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On 29 March 2022, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in partnership with the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) will hold an online event to discuss how Russia and other states use media outlets to shift the debate in France towards their interests. Insights will be presented from ASD’s French Election Dashboard … Continued
On 29 March 2022, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) will consider upcoming Hungarian elections on 3 April. The discussion will address potential outcomes for European and transatlantic partners, the plausibility of different scenarios, what factors may influence on possibilities, and the potential impact of Russia’s unjustified war in Ukraine. Event speakers … Continued
On 5 April, the Brookings Institution will host an expert panel that will discuss ways to operationalise and build more concrete standards for responsible AI. As uses of AI proliferate throughout our societies, it is important to establish standards of fairness, transparency, privacy, human safety and explanability. Experts include: Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow … Continued
On 24 March 2022, the Center for European Policy Analysis will hold a virtual event to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the next era of transatlantic tech policy cooperation. The discussion is timely, given the rapidly developing vision for global innovation in technology, in which the visions of democratic actors and autocracies continue to … Continued
On 22 March 2022, the German Marshall Fund for the United States will hold an online event to discuss France’s role in the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The discussion will take into account key factors such as France’s initiatives under the Council Presidency, upcoming elections in France, and the implications for transatlantic … Continued
On 22 March 2022, the Center for Strategic and International Studies will hold a webinar to discuss the geopolitical, economic and military impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the potential lessons for Taiwan. Speakers will include Mr. John Culver, former national intelligence officer for East Asia, retired CIA; Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser, director of … Continued
China, Russia and other emerging regional powers increasingly influence fragile states and take very different approaches and aims than Western donors. Fragile states can become an arena for geopolitical competition, calling into question Western approaches and fuelled by the relatively weak commitment from the West in implementing fragility-specific approaches. On 18 March 2022, the Brookings … Continued
On 17 March 2022, the Hungarian Europe Society with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom will hold an online conference about the future of democracy. The 21st century has seen new challenges for democracy, with authoritarianism rising globally over the past decade. Such new challenges include environmental emergency, an unknown pandemic, migration, … Continued
On 17 March 2022, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center will hold a public panel on the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for the Middle East. Of particular interest to the discussion will be the role played by Turkey in the conflict, as President Erdogan may use the conflict to play … Continued
Russia has significantly stepped up its presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since its annexation of Crimea in 2014. The Kremlin is expected to continue to scale-up these efforts in the wake of political and economic isolation from the West as a consequence of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. On … Continued
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