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WHAT'S NEXT?: Trust in politicians and experts is falling fast. Privacy is under threat and may lead to a collapse of confidence in technology as the world is increasingly networked. Unless reliability, integrity, and surety can keep pace with accelerating change trust in anything but oneself may disappear.

[New] The SolarWinds fallout has exposed the blind trust too many organizations still put in their third-party partners - despite the long-acknowledged, well-documented risks inherent to the digital supply chain.
[New] Making health information more congruent with and relevant for lower SES individuals who tend be more interpersonally oriented will help to encourage behavior change and close the gap in SES health disparities.
[New] Integrating the unique values and beliefs about the self and close others observed among lower SES individuals could facilitate the design of messaging campaigns that are more equitable, relevant, and more likely to give rise to behavior change.
[New] Major infrastructure investments will provide reliable, steady demand for products made by U.S. workers and supply chains of U.S. small businesses.
[New] NHTSA's request for comments demonstrates a federal response to evolving technology with focus on the importance of ensuring autonomous vehicles will be safely integrated into the transportation network.
[New] India - which has a diverse and integrated fabric and apparel ecosystem - is expected to be the upcoming hub in terms of its role in the apparel supply chain.
[New] Without a target date for the re-opening of overseas travel, consumers will continue to hold off booking due to lack of confidence and up to 2.4 million travel and tourism jobs in the UK could be lost.
[New] Generating trust in technologies is key to driving the new digital society, and there is no doubt that the TruBlo project will result in researchers, academics and businesses developing new blockchain solutions to ensure the exchange of reliable content on social networks and in the media.
[New] Developing strong trans-Atlantic collaboration on China must be part of a broader and skillful diplomatic effort to build back more trusting relationships with European partners, which will take time.
[New] The North Carolina drone trials will be used by the FAA to create final guidelines for safely integrating drones into the national airspace.
[New] China has decided to allow the use of weapons by its maritime security forces, moving more to integrating them with its navy, leading to the fear that activity around the Senkakus will be exacerbated.
[New] People across the world have mixed feelings towards AI and fear it may make their jobs obsolete or irrelevant.
[New] Rich stores of data that existed across care environments and the growth in connectivity and proliferation of connected devices represent an enormous opportunity for driving operational efficiency, improving productivity, and contributing to more resilient health care systems globally.
[New] 84% of physicians expect secure, efficient sharing of patient data integrated into care in the next five to 10 years.
[New] Australia is undergoing the most fundamental strategic realignment since the Second World War, toward a focus on threats closer to home without reliance on the United States.
[New] Given the long-term strategic nature of the China threat, India might do well to strengthen and nurture its engagement with the U.S., the Quad, and other strategic minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific.
[New] UK study - Time of birth and risk of neonatal death at term The risk of neonatal death was 4.2 per 10000 during the normal working week and 5.6 per 10000 at all other times (out of hours) (unadjusted odds ratio 1.3, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 1.6).
[New] Better integration of genomic and epidemiological data will continue to improve outbreak responses but can be cumbersome without open-access data repositories - for example, for fluctuating global air travel volumes.
[New] The Biden team should provide private assurances to Pakistan that it will pressure India to refrain from using Afghanistan to engage in significant provocations inside Pakistan.
[New] There are opportunities for governments and private sectors to fuse their approaches, bolster supply chains, cooperate to prevent vaccine nationalism, and integrate national and regional legislation under the African Medicines Agency (AMA).

Last updated: 21 February 2021

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