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New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2021

How the Maduro regime’s intensifying crackdown is harming women

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Cristina Guevara</span>

Including women and women’s civil-society groups in peacebuilding efforts is essential to strengthening and advancing a more inclusive and diverse—and, ultimately, successful—approach to rebuilding Venezuela’s democratic institutions.

International Norms Latin America

Event Recap

Mar 17, 2021

Event recap | Coordinating data privacy and the public interest

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >the GeoTech Center</span>

Data usage and the employment of data trusts has maximized individual privacy and private sector benefits. Both the government and the private sector are working towards developing strategies that emphasize individual privacy more than ever before, as the public continues to express greater interest in protecting their data. However, few institutions have landed upon successful solutions in practice that can protect user privacy while allowing for the high levels of analysis they have come to expect. As our digital landscape continues to evolve, panelists in this episode of the GeoTech Hour discuss intentional policy and design choices that could allow for greater data ownership within people-centered structures.

Digital Policy International Norms

In the News

Mar 11, 2021

Chhibber in UNDP’s Human Development Reports: Measuring Human Development for the Anthropocene

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Inclusive Growth International Norms

UkraineAlert

Mar 11, 2021

Biden must persuade Germany and Austria to stop the “Schroederization” of Europe

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Åslund and Benjamin L. Schmitt</span>

US President Joe Biden needs to address the issue of Western politicians accepting Kremlin-linked jobs following their retirement from public service, argue Anders Åslund and Benjamin L. Schmitt.

Corruption Geopolitics & Energy Security

Inflection Points

Mar 7, 2021

Who will organize the world? That’s what’s at stake in the Biden-Xi contest.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Frederick Kempe</span>

If Biden’s vision is for the United States to create a band of reinvigorated democratic sisters and brothers, inspired by the country’s revitalization, Xi’s vision is for a world where each country’s political system, culture, and society are its own business. Will either view come out on top?

China International Norms

TURKEYSource

Mar 5, 2021

To manage tensions between Turkey and Greece, the US should look to history

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Grady Wilson</span>

Tensions between Turkey and Greece flared over the past year over disputed maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean. The United States should mediate between the two NATO allies to protect its interests based on its long term commitment to a stable and secure region.

Greece International Norms

Report

Mar 1, 2021

Countering cyber proliferation: Zeroing in on Access-as-a-Service

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Winnona DeSombre, James Shires, JD Work, Robert Morgus, Patrick Howell O’Neill, Luca Allodi, and Trey Herr</span>

The proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities (OCC) presents an expanding set of risks to states and challenges commitments to protect openness, security, and stability in cyberspace. Access as a Service firms offer various forms of “access” to target data or systems, and through these business practices are creating and selling OCC at an alarming rate. It is imperative that governments reevaluate their approach to countering the proliferation of OCC.

Arms Control Cybersecurity

In the News

Feb 24, 2021

Varshney joins NDTV’s Reality Check to discuss Disha, Dissent, and Democracy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Elections Human Rights

Inflection Points

Feb 21, 2021

Biden’s ‘inflection point’ for democracies poses historic challenge for the US and allies

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Frederick Kempe</span>

The Biden administration will need to develop a far more creative, intensive, and collaborative give-and-take approach to its Asian and European allies than perhaps ever before. Galvanizing international common cause has seldom been this important, but it also perhaps has never been this difficult.

China Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2021

How the US should respond to the coup in Myanmar

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Andrea R. Mihailescu</span>

The Biden administration’s announcement that it will freeze one billion dollars of Myanmar government funds held in US banks will squeeze military leaders. But sanctions cannot be the only tool that the United States deploys.

Elections Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

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