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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2020

Why the Netherlands opposed unconditional European coronavirus aid

By Elmar Hellendoorn

Southern European calls for northern solidarity should be backed up with a quest for greater empathy in countries like the Netherlands. As long as the Dutch public remain largely unaware of the plight of southern Europe—as well as ignorant of the geopolitical consequences of too much fiscal rigidity—the current clash may only be a prelude to a much larger battle.

Coronavirus European Union
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In the News

Apr 23, 2020

Foresight and democracy during a period of growing polarization, turbulence, and misinformation

By Atlantic Council

On April 23, 2020, Sheila Ronis, Leon Fuerth, Lin Wells, and David Bray held a live virtual roundtable on the topic of "Foresight and Democracy During a Period of Growing Polarization, Turbulence, and Misinformation?"

Civil Society Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2020

Coronavirus spurs Europe’s quest for digital sovereignty

By Kenneth Propp

All of the virus-related developments—growing skepticism about global sourcing, the deepening threat of disinformation, the centrality of digital services in a return towards normality, and the privacy and security questions that dog them—will have an impact on the EU’s longer-term quest for digital sovereignty.

Digital Policy European Union

In the News

Apr 22, 2020

Chhibber in the Brookings Institution: Global solutions to global ‘bads’: 2 practical proposals to help developing countries deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2020

The pandemic’s next stop: The financial system

By Bart Oosterveld

The peak of bank failures closures during the Global Financial Crisis happened two years after the collapse of real estate prices—there is an argument that there may be some time before the financial sector’s reserves are depleted. The wider picture however shows gyrating equity and commodity markets, very high unemployment, and a fragmented ‘reopening’ picture. All in all, the moment of the need for a meaningful injection of capital, whether from private markets or from the taxpayers, is approaching.

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In the News

Apr 22, 2020

The role of tech, data, and leadership in pandemic geopolitics and recovery post-COVID

By Atlantic Council

On April 22, 2020, Vint Cerf, Sue Gordon, Melissa Flagg, and Terry Halvorsen participated in a Webit virtual panel titled "Pandemic geopolitics and recovery post-COVID," moderated by David Bray, the Director of the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, on the role of tech, data, and leadership in the global response to and recovery from COVID-19.

Civil Society Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2020

Digitizing the dollar in the age of COVID-19

By Michael Greenwald

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to cast a shadow over the future of the global economy, the dollar, while currently surging, finds itself at another larger inflection point; it needs to again prove its worth as the essential global currency.

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In the News

Apr 21, 2020

Riaz in Dorpon News: Five Obvious Lessons from COVID-19

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Inclusive Growth
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GeoTech Cues

Apr 21, 2020

Earth Day 2020 call for action: Mitigating the global food crises associated with COVID-19

By Sara-Jayne Terp, Sahil Shah (Guest Author), and Molly Jahn (Guest Author)

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.

Civil Society Coronavirus

In the News

Apr 21, 2020

Robert Manning in The Hill about the Coronavirus’ impact on China’s influence

By Atlantic Council

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