Navigating Covid-19 in a Digital Republic (with President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid)

In Estonia, the only public service not available online is marriage. Dubbed the “digital republic”, Estonia has the most advanced e-government in the world and nurtures a vibrant start-up community. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how legal and technological innovations have helped to build e-Estonia, and how this digital republic is navigating the Covid-19 pandemic.

They explore:

• How Covid-19 could accelerate technology development and implementation.
• How Estonia has achieved astonishing transparency and privacy in digital government.
• How Estonia combats constant cyber threats.

Further reading:

• “Estonia, the Digital Republic” (New Yorker, 2017)
• “Why Estonia Was Poised to Handle How a Pandemic Would Change Everything” (New Yorker, 2020)
• “Can AI Be a Fair Judge in Court? Estonia Thinks So” (Wired, 2019)
• The Official Website for E-Estonia

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