FP This Week: Global Reboot Returns for Season 2

Also, hear from Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on the future of press freedom. [Foreign Policy This Week]( July 18, 2022 | [View in browser]( To access all the benefits of an FP subscription, [sign in]( or [subscribe](. Thanks for reading. Season 2 of FP’s [Global Reboot]( podcast just dropped, and there’s a lot in the world that needs rebooting. When we launched the podcast last year, right as people were beginning to get vaccinated, we thought we would examine the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and looked to explore a big question in each episode: [how to prevent the next pandemic]( with Ashish Jha and Hanan Abdul Rahim; [how to stop racism]( with Bernice King; [how to fix inequality]( with Mariana Mazzucato and Raghuram Rajan. Unfortunately, the world in 2022 is an even messier and more complicated place. There’s Russia’s war in Ukraine. There’s a global energy crisis. A food shortage. Rampant inflation. Once again, there are many problems that need a “reboot”—a fresh way of thinking about solutions. And that’s why we’re excited to bring you Season 2 of Global Reboot. [Episode 1]( has already dropped, and it has political scientist Ian Bremmer explaining how major crises can often create the conditions for unprecedented cooperation. It’s a provocative yet hopeful take that sets the tone for the season. This week, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa will explain how to combat misinformation and how to build an independent, free press—in other words, how to reboot journalism. (You can also watch Ressa discuss these ideas on [FP Live]( this week.) There’s much more to listen and mull over in forthcoming episodes of Global Reboot. We’ll look at how to fix the food crisis, how to reboot democracy, how to finance climate change mitigation, and much else. Listen to Global Reboot wherever you get your podcasts. —Ravi Agrawal, FP’s editor in chief and host of Global Reboot --------------------------------------------------------------- New and Noteworthy - The Global Semiconductor Shortage: The Biden administration has reinvigorated calls for Congress to pass legislation intended to stimulate semiconductor production domestically in the United States. With semiconductors at the heart of strategic and technological competition with China and recent technology export controls being imposed against Russia and its allies, how the United States proceeds with the proposed legislation will have important geopolitical implications. Stay informed on these critical technology policy developments with this [free briefing]( from FP Analytics. Want to go deeper? Expand your knowledge of semiconductors with this [special report]( exclusively available to FP Insiders. - Will U.S. ‘Nearshoring’ Go From Buzzword to Trend?: Last week, Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Catherine Osborn looked at Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s visit to Washington, the one-year anniversary of Cuban protests, and how the travails of Peru’s squid industry tell a bigger geopolitical story. 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