Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

--FILE--A Chinese mobile phone user shows the icons of App Store app, left, and messaging app Weixin, or WeChat, of Tencent on his iPhone smartphone in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 27 June 2017.Apple China said it will not take the blame for developers who charge differently on the iOS app and Android versions for the same product or service. Netizens have found they need to pay more on iOS than Android in using the same ride-sharing or video subscription services. Some Internet companies have reportedly adopted differential pricing plans through the use of Big Data based on a customer's buying behavior or interest, so a new customer may pay less than an old customer for the same product or service.No Use China. No Use France.

How digital privacy law asymmetries can hurt criminal defendants

John Villasenor and Rebecca Wexler

Friday, June 5, 2020

Alexeen Simms, a server at the Hungry Tarpon Restaurant in Islamorada, Fla., provides a luncheon entree to a couple Monday. June 1. 2020. After being closed to visitors since March 22, 2020, to help curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Florida Keys reopened to tourists Monday. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Podcast: A roadmap for reopening America

John R. Allen, William A. Galston, Ross A. Hammond, Molly Kinder, Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, Rashawn Ray, and David Wessel

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

A car drives in a caravan during a demonstration in midtown Manhattan organized by the New York-based 'Workers Justice Project', protesting for rights of essential immigrant workers in the State of New York during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Immigrants and the coronavirus pandemic: A conversation with Rep. Judy Chu

John Hudak and Rep. Judy Chu

Friday, May 29, 2020

May 2, 2020; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; A view of downtown Atlanta just prior to the flyover of the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds to honor workers during the pandemic in Atlanta. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY NETWORK

A new paradigm for valuing Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Robert Wicks

Friday, May 22, 2020

For the fourth year in a row, Women's Strike NYC will be out in the streets in a gathering at Washington Square Park on March 8, 2020 reclaiming the anti-capitalist roots of International Working Women's Day and highlighting some of the major struggles at the crossroads of feminist and labor organizing identified by the March 8th Coalition. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Gender equality, unpaid work, and women’s suffrage

Stephanie Aaronson, Molly Kinder, and Isabel V. Sawhill

Friday, May 15, 2020

Zacariah Randall, 4, dances to the music near one of the entertainment stages at the Clarissa Street Reunion at Corn Hill on Saturday afternoon in Rochester. The celebration that stretched down the neighborhood that was an early center of Rochester's African-American culture had three different stages of entertainment, food and vendors and went into the evening. (08/15/2009 - staff photo by Andrea Morales - Democrat and Chronicle)Clarissa Street Reunion

The case for reparations for Black Americans

Andre M. Perry, Rashawn Ray, and Fred Dews

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A couple wearing protective face masks walk along the Villa 31 slum, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Addressing COVID-19 in resource-poor and fragile countries

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Paul Wise

Saturday, May 9, 2020

A view of Zhangbei data center of Alibaba is pictured in Zhangbei county, Zhangjiakou city, north China's Hebei province, 12 September 2016.China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its cloud facilities vigorously. After announcing a cloud data center in Silicon Valley in the US this March, it has launched a large cloud data center in North China. The Zhangbei cloud data center broke ground in the Miaotan Industrial Park in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, in April 2015. It is expected to host 80 percent of Alibaba's cloud and big data in North China and to serve as the group's North China settlement center. Currently, cloud only accounts for one percent of Alibaba's total income, but the group has bet its future on cloud. The Zhangbei data center, which covers about 165 acres, will cost 18 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to Haifeng Qu, research fellow in the technical support department of Alibaba.No Use China. No Use France.

Introducing Techstream: Where technology and policy intersect

Chris Meserole and Fred Dews

Friday, May 8, 2020

--FILE--View of a store of Chinese electronics maker Gree in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 2 July 2018.Gree Electric Appliances Inc, a major home appliances maker based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, has established two academician working stations to facilitate its core technology research and development. Led by Rao Fangquan and Jiang Yi, two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the stations will focus on researching core technologies in electrical machinery and building energy conservation, respectively, according to the company. "Gree's future development relies on core technologies. Establishing the stations will help us to enhance our capabilities in technology R&D, which is driven by consumer demand," said Dong Mingzhu, president of Gree Electric Appliances Inc.No Use China. No Use France.

Technology competition between the US and a Global China

Lindsey Ford, Chris Meserole, and Tom Stefanick

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

NORTH KOREA- In photos released on April 10, 2020, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) inspected an artillery exercise by the Korean People's Army (KPA). The North Korean media did not mention the date of the exercise, but it would have taken place on Thursday (9). (NO RESALE)

Kim Jong Un’s ascent to power in North Korea

Jung H. Pak and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, May 1, 2020

The entrance to the exhibition at the 5G experience site of Huawei in Shanghai, China, 1 December 2019.Huawei carries out 5G experience sites in 9 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, etc. to familiarize local citizens with 5G service by providing VR games and live shows. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Global China’s advanced technology ambitions

Lindsey Ford, Saif M. Khan, and Remco Zwetsloot

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

People attend a reenactment of the 1989 protest march to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Prague, Czech Republic, November 17, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

How the US embassy in Prague aided Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution

Norman Eisen and Bill Finan

Friday, April 24, 2020

A soldier of the U.S. Army waits for the next cab driver at the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx on April 18, 2020. The armory is used as a temporary food distribution center during the COVID-19 crisis and soldiers of the U.S. Army load meals into the cabs of TLC licensed drivers who deliver them to New Yorkers in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How US military services are responding to the coronavirus and the pandemic’s impact on military readiness

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Thomas Burke, Chesley Dycus, Eric Reid, and Jessica Worst

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Why Boko Haram in Nigeria fights western education

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump listens during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

What Americans think about President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic

William A. Galston, Elaine Kamarck, and Fred Dews

Wednesday, April 15, 2020