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Europe’s approach to AI governance: time for a vision
"The immediate reflex to turn to AI to help tackle the outbreak of COVID-19… is a topical case in point. Coordinating AI policies at the EU level could secure a level playing field of protection and benefits for European citizens… and leverage Europe’s strengths on the global market" (Smuha 2020).
Elections And Covid-19
This Technical Paper offers an initial overview of key points for electoral administrators, governments and civil society organizations on administering elections amid the continued spread of COVID-19. (IDEA, 2020)
Finding the ‘Common Good’ in a Pandemic
“Every one of the unprecedented, vastly consequential, health and economic measures that state, local and federal officials have taken up to now...reflects an unarticulated ethical position about...how do we maximize the common good in the least heartless way” (Thomas L. Friedman, 2020).
What the Great Plague of Athens Can Teach Us Now
"Disease changed the course of the war, and shaped the peace that came afterward, planting the seeds that would destroy Athenian democracy… If the social and moral fiber of a society are already being tested, the widespread fear of death at the hands of an invisible killer makes everything exponentially worse." (Kelaidis, 2020)
Democracy And Peacebuilding In The Framework Of Sdg 16+
This Discussion Paper was developed with input gathered from official key partner organizations that attended several gatherings to discuss the role of global and regional organizations in the advancement of SDG 16, held using the platform provided by the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy at International IDEA. (Consuegra, 2020).
The World After Coronavirus
"Humankind is now facing a global crisis. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come… When choosing between alternatives, we should ask ourselves not only how to overcome the immediate threat, but also what kind of world we will inhabit once the storm passes." (Harari, 2020)
Protecting Ethnic Minorities Within Minorities
This Constitution Brief surveys comparative constitutional practice for different mechanisms and approaches relating to the minorities within minorities challenge. In other words, this brief refers to the protection of minorities within constituent units/states/regions and doesn’t cover the protection of minorities in general. (Bisarya, 2020).
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Fuels Trump’s Autocratic Instincts
"Trump apparently read from a teleprompter on Wednesday night. After weeks of dismissing the threat of a pandemic and of continuing to obsess about his own personal grievances, he finally sounded grave… precisely because Trump was not at his worst… in the extraordinary situation of a pandemic, what we are witnessing is peak Trump." (Gessen, 2020)
Democracy Report 2020. Autocratization Surges – Resistance Grows
"Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) produces the largest global dataset on democracy with some 28 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2019." This report details the state of democracy in 2019 and presents data for democratically advancing and declining states around the world and global challenges.
The Future of Democracy in Europe
This report argues that “the crisis of liberal democracy cannot be blamed on the development and prevalence of digital technology...rather, the crisis has deeper causes about which there is little consensus, with views dependent on normative assumptions about democracy that are ultimately political” (Kundani, 2020).
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