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How Biden can make his internet freedom agenda a success (Jessica Brandt, Brookings)

As it convenes its much-anticipated Summit for Democracy this week, the Biden administration was set to launch a new Alliance for the Future of...

The climate conundrum (Dennis J. Snower, Brookings)

The COP26 summit is now over and the question remains, where do we go from here? Although progress has been made—a “big step forward” said...

ASEAN running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition (Shuxian Luo, Brookings)

Following the latest incident in the South China Sea, in which Chinese coastguard vessels blocked and water-cannoned Philippine ships carrying resupplies to Second Thomas Shoal, the...

The November jobs report shows Black women are leaving the labor force (Anthony Barr, Makada Henry-Nickie, and Kristen Broady, Brookings)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) November jobs report, released December 3, provides mixed news about the state of the nation’s economic recovery. Total nonfarm...

Why we need a new agency to regulate advanced artificial intelligence: Lessons on AI control from the Facebook Files (Anton Korinek, Brookings)

With the development of ever more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, some of the world’s leading scientists, AI engineers and businesspeople have expressed concerns that humanity...

A most unusual recovery: How the US rebound from COVID differs from rest of G7 (Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Brookings)

The pace of recovery from the COVID shock differs across major advanced economies. In contrast to Europe and Japan, U.S. GDP exceeded its pre-COVID...

Chinese internet giants race to the metaverse (Global Times)

Chinese internet giants scrambled to snag a spot in the metaverse, a concept that has gone viral this year. The country's three online behemoths or "BAT"...

US’ port congestions drive up freight rates in Southeast Asia (Yin Yeping, Global Times)

Ports in some Southeast Asian countries have encountered a new round of freight rate surge since late November, driven by US port congestions and...

China to ramp up supervision of high-quality and green data centers (Global Times)

China will strengthen supervision on data center construction to avoid their unchecked and disorderly development, according to a plan for green and high-quality development...

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