Paths to the GOP Nomination, Africa’s Climate Adaptation, and More

August 22, 2023

Donald Trump stands in front of large American flag

3 lanes to victory in the Republican presidential primary

Donald Trump remains the undisputed leader of his party. A recent survey of likely GOP primary voters revealed that 37% of them “strongly” support Trump and view him “very favorably,” and 37% are persuadable to him. With Trump’s voter base acting as a Republican candidate’s potential “golden ticket” to the nomination, the essence of a candidate’s strategy lies in their decision to resist or embrace Trump’s gravitational pull or to try and straddle the murky middle, write Elaine Kamarck, Anna Heetderks, and Cambron Wade.

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Climate adaptation finance in Africa

A recent analysis indicates that Africa’s 2020-2030 climate adaptation finance needs are close to $580 billion. Investments in adaptation to climate change should not be seen as sunk costs but as an integral part of sustainable economic recovery packages with high benefit-to-cost ratios, argue Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Jamal Saghir.

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Fentanyl and methamphetamine seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection from a truck crossing into Arizona from Mexico

Listen: China’s role in the US fentanyl crisis

On the latest episode of CSIS’s ChinaPower podcast, Vanda Felbab-Brown discusses how the fentanyl crisis has spread throughout North America as well as the rest of the world and unpacks the Chinese government’s approach to this issue and the conflicts it faces with trafficking networks.

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