Morton Abramowitz
Morton Abramowitz is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Morton Abramowitz is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
During the COVID-19 crisis, lockdowns and other social-distancing rules have forced schools worldwide to shut their doors, locking out a peak of 1.6 billion children. Unless the international community acts now, the consequences for this generation – especially its poorest members – will be severe and long-lasting.
By forcing much of the world to go online, the COVID-19 crisis has rapidly broadened the global technology debate beyond questions of surveillance and privacy. The digital policies that governments adopt today will increasingly shape how we work, learn, and entertain ourselves – and how we manage future crises.
