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Building Beyond the Great Powers: The New Geopolitics of Central Asia

Bottom Line Up Front Over the past year, Russian authorities have intensified raids on migrant workers from Central Asia — actions widely viewed as a reflection of rising public Islamophobia and xenophobia and a key source of mounting tension between Moscow and the region. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) …

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Generation Z Protests Sweeping the Globe, Motivated by Rising Inequality

Protests continued in Madagascar for a third week in a row, led by Generation Z—people born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—inspired by protests and demonstrations elsewhere throughout the Global South, including in Nepal and Kenya, which are also plagued by political instability and economic fragility. One of the drivers …

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