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The CommonHealth is the podcast of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security. On The CommonHealth, hosts J. Stephen Morrison, Katherine Bliss, and Andrew Schwartz delve deeply into the  puzzle that connects pandemic preparedness and response, HIV/AIDS, routine immunization, and primary care, areas of huge import to human and national security. The CommonHealth replaces under a single podcast the Coronavirus Crisis Update, Pandemic Planet and AIDS Existential Moment.

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The CLOUD Act and Transatlantic Trust

While the CLOUD Act attempted to clarify government access to extraterritorial data in an expanding cloud environment, EU concern remains. This white paper looks at the transatlantic digital relationship, EU action, and the future for a U.S.-EU e-evidence agreement.

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