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Content

GeoTech Cues

Mar 31, 2021

The Ventilator To Africa Project and why it matters

By GeoTech Center

In mid-2020, a multidisciplinary team of North Americans and African expatriates at The Mentor Project assembled to bring MVM ventilators to Sub-Saharan Africa. Coordinating with hospitals in seven West African countries, they identified over 500 intensive care beds with the infrastructure to operate ventilators. Here is their story.

Africa Coronavirus

Issue Brief

Mar 31, 2021

The role of the private sector in catalyzing inclusive economic opportunities in the Northern Triangle

By María Fernanda Bozmoski and Domingo Sadurní

As in every democratic country in the world, the private sector in Central America’s Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) has a central role in generating employment, driving economic growth, and spurring innovation. But in a region plagued by one of the highest levels of economic informality, weak government institutions, and pervasive corruption, private enterprises—both decades-old industry behemoths and newer startups—can have a more positive influence in steering the Northern Triangle toward inclusive and sustainable economic development.

Americas Entrepreneurship

In the News

Mar 31, 2021

Khan on gender equality: Gender Equality in a COVID-19 World: Actions in Pakistan

Pakistan Resilience & Society

In the News

Mar 31, 2021

Tarun Wadhwa on why the world must find a way to govern tech better

By the GeoTech Center

GeoTech Fellow Tarun Wadhwa on the need for an international regulatory response to the development and usage of new technologies in the world in the years to come.

Digital Policy Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2021

The pandemic is a chance to reshape women’s roles in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Eva Lardizábal

The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has had unequal consequences across Latin America and the Caribbean, with women disproportionately affected. But the pandemic is an opportunity for the region to reshape women’s roles in the economy, politics, and society.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

Issue Brief

Mar 31, 2021

Putin’s Mediterranean gambit: Endgame unclear

By Mark N. Katz

For more than 250 years, Russian leaders have sought to project power and influence in the Mediterranean region. Sometimes these efforts have met with a significant degree of success. At times, though, Russia has pulled back from the Mediterranean because of setbacks in the region, events in Europe, or convulsions inside Russia. These pullbacks, however, have never been permanent and have always been followed by renewed Russian efforts to gain influence in the region.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 30, 2021

Hu interviewed by Government Matters on need for diversity

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Evanna Hu published an article in the Hill titled "Defense acquisition reform is critical going forward."

Civil Society Coronavirus

In the News

Mar 30, 2021

Darnal on Search For Common Ground’s panel: ‘Real Talk’: the hard choices that women peacebuilders face

By Atlantic Council

On March 30, Aude Darnal participated in Search’s panel “Real Talk: the Hard Choices that Women Peacebuilders Face”. She discussed her experience as a female peacebuilder, and shed some light on overlooked issues related to women’s engagement in peacebuilding and conflict. “Women all over the world are dedicating their lives to building peace and ending […]

Africa Conflict

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2021

How the US can help Colombia surmount dual crises

By Larry Luxner

On the eve of the two-hundredth anniversary of diplomatic ties between the United States and Colombia, there is “good momentum to strengthen the bilateral relationship,” says Colombian President Iván Duque.

Colombia Coronavirus

In the News

Mar 29, 2021

Riaz in The Daily Star: A cancelled 1971 conference in Pakistan sends a message

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Disinformation

Experts

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