EP 27: E-Estonia and Digital Governance

<p>In this Geoeconomics Podcast episode, Aleksa Burmazovic talks with Alex Wellman, the marketing and communications leader for Estonia's E-residency program. The discussion goes into how long e-governance has been around, what it's doing and where it will take us in the next 20 years.</p><p> </p><p>See the Open Zone Map:  </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.openzonemap.com/" target="_blank">https://www.openzonemap.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Alex's linkedin:</p><p><a href="https://www.openzonemap.com/" target="_blank">https://www.openzonemap.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Alex's Twitter:</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/WellmanAlex" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WellmanAlex</a></p><p> </p><p>Estonia's E-governance:</p><p><a href="https://e-estonia.com/" target="_blank">https://e-estonia.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>Digital Testbed:</p><p><a href="https://e-estonia.com/testbed/" target="_blank">https://e-estonia.com/testbed/</a></p><p> </p><p>X-Road:</p><p><a href="https://e-estonia.com/testbed/" target="_blank">https://x-road.global/</a></p><p> </p><p>Nordic Institute for Interoperability:</p><p><a href="https://www.niis.org/" target="_blank">https://www.niis.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose":</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Free-Choose-Statement-Milton-Friedman/dp/0156334607" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Free-Choose-Statement-Milton-Friedman/dp/0156334607</a></p><p> </p><p>The Tax Foundation and Estonia:</p><p><a href="https://taxfoundation.org/country/estonia/" target="_blank">https://taxfoundation.org/country/estonia/</a></p><p> </p><p>Luxembourg Data Embassy:</p><p><a href="https://digital-luxembourg.public.lu/initiatives/data-embassy" target="_blank">https://digital-luxembourg.public.lu/initiatives/data-embassy</a></p><p> </p><p>Remote work in UAE's Free Zones:</p><p><a href="https://blog.dmcc.ae/covid19-uae-free-zone-labour-regulations-update" target="_blank">https://blog.dmcc.ae/covid19-uae-free-zone-labour-regulations-update</a></p><p> </p><p>eIDAS Framework:</p><p><a href="h