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(Global Supply Chains) Global Supply Chains in the Era of COVID-19 (CFR)

Speakers Edward Alden Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; @edwardalden Emily J. Blanchard Associate Professor, Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Philip J. Venables Chief Information Security...

(Azerbaijan) Azerbaijan Embarks on Construction of Nakhchivan Railway (Part One) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Vasif Huseynov On February 14, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, during his visit to the Azerbaijani territories retaken following the Second Karabakh War (September 27–November...

(Russia/Dagestan) Brother of Former Dagestani Governor Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Term (The Jamestown Foundation)

Valery Dzutsati On March 22, a Moscow court sentenced the brother of a former governor of Dagestan to 12 years in prison for bribery and...

(Russia/Ukraine/Europe) War Scare Is Putin’s Natural Element (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev The current escalation of tensions around eastern Ukraine is dangerous and may appear untimely and inopportune while Europe and Russia seek to...

(Innovation/Technology) Building a National AI Strategy (WEF)

Speakers: Jennifer Schenker, Özgür Burak Akkol, Mikayil Jabbarov, Alexander Vedyakhin, Mustafa Varank Dozens of governments are planning or have already released artificial intelligence strategies as part of their national growth...

(Innovation/Technology) Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence (WEF)

Speakers: Irene Tham, Vilas Dhar, Mark Brayan, Haniyeh Mahmoudian, Jason Matheny, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Fayaz King As rapid advances in machine learning increase the scope and scale of AI’s deployment in all aspects...

(Innovation/Technology) The Next Frontier: Synthetic Biology (WEF)

Speakers: Mariette DiChristina, Genya Dana, Megan Palmer, Margaret A. Hamburg, Matthew Chang, Jason Kelly Synthetic biology, the (re)design of organisms, is a frontier technology with applications in manufacturing, healthcare, energy, information...

(Innovation/Technology) Technology Governance Outlook (WEF)

Speakers: Sheila Warren, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Marc Benioff, Vivian Balakrishnan, Susan Wojcicki Opening video from Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide of Japan. COVID-19 has accelerated the transition into the age of the Fourth...

(Malaysia) Malaysia must rethink its labour market to be truly high-income (East Asia Forum)

Stewart Nixon, ANU Recently released World Bank projections forecast Malaysia achieving high-income status by 2025. But the same prediction made in December 2017 had Malaysia reaching the mark this...

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