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(Netherlands) This Dutch floating village could help tackle city-density and sea-level challenges (WEF)

Victoria Masterson https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/netherlands-floating-village-schoonschip-density/

(Blockchain) 4 predictions for blockchain in 2021 – from cryptocurrencies to art (CoinDesk, WEF)

Sheila Warren, Head of Blockchain and Data Policy; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Sumedha Deshmukh, Platform Curator, Blockchain and Digital...

(India) This project wants to bring broadband – and hope – to rural India (WEF)

Mark McCord https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/digital-divide-rural-india-internet-access-microsoft/

(Lebanon) Six months after the Beirut port explosion: reflections from a first responder (WEF)

Georges Kettaneh, Secretary-General, Lebanese Red Cross https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/beirut-port-explosion-response-lebanese-red-cross/

(Mobility/Planet) Electric fleets can fuel decarbonisation efforts. Here’s how (WEF)

Maya Ben Dror, Project Lead, Future of Mobility, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum Mary Loane, Project Lead,...

(Myanmar) Myanmar’s civil–military maelstrom (East Asia Forum)

Marco Bünte, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/05/myanmars-civil-military-maelstrom/

(Myanmar/ASEAN) Myanmar exposes ASEAN’s cheap talk on democracy (East Asia Forum)

Mathew Davies, ANU https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/04/myanmar-exposes-aseans-cheap-talk-on-democracy/

(Southeast Asia/Democracy/Rights) Screening and Discussion of “A Thousand Cuts” (CFR)

Speakers Ramona Diaz Filmmaker, A Thousand Cuts, FRONTLINE, PBS Joshua Kurlantzick Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations; @JoshKurlantzick Maria Ressa Author and Journalist; Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, Rappler Presider Jacob M. Weisberg Cofounder...

(USA) After the Capitol Riot, Biden’s Summit for Democracy Is More Needed Than Ever (World Politics Review, CFR)

Stewart M. Patrick https://www.cfr.org/article/after-capitol-riot-bidens-summit-democracy-more-needed-ever

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