How the West Should Tackle China and Tech, Making Work Better, and More

July 22, 2021

Rather than a reactive approach focused on Chinese activities, the newly announced Trade and Technology Council would be better served by a proactive approach that boosts democratic technology governance and internet values while providing alternatives to prevailing models of authoritarian internet control and corporate surveillance, argue Konstantinos Komaitis and Justin Sherman.

“If we want work to be better after the pandemic, it is important to understand the concerns of workers before it.” In their new report, Richard Reeves, Morgan Welch, and Hannah Van Drie share key takeaways from focus group data collected in Las Vegas before the pandemic and outline a series of policy solutions to better support workers.

Even as President Biden has begun to nail down a core foreign policy strategy oriented toward competing with China and Russia and reasserting U.S. leadership, fragile states have thrust themselves onto his agenda and that of key European leaders. Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones discuss the risks associated with not addressing fragility.

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