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1) Epidemics and the risk of a pandemic – causes and responses. How should individual countries and the international community deal with this kind of challenge? Illustrate your answer with one or more current examples.

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You have been sent as a diplomatic representative of the Italian government to a public meeting in Geneva to give representatives of the WHO, other UN agencies and the international press an update on Italy's strategy for dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak.

2) What is 5G? Why is it important? What advantages does it provide? What are the technical, health and security concerns? Are these concerns resolvable? What is the EU's position?

3) Europe has some of the world's biggest companies but some experts argue that nearly all of these are in the old economy (e.g. Volkswagen, cars, Eni, oil and gas, ING, financial services) and very few of them are leaders in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) or other high-tech sectors. Is this true? Are we losing the battle for the new economy? And, if so, why? And what should the EU do about it?

4) Artificial intelligence – Who will control it and why is this important?