Tag: Technology

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Science & Technology

Parched Cities of India: Jal Jeevan Mission as a Ray of Hope for Urban Water Resilience

Rapid urbanization in India poses extreme water risks, including scarcity and pollution, creating obstacles for urban utilities to provide adequate clean water for all. The…

April 23, 2021

Business & Economics

When “Pariahs” Go Green: Energy Transitions in the Middle East and the Biden Administration

Oil Demand Shocks and US Foreign Policy US foreign policymaking in the Middle East tends to look at itself in the rear-view mirror. Reliable oil supplies against American…

April 14, 2021

Science & Technology

SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange: Hacks Wrapped in a Cybersecurity Dilemma Inside a Cyberspace Crisis

Once again, foreign cyber espionage has US policymakers scrambling. In late 2020, the United States acknowledged that Russia hacked SolarWinds, Inc., a software vendor, and…

April 12, 2021

Human Rights & Development

PART II: Killer Robots: A Third Revolution in Warfare?

Cons Machine killings violate the most basic of rights—the right to life and the concept of human dignity. Machines are not inherently moral beings that have human traits, such…

March 26, 2021

Human Rights & Development

PART I: Killer Robots: A Third Revolution in Warfare?

Overview Gunpowder first revolutionized warfare, followed by a second far more destructive revolution: nuclear weapons. The nine countries possessing nuclear weapons hold the…

March 19, 2021

Science & Technology

PART II: Energy Infrastructure and the Epistemological Pillars of Peace

Governance The Palestinian National Policy Agenda: 2017-2022 is subtitled “Putting Citizens First.” Putting the well-being of its citizenry first is not only a sound political…

March 1, 2021

Conflict & Security

After Christchurch: Hard Questions for Policymakers

Social Media-Fueled TerrorismOn March 15, 2019, a white nationalist terrorist shot and killed fifty-one people and injured forty more at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand…

February 27, 2021

Dialogues

Amb. Ong Keng Yong on the Role of ASEAN

GJIA: Perhaps you could begin by telling us a bit about your time in the foreign service. OKY: I joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after I graduated from law school at the…

February 26, 2021

Science & Technology

Stemming the Flow: The United States Needs a Strategy to Address China’s Strategic Exportation of Digital Authoritarianism

As the Chinese economy grew exponentially over the past couple decades, so did its capacity to support technological innovation. China’s tech giants have flourished, responding…

February 25, 2021

Science & Technology

PART I: Energy Infrastructure and the Epistemological Pillars of Peace

A Bigger Problem Dwight Eisenhower reportedly said, “Whenever I run into a problem I can’t solve, I make it bigger.” With this in mind, it may be the case that the conventional…

February 22, 2021