With a year of global trade upheavals, momentous elections, and data breaches behind us, 2019 isn’t likely to be any less eventful. From U.S.-China relations to the role of emerging technologies, more than 40 Brookings experts from diverse policy backgrounds look ahead to the issues they expect will shape the world this year and solutions to address them.
The 2016 election revealed just how easily social media can be manipulated for personal, political, and financial gain. As 2020 hopefuls begin to assemble their teams, campaign veteran Lisa Kaplan offers a number of concrete tactics for defending against disinformation, falsified videos, and other kinds of digital attacks from nefarious actors.
As the threat to U.S. and allied space systems continues to grow, Frank Rose explains why he believes the Trump administration’s plan to re-establish the U.S. Space Command is smart policy and shares several key considerations for Congress and the White House going forward.
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