Ethiopia’s COVID-19 lessons, how a digital regulator should address AI issues, and Indonesian and Australian views on Seoul’s ambitions.
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The Brookings Brief

May 15, 2023

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki poses for a photo with finance chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea
How Indonesia and Australia view South Korea’s ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’ Indo-Pacific strategy
 

With South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to the United States and the recent release of South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy, Seoul’s global ambitions and its burgeoning role have been in the spotlight. Natalie Sambhi explains how Jakarta and Canberra are assessing these developments.

 

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Former Secretary of National Telecommunications and Information Administration Donald Evans tours a spectrum mobile lab
A digital regulator must be empowered to address AI issues
 

As demands to regulate the tech industry grow, one particular call has emerged from the noise: support for the creation of a digital regulator. Mark MacCarthy outlines how such an agency should approach artificial intelligence (AI).   

 

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A woman receives a COVID19 vaccine at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia’s lessons from COVID-19
 

On the day Ethiopia’s health system detected the country’s first COVID-19 case, Lia Tadesse was appointed Minister of Health. In a new Foresight Africa viewpoint, Tadesse shares important lessons from the crisis and highlights two key investment areas to prepare Ethiopia for future health shocks.

 

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