Technology

The staggering rise of cryptocurrencies poses several challenges for governments and central banks. Some countries are moving to implement their own digital cash in response to this phenomenon. China’s introduction…

Prior responses to infectious disease emergencies have been reactive and therefore suboptimal and often lagging. A proactive, policy-oriented approach focused on pathogen families most likely to cause a pandemic would…

On September 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country to introduce bitcoin as legal tender after swift approval of the law only three months prior. However, Salvadoran citizens, multilateral…

Military machines can increasingly move, search for targets, and even kill without human control. Current autonomous weapons have typically been used for tactical defense, but the future is unclear. Because…

As a new technology, cell-based meat offers a new source of “food” but for policy or regulatory reasons might not be judged as “meat” or “safe.” Differences between the US…

Japan is increasingly focused on economic security and is reorganizing its national security bureaucracy to better effectuate those policies. Central to that project is ensuring better coordination with the United…

The American public is gaining a greater understanding of the deleterious effects that social media is having on society and the unhealthy concentration of power that rests with tech giants…

Knowledge Aids Safety and Efficiency Mountains have become hotspots for energy and water resources and transboundary commerce, flashpoints for increasing environmental risks…

Many disasters occur when natural hazard events impact people or infrastructure. Hazards can be exacerbated by climate change, which can amplify the physical processes of hazards, the magnitude…

Increasing demand for electric vehicles and the electrification of infrastructure is expanding demand for lithium, a key ingredient for energy storage technologies. This demand already outstrips current supply and productive…