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China Standards 2035 and the Plan for World Domination—Don’t Believe China’s Hype
Although U.S. officials have grown increasingly concerned about China's participation in technical standards bodies and its forthcoming plan, China Standards 2035, it is important to distinguish posturing and proclamations from real risks.

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Net Politics June 3, 2020 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

U.S. Foreign Policy

Under Trump, the United States Has Become an Irresponsible Stakeholder
U.S. President Donald J. Trump's disdain for multilateral cooperation has cost the United States its credibility as a responsible stakeholder in the international system.

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick June 1, 2020 The Internationalist

Cybersecurity

Cyber Week in Review: May 29, 2020
Twitter checks Trump on mail-in voting tweets; Trump signs executive order limiting protections for online platforms; Amnesty International discovers vulnerability in Qatar’s contact tracing app; U.S. government plans to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students with ties to PLA; and the NSA accuses Russian hackers of targeting email servers around the world.

Blog Post by Adam Segal May 29, 2020 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

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Demonstrations and Protests

Affirming Our Commitment to Human Rights, at Home and Abroad

Blog Post by Michelle Gavin June 2, 2020 Africa in Transition

Coronavirus

Graphing the Pandemic Economy
In a fast-evolving crisis like a pandemic, GDP and other conventional economic metrics are simply too slow to be useful for policymakers who need to make decisions about when to lock down and reopen parts of the economy. Fortunately, real-time mobility data has opened a window into the world that COVID-19 has wrought.

by A. Michael Spence and Chen Long June 2, 2020

Election 2020

Banning Covert Foreign Election Interference
The United States is one of the countries that is most susceptible to foreign election interference. To safeguard the U.S. elections in November, Robert K. Knake argues that the United States and other democracies should agree to not interfere in foreign elections.

Report by Robert K. Knake May 29, 2020 Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program