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Africa/USA – Africa Reacts to Biden’s First 100 Days in Office (CSIS)

In our “Africa Reacts” series, the CSIS Africa Program asks prominent African journalists, civil society activists, and thought leaders to share their analysis on...

China/Space – China’s New Space Station Is a Stepping-Stone to Achieving Broader Ambitions (CSIS)

Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart Space has long been the province of major powers. Only a handful of countries possess the resources and technological capabilities...

Creating Fiscal Space in the Covid-19 Era (CSIS)

Stephanie Segal Global health challenges threaten the United States’ health and economic security, a reality made painfully clear over the past 14 months. Many low- and...

Russia/Ukraine – Energy sanctions can prevent a new Russian offensive in Ukraine (Atlantic Council)

Ariel Cohen and David Pasmanik A major Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine has recently sparked fears of a potentially dramatic escalation in...

Computing to win: Addressing the policy blind spot that threatens national AI ambitions (Atlantic Council)

Saurabh Mishra and Keith Strier Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing significant structural changes to global competition and economic growth. AI may generate trillions of dollars...

Iran/Saudi Arabia/UAE – Adding an Ishmael Track to the Abraham Accords: How to pursue détente between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE (Atlantic Council)

Kirsten Fontenrose The Abraham Accords between Israel and Gulf nations have taught us the important lesson that long-standing animosities can be set aside when greater...

Computer vision inches towards ‘common sense’ with Facebook’s latest research (TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey Machine learning is capable of doing all sorts of things as long as you have the data to teach it how. That’s not...

Geothermal technology has enormous potential to power the planet and Fervo wants to tap it (TechCrunch)

Jonathan Shieber Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for...

Rapchat tunes into $2.3M as its music-making app hits 7M users (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook’s Instagram have upended the film and TV industries, with a new wave of cinematographers, directors and actors...

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