International relations
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Foreign relations
Report
Chinese disinformation efforts on social media
The Chinese military's focus on information warfare is expanding to include information operations on social media. This report describes how the People's Liberation Army (PLA) might direct social media disinformation campaigns against the United States and its armed forces, especially the U.S. Air Force
Evaluation
Cao Lanh Bridge impact evaluation report
The Cao Lanh Bridge Project (CLBP) aimed to improve transport services in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region by addressing the difficulty of crossing major rivers by ferry. This mixed-method impact evaluation applied the difference-in-differences method to data from 3 surveys and conducted a benefit-cost analysis. The evaluation found the Bridge Project had positive impacts on households...
Briefing paper
Designing institutional collaboration into global governance
This policy brief suggests that in designing international institutions, states and other principals should draw from a tool kit of strategies and techniques for promoting collaboration, including introducing or developing formal and informal mechanisms, and harnessing the Group of Seven (G7) and the Group of Twenty (G20) to foster collaboration proactively.
Report
Could trade agreements help address the wicked problem of cross-border disinformation?
This paper looks at how policy-makers can use trade agreements to mitigate disinformation and spam, while implementing financial and trade sanctions against entities and countries that engage in disseminating cross-border disinformation.
Discussion paper
Afghanistan on the brink of an abyss
Australia’s recent closure of its embassy in Kabul, and the withdrawal of all US forces from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, casts a deep shadow over Afghanistan’s future prospects. In this paper, leading expert on Afghanistan, William Maley, examines the implications for the Afghan nation and its people.