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Countering hybrid threats: the vital need for digital resilience
“Hybrid threats continue to change and evolve, impacting not only our societies but also governments, institutions, and private companies. … Yet while we continue to seek to enhance resilience against hybrid threats, the ways we’ve adapted to the pandemic are presenting us with new levels of vulnerability” (Courtney 2020).
A Chance to Repair the Cracks in Our Democracy
“Amid a worsening pandemic, a record number of voters in the United States elected Joseph R. Biden Jr. president, marking an end to the administration of Donald J. Trump. But President Trump had refused to commit himself to a peaceful transfer of presidential power even before he lost his bid for re-election” (Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2020).
New Toolkit Empowers Civic Activists Across the Globe to Combat Corruption
Anti-Corruption Toolkit for Civic Activists can be used "to advocate for social or political change through collective discussion, organization and action." Using this Toolkit, civic activists, journalists and others worldwide can develop effective approaches to combatting corruption that are tailored to specific local contexts. (International Republican Institute, 2020).
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on technocrats replacing Africa’s kleptocrats
“Instead of trying to work around governments, the aid agencies, foundations and companies operating in Africa could partner with the public sector and commit funds annually to improve the education and training of young Africans and mid-career professionals to improve government effectiveness” (Ellen Johnson Sirfleaf, 2020).
The United States Must Marshal the "Free World"
“The “un-free” world seeks to undermine international norms, Western liberal values, and democracy itself...Biden will need to marshal the very strengths that define democratic government if he is to both mend domestic wounds and temper the threats that face democracies globally” (Alexander Vindman, 2020).
Responding to Terrorism in France
“In the wake of two horrific incidents of Islamist terrorism in France, President Emmanuel Macron and many of his countrymen have reacted angrily to criticism from abroad suggesting that French policies, and especially the French version of state-enforced secularism, somehow contributed to the lethal radicalization of a sliver of the country’s large Muslim population” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
A Return to Decency
“American democracy was challenged by Mr. Trump at its very heart — respect for truth — and resisted”. When Joe Biden takes office, “decency will return to the White House, a fundamental moral shift. Dictators the world over will no longer have carte blanche to do their worst unchallenged” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
Humans Can Help Clean Up Facebook and Twitter
“On Facebook and Twitter, the most inflammatory, unreliable and divisive posts are shared and too often believed more readily than those with verifiable facts...it’s apparent that much more needs to be done to rapidly and more consistently stop the proliferation of bad info, year round and globally” (Greg Bensinger, 2020).
How Venture Capitalists are Deforming Capitalism
“Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after another—hoping that its gamble would pay off before disaster struck” (Charles Duhigg, 2020).
How to Save Democracy from Technology
The rise of giant internet platforms “should ring alarm bells—not just because they hold so much economic power but also because they wield so much control over political communication. These behemoths now dominate the dissemination of information and the coordination of political mobilization. That poses unique threats to a well-functioning democracy” (Francis Fukuyama, 2020).
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