Kadee Russ specializes in open-economy macroeconomics and international trade policy. She is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, serving as a faculty research associate for the NBER's International Trade and Investment program and as co-organizer of the International Trade and Macroeconomics workshops. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Russ discusses: The correlation between cybersecurity and global economics; How AI is transforming international trade and the broadening range of supplies and services offered overseas; China's Belt and Road Initiative and the ramifications of China's increased economic footprint; Digital disruption and the imperative of re-staffing our cybersecurity officials in US government.