Even as threats of violence seemed everywhere in 2021, there were zero successful mass terrorist attacks on U.S. soil during the year. Daniel Byman explains why terrorism—as it is traditionally defined—was so low last year, and what kinds of threats the U.S. faced.
New York City recently passed a law that would require hiring vendors to conduct annual bias audits of artificial intelligence (AI) use in the city’s processes and tools. Nicol Turner Lee and Samantha Lai discuss the risks in using AI for HR processes and how audits can mitigate the harms.
The 2035 Vision for China-Africa Cooperation that came out of the recent Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Meeting in Dakar stands out as the first mid- to long-term cooperation plan jointly developed by China and Africa. Yun Sun provides a closer look at the document and its significance.
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