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A Great Election, Against All Odds
“The 2020 election was not simply free of fraud...it was, from an administrative standpoint, a resounding success. In the face of a raging pandemic and the highest turnout in more than a century, Americans enjoyed one of the most secure, most accurate and most well-run elections ever” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
The E.U. Puts Its Foot Down on the Rule of Law
“The European Union finally drew the line this year and declared that disbursements from the E.U. budget and a special coronavirus relief fund would be contingent on each member’s adherence to the rule of law. Hungary and Poland have shamelessly retaliated” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy
“Conspiracy theories come in all shapes and sizes, but perhaps the most common form is the global cabal theory...Understanding the common structure of such global cabal theories can explain both their attractiveness — and their inherent falsehood” (Yuval Noah Harari, 2020).
Democracies must team up to take on China in the technosphere
Regarding China, “an insular America can remain a technology superpower. A connected America cemented into the rest of the world by means of a grand technopolitical bargain could be the hub of something truly unsurpassable” (The Economist, 2020).
Surveillance Capitalism Wasn't Built by Powerful Companies Alone
The “surveillance economy is made up not only of the powerful tech companies but also of the underlying assumptions, beliefs and economic models that reinforce them. Unless we scrutinize and question these beliefs, we risk merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic” (Anouk Ruhaak, 2020).
Covid 19 Is Upending Capitalism
“In 2021 the toll will become clearer as stimulus tapers down and more firms fail. Healthy businesses will ramp up investment, giving them an enduring advantage. These top dogs will, however, face a new climate in which three tenets of modern business—the primacy of shareholders, globalisation and limited government—are in flux” (Patrick Foulis, 2020).
New thinking is needed on workers’ rights
“Technology is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work in other ways, as firms rethink their businesses after the pandemic. There will be new skills to learn, new responsibilities to master and new models of remote and hybrid working. Employees will be forced to adapt. Such constant change will be unsettling” (Azeem Azhar, 2020).
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy
“In an exclusive interview, the former president” Barack Obama “identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book” (Jeffrey Goldberg, 2020).
Taiwan Is Beating Political Disinformation. The West Can Too.
“Building resilient societies that can fight back against disinformation comes from the hard work of increasing the public’s media literacy and creating and sustaining relationships among people over time, not better algorithms alone. Learning from innovators like Taiwan should be an overarching priority for liberal democracies in the 2020s” (Kerr and Phillips, 2020).
Seeing New Opportunities: How Global Actors Can Better Support Anticorruption Reformers
"The actions needed to pass reforms and combat corruption during a window will depend on the political context and history of how the window opened." This study draws on experiences of reformers in South Africa, Guatemala, and Slovakia to present an analytical framework for future action. (Guerzovich, Soledad Gattoni, and Algoso, 2020).
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