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Labor and Employment

Responsible Recruitment Through Technology: A Path Forward

This post was authored by Sophie Zinser, a Schwarzman Academy Fellow in the Asia Pacific Program and Middle East North Africa Program at Chatham House in London. She is also a consultant at Diginex Solutions, a technology business developing tools to combat forced labor and modern slavery in Hong Kong.

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World June 30, 2021 Women Around the World
Technology and Innovation

CEO Speaker Series With Kathy Warden of Northrop Grumman

Please join Kathy Warden as she discusses technological advancements in the aerospace and defense industry and her perspective as a CEO in the national security arena. The CEO Speaker Series is a unique forum for leading global CEOs to share their insights on issues at the center of commerce and foreign policy, and to discuss the changing role of business globally.

Virtual Event by Kathy Warden and Frances Fragos Townsend June 23, 2021 CEO Speaker Series
Technology and Innovation

When the Microchips Are Down

Silicon chips are in almost all electronics, and access to them can make or break a country’s economic future. Their production relies on complex supply chains, and during the pandemic, the world learned just how fragile these supply chains are. Many countries, including the United States and China, are investing billions of dollars to develop the capacity to produce chips domestically, and some analysts see chip-related conflict on the horizon.

Podcast with Gabrielle Sierra June 23, 2021 Why It Matters

Women and Economic Growth

Women and E-Commerce: The $300 Billion Opportunity

Closing the gender gap on online platforms means being able to put billions of dollars into the wallets of women entrepreneurs and exponentially grow global e-commerce markets. This blog is authored by Stephanie von Friedeburg, senior vice president of operations at the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World June 22, 2021 Women Around the World
Global Governance

The UN Security Council Tackles Emerging Technologies

The UN Security Council’s first debate on emerging technologies exposed some familiar tensions even as it trod new ground for the UN body with primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics May 28, 2021 Net Politics
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture With Ajay Banga

Ajay Banga discusses sustainable economic recovery, the World Trade Organization and international standards for trade, and policies to promote financial inclusion and address the digital divide among communities with and without access to technology.

Virtual Event by Ajay Banga and Peter B. Henry May 25, 2021 Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture

China

Virtual Roundtable: The Future of Strategic Arms Control

To avoid a costly and potentially dangerous arms race with China and Russia, the United States should consider new and creative approaches to strategic arms control. A new paper, “The Future of Strategic Arms Control,” for the Managing Global Disorder series explains how this expanded conception can enhance strategic stability. American, Chinese, and Russian experts discuss how the major powers can pursue effective arms control in the future amid growing mistrust and animosity.

Virtual Event by Dmitry Stefanovich, Tong Zhao and Rebecca K. Hersman May 19, 2021 Center for Preventive Action
Cybersecurity

The Colonial Pipeline Hack, With Robert K. Knake

Rob Knake, CFR’s Whitney Shepardson senior fellow, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences and lessons of the recent ransomware attack on the owner of the largest fuel pipeline system in the United States.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert K. Knake May 18, 2021 The President’s Inbox
Infrastructure

A U.S. Broadband Build-Out Should Require Open Access

To avoid falling behind the rest of the world on internet speed and access, the United States should rapidly deploy fiber-optic internet nationwide with a policy of "open access."

Blog Post by Robert K. Knake May 4, 2021 Renewing America
Infrastructure

A U.S. Broadband Build-Out Should Require Open Access

To avoid falling behind the rest of the world on internet speed and access, the United States should rapidly deploy fiber-optic internet nationwide with a policy of "open access."

Blog Post by Robert K. Knake May 4, 2021 Net Politics
Technology and Innovation

Open Access Fiber to Improve U.S. Internet Connectivity

To avoid falling behind the rest of the world on internet speed and access, the United States should rapidly deploy fiber-optic internet nationwide.

Report by Robert K. Knake May 4, 2021 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
Technology and Innovation

America’s New Challenge: Confronting the Crisis in Food Security

Advances in emerging technologies hold the promise to both alleviate the food crisis and amplify American influence abroad.

Blog Post by Gordon M. Goldstein and Erik R. Oken April 22, 2021 Net Politics
Public Health Threats and Pandemics

Preventing the Next Pandemic: Leveraging Technology for Early Warning of Spreading Infectious Illness.

The rapid rate of infection in the ongoing pandemic is catalyzing technological innovation to prevent the next potential pandemic from ever reaching a global scale. Technology is the essential tool for early testing, detection, and tracking. Through the use of modern data science techniques to develop epidemiological forecast models and personal technology such as smart thermometers and wearables to track trends across regions, preventative measures are more powerful than ever before. Our speaker Inder Singh, founder and CEO of Kinsa Inc., discusses the current and changing landscape of technology and infectious disease prevention.

Webinar by Inder Singh and James P. Dougherty April 14, 2021 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program
Technology and Innovation

Technology and Youth Represent Nigeria’s Path Out of the Woods

The voice of Nigeria’s youth was heard at the EndSars protests and through the emergence of Paystack and Flutterwave, which were a breath of fresh air in an otherwise foul news climate around the country.

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics April 12, 2021 Net Politics
Cybersecurity

Cyber Week in Review: April 9, 2021

Data leak exposes 533 million Facebook users; Belgian authorities decrypt half a billion messages on Sky ECC, confiscate twenty-seven tons of cocaine; Automobile manufacturers call upon U.S. government amid chip shortage; Chinese supercomputing companies added to U.S. blacklist; and Vietnam considers legislation to regulate tech firms.

Blog Post by Adam Segal April 9, 2021 Net Politics