seventy years of low-profile defense activities, Japan is poised to reinvent its national security posture.

Japan has not only oriented its own self-defense forces toward more practical activities in recent years, but has also cultivated security partnerships with countries including Australia, India, and Vietnam.

Further efforts to reform Japan’s forces will likely come up against Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, under which the country renounces the right to maintain a military and settle disputes by force.

Will the perceived threats be enough for President Shinzo Abe to gain popular support for reforming Article 9?

Center for Global Development

Podcast with Charles Kenny

Some in the media would have you believe that large amounts of public money are being pocketed by corrupt officials, and that the only way to stop it is to cut foreign aid budgets. Meanwhile, aid agencies and others argue that foreign aid is necessary to save lives. How do we square these?

At the DGAP’s new Strategy Group on Russia and the Eastern Partnership, Pavel Baev (professor at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo) discussed the logic and objectives of Russian security policy.

Juulia Barthel (DGAP) spoke with him about what drives Russia’s strategic approach and the resources available to fund its policies.

By Jeff D. Colgan and Robert O. Keohane

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

To derig the liberal order and stave off complete defeat at the hands of populists, however, traditional parties must do more than rebrand themselves and their ideas. They must develop substantive policies that will make globalization serve the interests of middle- and working-class citizens. Absent such changes, the global liberal order will wither away.

On the occasion of the presentation of Issue 13 of the Awraq journal dedicated to Iraq, Casa Árabe organized a conference, the objective of which was to analyze the foreign policy of Russia and the United States in the Middle East.

The event included contributions by Maxim Suchkov, editor of the Russia-Middle East section at Al-Monitor and an expert on Russia’s International Affairs Council, and by Barah Mikaïl, director of the consulting firm Stractegia and a professor of International Security at Saint Louis University in Madrid.

Recent survey results offer a snapshot of how global consumers are feeling. Tracking these data can help companies to understand the shifting landscape and improve the customer experience.

Taking the pulse of consumers is a perennial challenge, and the behavior of shoppers changes quickly amid broader trends. So how are companies to keep pace in this ever-shifting landscape?

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