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TechTank

How countries are leveraging computing power to achieve their national artificial intelligence strategies

Samar Fatima, Gregory S. Dawson, Kevin C. Desouza, and James S. Denford

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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Report

Interoperable, agile, and balanced: Rethinking technology policy and governance for the 21st century

Nicholas Davis, Landry Signé, and Mark Esposito

Thursday, January 6, 2022

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Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2021

Thursday, December 30, 2021

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Africa in Focus

African democracy in 2022: 3 elections to watch

Danielle Resnick

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

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U.S.-China technology competition

Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Emilie Kimball, Jessica Brandt, David Dollar, Cameron F. Kerry, Aaron Klein, Joshua P. Meltzer, Chris Meserole, Amy J. Nelson, Pavneet Singh, Melanie W. Sisson, and Thomas Wright

Thursday, December 23, 2021

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Report

The emerging global natural gas market and the energy crisis of 2021-2022

Alex Gilbert, Morgan D. Bazilian, and Samantha Gross

December 2021

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Report

Digital government: Foundations for global development and democracy

George Ingram and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Climate Change

Preparing the United States for security and governance in a geoengineering future

Joseph Versen, Zaruhi Mnatsakanyan, and Johannes Urpelainen

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Democracy

Democracy Playbook 2021: 10 Commitments for Advancing Democracy

Susan Corke, Norman Eisen, Jonathan Katz, Andrew Kenealy, James Lamond, Alina Polyakova, and Torrey Taussig

Monday, December 6, 2021

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Up Front

How can digital government advance global development and democracy?

George Ingram and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

China Premier Li Keqiang attends Southeast Asian leaders virtual summit Tuesday October 26, 2021 without Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing after its top general failure of Myanmar's army to adhere to a peace road map it had agreed with the southeast Asian bloc following the coup in February. The exclusion of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was an embarrassment for Myanmar's military and the harshest rebuke by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and took over the government on February 1. During the meeting on Tuesday Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said he welcomed the inclusion of Britain as the first new dialogue partner of ASEAN in over two decades. There were three separate meetings between the ASEAN leaders and leaders of the United States, China, and South Korea.

Order from Chaos

ASEAN running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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Order from Chaos

20 Brookings Foreign Policy books for 2021

Ted Reinert and McCall Mintzer

Thursday, December 2, 2021

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Engaging China: Reconsidering the strategy and practice

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Experts

Joshua P. Meltzer

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Norman Eisen

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A “breakthrough” agenda on climate finance

Amar Bhattacharya, John Podesta, Zia Khan, and John McArthur

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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Ten commitments to save democracy

Norman Eisen, Susan Corke, and Fred Dews

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The people dilemma: How human capital is driving or constraining the achievement of national AI strategies

Samar Fatima, Gregory S. Dawson, Kevin C. Desouza, and James S. Denford

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Digital infrastructure is more than just broadband: What the US can learn from Europe’s open source technology policy study

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David G. Victor and David Dollar

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