Weaponized interdependence (WI) is defined as a condition under which an actor can exploit its position in an embedded network to gain a bargaining advantage over others in a contained system. In their 2019 International Security paper, Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman argue that WI challenges long-standing ways that international relations experts think about globalization. States with political authority over central economic nodes “can weaponize networks to gather informat

The youth bulge is a common phenomenon in many developing countries, and in particular, in the least developed countries. It is often due to a stage of development where a country achieves success in reducing infant mortality but mothers still have a high fertility rate. The result is that a large share of the population is comprised of children and young adults, and today’s children are tomorrow’s young adults. In a country with a youth bulge, as the young adults enter the

In public discourse and commentary, terms such as entrapment, entanglement, roping in, and chain-ganging are often used interchangeably....

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A professionally managed investment portfolio tailored to the needs of a single investor, where the investor directly owns the underlying...

The process of reducing or eliminating government regulations or restrictions on private business and trade. In the context of...

More than just military posturing, deterrence is a strategy designed to prevent conflict by convincing potential adversaries that the...

"[...] is a strategy designed to ensure a stable and reliable energy supply, as well as devising an emergency plan to cope with a...

"Information advantage is defined as: the credible advantage gained through the continuous, adaptive, decisive and resilient employment...

" It is surprisingly hard to define sovereign default. Default at its simplest is a broken promise, or a breach of contract. For...

"There is no single or definition of data localisation. At first, the term was understood to refer to any measure that could affect the...

"The term ‘economic coercion’ has traditionally been difficult to define. As a starting point, the term can be defined broadly to include...

"PSYOPS are operations planned to convey selected information to a targeted audience to influence attitudes and behaviours of...