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Mar 16, 2020

Lessons to learn about COVID-19 from responding to other outbreaks?

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On March 16, 2020 — the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director, David Bray, did a live video discussion with Singularity University on the topic of "What Lessons Can We Learn About COVID-19 From Responding to Other Outbreaks?"

Coronavirus Economy & Business

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Mar 14, 2020

Lipner quoted in the Wall Street Journal on a potential unity government in Israel

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Elections Israel

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Mar 14, 2020

Axios: Atlantic Council GeoTech Center, a center for shaping new technology

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On March 14, 2020, Axios published a short piece on the launch of the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center featuring a short interview with the Center’s inaugural director, Dr. David Bray.

Resilience & Society Technology & Innovation

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Mar 13, 2020

Ashford in War On The Rocks: Foreign policy is much more than a liberal vs. conservative brawl

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Emma writes about the role ideology and party in US foreign policy thinking. More about our expert

Migration NATO

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Mar 13, 2020

Sherman quoted in POLITICO on tracing the spread of coronavirus scams

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Coronavirus Cybersecurity

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Mar 13, 2020

Borghard in Lawfare: To defend forward, the US must strengthen the cyber mission force

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Erica outlines three steps the Department of Defense should take to fund, analyze, and assess its cybersecurity capacities. More about our expert

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

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Mar 12, 2020

Max Brooks cited in the Washington Post on pandemics in fiction

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Crisis Management

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Mar 11, 2020

People-centered design principles for AI implementation

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At an event hosted by MIT's Sloan Management Review, Dr. David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, and Mr. R "Ray" Wang of Constellation Research discussed how organizations can adopt AI in a people-centered manner.

Entrepreneurship Resilience & Society

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Mar 11, 2020

Dr. David Bray: Are we ready for AI?

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Dr. David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, explained on an October 2018 episode of the Device Squad podcast that the overwhelming power of AI combined with the public's lack of concern for it could cause disaster in the absence of policy intervention.

Economy & Business Internet

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Mar 11, 2020

Tran in The Financial Times: Coronavirus and debt: a toxic mix

The spread of the coronavirus is likely to tilt 2020 global economic growth below the OECD’s base-case estimate of 2.4 per cent (already below the 2.5 per cent threshold marking a global recession) towards its worst-case estimate of 1.5 per cent. This disease-induced shock to supply and demand could not have come at a worse […]

Economy & Business