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As this race for minerals and metals critical for the energy transition heats up, both companies and governments must not abandon environmental, social, and governance principles in Africa.
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Coronavirus prompts school closures in US states, France, Portugal

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This Women’s History Month, focus on African women’s achievements, not just their challenges

By Rama Yade

African women deserve recognition not just for the indignities they face, but for the heights they achieve.
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Coronavirus prompts school closures in US states, France, Portugal

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Mar 13, 2020

Coronavirus prompts school closures in US states, France, Portugal

By Atlantic Council

Authorities from the United States to France and Portugal closed schools in efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, while sports games from hockey to soccer were canceled in the United States and Europe. Politicians or their spouses tested positive for the virus in Canada and Australia, even as new cases slowed in China and South Korea.

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Mar 12, 2020

Oil market meltdown?

By John Soughan

Over the weekend of March 7–8, the breakdown of the previous oil production agreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia led to the broader collapse of the arrangement between OPEC and OPEC+. What will the rift will mean for the global oil market?

Coronavirus
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New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2020

Explainer: What Trump’s Europe coronavirus travel ban means

By Atlantic Council

US President Donald J. Trump’s surprise March 11 announcement barring most travel from Europe to the United States for thirty days starting March 13 rattled stock markets and sent travelers scrambling to make new arrangements. We look in more detail at the implications of the US president’s announcement.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2020

Trump’s surprise travel bar from Europe, WHO declares pandemic

By Atlantic Council

US President Donald J. Trump imposed a surprise travel ban into the United States from twenty-six European countries, spooking investors and sending the price of oil lower. As The World Health Organization declared coronavirus to be a global pandemic, countries from Italy to Scandinavia and Ireland via India and South Korea stepped up measures to contain its spread.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2020

Trump hits out against Europe in coronavirus speech: The transatlantic alliance suffers

By Atlantic Council

“The golden rule of leading an alliance is consultation—don’t take your friends by surprise, especially when your actions target them,” Damon Wilson says. “This isn’t about being nice. This is about being smart advancing US interests. What happens the next time we need our allies?”

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Mar 11, 2020

People-centered design principles for AI implementation

By Atlantic Council

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.

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In the News

Mar 11, 2020

Dr. David Bray: Are we ready for AI?

By Atlantic Council

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.

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Mar 11, 2020

Ullman in UPI: Coronavirus outbreak calls for greater global cooperation

By Harlan Ullman

Coronavirus
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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2020

Setting a roadmap to achieve “Tech for Good”

By David A. Wemer

“We are witnessing a remarkable change in our society, driven by technology advances,” that are permeating the global economy, societies, and the personal lives of people around the world, US Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) said on March 11. The rapid pace of technological change and the importance it is having at every level of society means “it is only right that we in Congress and the private sector come together to try to drive policies that will enable this revolution, while protecting our shared values of privacy and intellectual property rights,” McCaul argued.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2020

New British budget takes coronavirus head-on

By John M. Roberts

Britain’s finance minister, Rishi Sunak, has just delivered a master class in how a government should tackle both the health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

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