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The $424.4 million plan focuses on media, corruption, reformers, technology, and political processes like elections.

The implicit refutation bolsters an already strengthening opposition without the kind of US interference that tends to generate backlash.

The decision will affect three factors: Israel's relationship with the US, the Palestinian Authority's capacity, and Jerusalem's future.

It should create international organizations to build democracy and the rule of law, with the heft of global economic institutions.

After COP26, governments must close gaps in ambition and implementation to meet the urgency of the climate crisis.

To avoid worsening Afghanistan's education crisis, the U.S. Treasury Department should amend its general license on humanitarian assistance to explicitly cover education activities.

Russia’s unannounced anti-satellite missile test raises important legal and policy questions about the prohibition on the use of force in outer space.

Polls show a steady decline. But while the opposition stands a chance, it faces challenges, including the risk of election manipulation.

Alongside humanitarian and logistical barriers, the lack of social acceptance is a factor barring 1.2 million people from returning home.

President Biden hoped for a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia. Time to deal with reality instead.

Both decisions were controversial but also innovative, and created a new panorama in the region going forward.

In the current security crisis and regional context, such a response may amount to meeting a threat to peace with appeasement and bribery.