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Today, New America relaunches our brand and website, strengthening how we advance independent research and bold solutions for a new America.
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Everyone’s talking about access to AI models and data, but what about the infrastructure behind them?
Next week, the #DigitalFuturesSymposium2025, hosted by New America's @PlanetaryPol, explores AI’s physical substrates and how to democratize access.
🌐 go.newamerica.org/infrastruc…
ALT Promotional poster for Digital Futures Symposium 2025 titled 'Geopolitics in the Age of AI' held on November 17-18 in Cape Town, South Africa. Featuring logos of New America, Responsible AI Institute, and Global Center on Governance.
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Roland Mwesigwa Banya, Non-Resident Planetary Politics Fellow, argues that regional coordination and smart localization can deliver both sovereignty and growth for Africa’s growing $9.15B data center market.
Read more: bit.ly/3WcSSmw
ALT Cover of a report titled 'Africa's Digital Sovereignty Trap: The Data Center Dilemma' by Roland Mwesigwa, featuring an image of neatly organized blue network cables in a data center.
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Treating emerging powers as “digital swing states” is a mistake.
Non-Resident Fellow @BasuArindrajit shows how these nations are shaping #techpolicy on their own terms, and why the U.S. must adapt to stay in the game.
🔗 newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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Read "With the U.S. Stepping Down, New Climate Leaders Are Trying to Step Up" by @HeelaRasool & more on climate leadership & just energy transition here: newamerica.org/planetary-pol… (2/2)
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“...losing a family recipe was like losing a family member.”
From the #Rohingya's lost beef curry to #Gaza’s forbidden seas, @michaelshaikh shows how destroying food traditions becomes a weapon of war.
Read his interview with Visiting Fellow @arynebaker: newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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“The first evidence of a take-off in solar in #Africa” — @ember_energy reports a ~60% rise in #solar panel imports from #China over 12 months, hitting ~15,032 MW.
This could mark a turning point for electricity access across the continent. 🧵1/5 ember-energy.org/latest-insi…
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Sr. Director @CandaceRondeaux deep-dives into how the #Trump administration is trying to outmaneuver #Russia through #Belarus, and why this move isn't likely to pay off.
Read here at @WPReview: worldpoliticsreview.com/us-b…
The Trump administration is attempting a mini-thaw with Belarus, hoping to peel the close Russian ally away from Moscow.
As @CandaceRondeaux writes, though, this strategy has one fatal flaw.
worldpoliticsreview.com/us-b…
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OCT 16: Who holds power in the energy transition?
Join @arynebaker, @alvincamba, @ElizabethLosos, Grégoire Roos (@ChathamHouse) & Laura Waisbich (@igarape_org) for a @NewAmerica/@igarape_org conversation on climate, debt, & global realignment.
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With #Indonesia now a global leader in nickel refining, the "Jakarta Model" is held up as a blueprint for development across the #GlobalSouth.
@alvincamba digs into the >2.75B in environmental & health damages repackaged as "green" progress.
Read here🔗 newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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Can private finance protect forests & oceans at scale?
Belize’s 2021 swap: 9% GDP debt relief, $364M blue bond, ~$180M for conservation—but high costs & weak metrics.
@NichInstitute’s Elizabeth Losos on the lessons learned:
newamerica.org/planetary-pol… #DebtForNature #ClimateFinance
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🌍 #Africa holds the keys to a #justenergytransition, but only if value stays where the #criticalminerals are.
In The Wakanda Rule, Visiting Fellow @arynebaker explores how refining at home, not abroad, could rewrite the continent’s future.
🔗 Read here: newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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🤝 What if debt relief could be powered by solidarity?
Director @HeelaRasool lays out why #GlobalSouth nations must unite through coordinated debt strategies in her latest piece for @AJEnglish.
Read here: aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/…
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What does a just, secure AI future require?
@PlanetaryPol explores five foundational elements of global AI development—governance frameworks, computing infrastructure, human capital, algorithmic accountability, & data flows.
🛠️ Check out the collection: go.newamerica.org/who-contro…
ALT Cover of 'Global Voices on Digital Sovereignty in an Unequal World,' featuring a close-up of a computer circuit board with a glowing globe. Authors include Candace Rondeaux, Swati Srivastava, Min Jiang, Arindrajit Basu, and Jeremy McKey. For New America's Planetary Politics Program.
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🌍 #Europe & #Africa can co-create a values‑based digital future and move beyond #tech isolationism together.
Non-Resident Fellow Nii Simmonds @nubiancheetah unpacks for @wef how collaboration can unlock the next era of equitable technology. 🤝
More: newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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New America experts around the web:
1️⃣ Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered bit.ly/4fwx7GY
2️⃣ @PlanetaryPol Heela Rasool-Ayub for @AJEnglish bit.ly/47schqb
3️⃣ @BetterLifeLab @BrigidSchulte for @usnews bit.ly/4mke4lW
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🗓️ Join us on Aug 20 @ 10 AM ET for a virtual conversation w/ author Michael Poznansky @m_poznansky & Visiting Fellow Laura Kupe on "Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes U.S. Foreign Policy."`
📖Learn more & RSVP: newamerica.org/planetary-pol…
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#Africa’s digital economy is booming. Will it mean sovereignty or dependency?
A new brief from @roland_banya (@RIAnetwork) shows how countries can attract investment, protect data rights, & pave the way for sustainable digital infrastructure.
🔗 newamerica.org/planetary-pol… #AI #DPI
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.@OutInNatSec and @PlanetaryPol are proud to honor more than 30 distinguished LGBTQIA+ professionals in U.S. national security and foreign policy.
Please join us in recognizing this year's impressive lineup of honorees. Congratulations to all!
🏳️🌈 go.newamerica.org/2025-lgbtq…
ALT Graphic for a blog post titled "2025 LGBTQIA+ Out in National Security Leadership and New Voices List" featuring a collage of diverse individual portraits.
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[RESCHEDULED] Join us online on March 20 @ 10:30AM ET for a crucial conversation with Rachel Adams @racheladamsward, author of The New Empire of AI — moderated by Nonresident Scholar & @gcg_ai Fellow Faisal Lalani @ourthuley.
RSVP: newamerica.org/planetary-pol… #AI #GlobalJustice
