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Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World: Symposium Opening Plenary

Hybrid EVENT

Ellen McCarthy, Suzanne Nossel, James Warren, and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss misinformation in this partner event with Northwestern University and the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America.

photograph of person's hands holding a smart phone
Jenny Kane / AP
Jan
22

Competing to Win: America’s Economic Power in the Age of AI

Virtual EVENT

Suzanne Nossel leads a webinar in partnership with the Leadership Now Project on how the US can strengthen its competitiveness in the age of AI.

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo.
Eugene Hoshiko / AP
Feb
9

Past Events

A Conversation with Estonian President Alar Karis

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Estonian President Alar Karis joins the Council to discuss digital innovation, cybersecurity, and Estonia's role on the front lines of collective defense.

Speakers on the Council's stage
Ana Miyares Photography

Mining the Future: America's Critical Minerals Challenge

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkness, and Karl Friedhoff discuss the strategic challenges facing the US as it tries to secure critical mineral supply chains while balancing competing policy priorities.

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkess, and Karl Friedhoff on the council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary

The World Is Going Electric, with or Without the United States

Analysis
by Joshua Busby

As the current administration tries to hold back the tide on energy innovation, China is dominating in the production and sale of clean technologies.

Solar panels sit on a hillside
Sam McNeil / AP
Tech and Science

Technological Change Will Upend Our Understanding of National Security

Analysis
by Rachel Bronson

New technologies are radically altering the way we live. US leaders will need a new understanding of safety and security to preserve America’s global position.

A silhouette of a person in front of the US seal
Carlos Fyfe/The White House via AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements, and the Challenges Ahead for the United States

RESEARCH
Report by Karl Friedhoff

Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward.

Ore is hauled from the Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in Utah
Rick Bowmer / AP
US Foreign Policy

Americans Favor Greater AI and Quantum Regulation

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

While still forming their views on these technologies, more say they are concerned about the potential risks than excited about the opportunities.

An IBM Heron quantum processor chip is in a circuit board at IBM headquarters
Ted Shaffrey / AP
Public Opinion

Experts