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Tue, Jun 30, 2020
Private lenders need to step up on African debt relief
While policymakers have called for a moratorium on developing countries’ debt payments, bankers and bondholders have raised the alarm about how such action would decimate their bottom lines. There will need to be another approach.
New Atlanticist by
Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Facing twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change, refugees will suffer the most
Since its emergence barely half a year ago, COVID-19 has infected more than 8.5 million people globally, and has killed at least 452,000. The pandemic—along with climate change—leaves the planet facing “perhaps its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.”
New Atlanticist by
Fri, Jun 12, 2020
How COVID-19 is worsening America’s racial economic divide
While the White House cheered the surprising jobs numbers on June 5, many Americans—especially people of color, women, lower-skilled workers, young people, or rural residents—remain out of work and left behind by this nascent recovery.
New Atlanticist by Nicole Goldin, PhD
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5G COVID-19 conspiracies grip Georgia
Thousands of Georgians discuss the purported links between the pandemic and mobile technology in dedicated Facebook groups.
Facebook removes Russian propaganda outlet in Ukraine
The social network took down assets connected to News Front and South Front, propaganda websites supportive of Russian security services.
Inauthentic anti-Rohingya Facebook assets in Myanmar removed
Posts portrayed Rohingya as terrorists, denied that atrocities against them took place, and amplified reports of violence to inflame ethnic tensions.
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Video recap: The role of tech, data, and leadership in pandemic geopolitics and recovery post-COVID
On April 22, 2020 – Vint Cerf, Sue Gordon, Melissa Flagg, Terry Halvorsen shared perspectives on “Pandemic geopolitics and recovery post-COVID” as part of a live video discussion moderated by David Bray, PhD, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director on the role of tech, data, and leadership in the global response to and recovery from COVID-19.
Earth Day 2020 call for action: Mitigating the global food crises associated with COVID-19
At the beginning of April, the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center published an data-driven analysis examining “Global food security during COVID-19”. This follow-up report dives into three specific food security concerns informed by that data and presents three solutions that world leaders can implement now to get ahead of the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the global food supply.
Video recap: Strategic standards now, so people can return to work soon
On April 20, 2020 – Dame Wendy Hall, Declan Kiranne, Jay Williams, Daniella Taveau, and John Ackerly shared perspectives on “Strategic standards now, so people can return to work soon” as part of a live video discussion moderated by Dr. David Bray, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director.
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