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(USA/White Supremacist Movement) Identifying and exploiting the weaknesses of the white supremacist movement (Brookings)

Daniel L. Byman and Mark Pitcavage White supremacists have been a leading source of terrorist violence in the United States in the last decade, responsible for 40...

Department Press Briefing – April 1, 2021 (U.S. Department of State)

NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON WASHINGTON, DC https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-april-1-2021/

(Middle East/Horn of Africa/USA) Opportunities to Regulate Conventional Arms in the Middle East and Horn of Africa (Stimson Center)

Rachel Stohl  ·  Ryan Fletcher In the short time since President Biden took office, arms sales to the Middle East have been increasingly under scrutiny and debate. https://www.stimson.org/2021/opportunities-to-regulate-conventional-arms-in-the-middle-east-and-horn-of-africa/

(Weapons Diversion) Practical Tools for Addressing the Risk of Weapons Diversion (Stimson Center)

Introductory Remarks Emma Tobin, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland Featured Speakers Nicolas Florquin, Small Arms Survey Jonah Leff, Conflict Armament Research Rachel Stohl, Stimson Center Moderated by Himayu Shiotani, United Nations...

(Arms Trade Treaty) Diversion and the Arms Trade Treaty. Identifying Good Practice and Opportunities for Progress (Stimson Center)

Rachel Stohl  ·  Shannon Dick The diversion of conventional arms is a key international security concern, asunregulated weapons can perpetuate and exacerbate conflict and armed violence, facilitate...

(Climate Change) This Latin American tech giant wants to restore nearly 7,500 acres of rainforest (WEF)

Heather Clancy Tech firms in Latin America are helping fund tree restoration https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/latin-american-brazilian-ecosystem-restoration-mercado-libre/

(Climate Change) Electric cars powered by tidal energy are driving Scotland toward net-zero emissions (WEF)

Tiffany Duong Cars on the island of Yell, located in the Shetland Islands in Scotland, can now be entirely fuelled by Nova Innovation's tidal turbines https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/electric-cars-powered-by-tidal-energy-are-driving-scotland-toward-net-zero-emissions/

(Innovation/Technology) Smart toys: Your child’s best friend or a creepy surveillance tool? (WEF)

Seth Bergeson, Kay Firth-Butterfield The market for smart toys is rapidly expanding and could grow to $18 billion by 2023 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/smart-toys-your-child-s-best-friend-or-a-creepy-surveillance-tool/

(Gender Equality/Circular Economy) Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality (WEF)

Kristin Hughes Women fight on the frontlines against plastic pollution https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/three-experts-on-why-eradicating-plastic-pollution-will-help-achieve-gender-equality/

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