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Africa: Year in Review 2020
"This year’s Africa: Year in Review 2020 is a special edition, marking the fifth year since the launch of the series. The Wilson Center Africa Program continued its annual tradition of asking policymakers, scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine the top developments in Africa and in U.S.-Africa relations for 2020" (Boswell et. al., 2020).
Youth and Satisfaction with Democracy
The report “finds that “younger generations have become steadily more dissatisfied with democracy – not only in absolute terms, but also relative to older cohorts at comparable stages of life” and that “countries that have elected populist leaders have seen a recovery in youth satisfaction with democracy.” (Foa, 2020)
Digital Minilateralism: How Governments Cooperate on Digital Governance
The authors find that “leaders should consider engaging digital minilateralism as a method of international cooperation” that can shape “how individual governments learn, adopt, and govern the use of new and emerging technologies, and how they create common or aligned policy.” (Dr. Tanya Filer and Dr. Antonio Weiss, 2020).
Renewing Democracy in the Digital Age
“The...Future of Democracy program has conducted a three-year comprehensive study and related series of convenings regarding pathways for democratic reform” to “strengthen democratic values, institutions, and outcomes...This report thus represents both a capstone of a transnational, multi-stakeholder project and the launch of a new conversation” (Berggruen Institute, 2020).
COVID-19 Response - Case Studies of Four Countries
“The following report contains four case studies of different countries’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each report first looks at the pre-pandemic preparedness of the country in question, then presents the strategy that was implemented … and an assessment of its performance” (Nakagawa et al., 2019).
Transatlantic Trends 2020
"The 2020 edition of Transatlantic Trends is a comparative study of French, German, and American perspectives on the major issues facing the transatlantic relationship: cooperation in security and defense, China’s influence on the global stage, international trade, and the digital transition." (Bertelsmann Foundation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Institut Montaigne, 2020)
Transforming Multilateralism for 21st Century Social Justice and Inclusion
“This brief – informed by perspectives from governments, international institutions, civil society organizations and social movements – presents a way forward for policymakers worldwide, based on the most actionable policies they can champion and implement to strengthen social justice and inclusion” (Club de Madrid, 2020).
Digital Cooperation for a Better Global Future
This report discusses “three main areas where international agreement and transnational initiatives could make important difference...data for forecasting and accountability, AI and digital transaction auditing and standards enforcement, and governance for digital platforms” (Club de Madrid, 2020).
Common Ground
Common Ground "sits awkwardly but intentionally, between a seemingly distant past and a rather uncertain future. This moment softly echoes Robert Schuman’s appeal of May 9, 1950: ‘Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity." (European Cultural Foundation, 2020).
Global Democracy and Covid-19: Upgrading International Support
“This report assesses the impact that Covid-19 is having on democracy around the world” and examines how international democracy support organisations and donors are responding to the challenges related to the pandemic and calls for a stronger and reformulated international democracy support” (Youngs and Panchulidze, 2020).
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