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Mar 8, 2021

Transcript: Malala Yousafzai on why girls’ education is one of the most sustainable investments

By Atlantic Council

Going beyond a brick-and-mortar approach to expand access to schools for girls, Malala believes in improving the quality of education they're offered. But that quality is facing additional challenges from the pandemic.

Civil Society Education

In the News

Mar 7, 2021

Busch in The Hill: Protectionism isn’t the answer to securing the US semiconductor supply chain

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes in The Hill that the complexity of the semiconductor supply chain suggests that protectionism is not the answer to securing US-based production.

China Economy & Business

ACFrontPage

Mar 4, 2021

Transcript: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on online speech, government regulation, and Donald Trump’s suspended account

By Atlantic Council

The Youtube CEO talked about the company's responsibilities in the information ecosystem, disinformation, government regulation of speech, and what's next for Donald Trump's account.

Digital Policy Disinformation

NATO 20/2020

Mar 2, 2021

Put NATO back in the narrative: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Transatlantic Security Initative

NATO can recapture the imagination of allied publics by telling its own story better and in new ways to new audiences.

Europe & Eurasia Media

Event Recap

Mar 2, 2021

Event recap: “Women’s gains in Afghanistan: Healthcare’s essential role in stabilizing Afghanistan”

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted an event on the gains that women have made in Afghanistan, the critical role of Afghan women in Afghanistan’s peace and security, and the role that US actors have in partnering with and empowering Afghan women.

Afghanistan Civil Society

empowerME Conversations

Mar 2, 2021

Must see (Saudi) TV

By Atlantic Council

On episode 6 of empowerME Conversations podcast, host and Atlantic Council empowerME Director Amjad Ahmad speaks with Telfaz 11 and C3 Films CEO Alaa Fadan about his trailblazing efforts to produce TV and media content with Saudi talent, the recent Netflix deal, and the culture change that is boosting entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment in Saudi Arabia.

Economy & Business Middle East

Event Recap

Mar 1, 2021

Event recap | Women’s leadership in the GeoTech Decade

By the GeoTech Center

The start of the Geotech Decade has had disproportionate impacts on women and has shown the need for women’s leadership worldwide. Women however currently only make up 26 percent of workers in data and AI roles, 15 percent in engineering, and 12 percent in cloud computing. In this episode of the GeoTech Hour, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow Stephanie Wander discuss leadership in the GeoTech Decade with the four women leading the GeoTech Commission.

Inclusive Growth Resilience & Society

Op-Ed

Mar 1, 2021

Garlauskas in Asia Times: Kim Jong Un says ‘sorry, not sorry’

Markus Garlauskas argues that analysts should not take Kim Jong Un's apologies to the North Korean public for recent policy failures at face value and that they should stay vigilant about the tactical motivations behind such rhetoric.

Intelligence Korea

Op-Ed

Feb 26, 2021

Akbar in The Washington Post: Afghans are living in terror. That must change for peace.

By Shaharzad Akbar

"It’s now been a year since the United States signed an agreement with the Taliban. Afghans were expecting peace, but one of the most tangible changes has been an increase in targeted killings, mostly unclaimed, that have created an environment of terror and fear," writes Shaharzad Akbar in The Washington Post Opinion.

Afghanistan Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

SouthAsiaSource

Feb 25, 2021

Afghans’ views on the Doha peace process and the Biden administration’s review of the US-Taliban peace agreement

By Makhfi Azizi

Over the last two years, many experts in Afghanistan and the international community have increasingly viewed the 2020 US-Taliban peace deal to be largely skewed to advantage the Taliban. The Biden administration’s step to review the agreement has thus been welcomed by many. In this blog, five Afghans who have lived under the increased threats and violence of the past year share their perspectives.

Afghanistan Human Rights