Tag: Technology
120 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Look to Idlib: A Preview of Warfare in the New Decade
Powerful capabilities and disruptive technologies were unleashed to devastating effect on the battlefield—all while combatants captured and uploaded the conflict onto social…
May 8, 2020
- Business & Economics
Drones, Development, and Discovery
The Benefits of Drones for Development Drones can be understood as a transaction-cost reducing technology. Transaction costs are the costs associated with discovering,…
April 15, 2020
- Science & Technology
Responding to Water Vulnerabilities at Home and Abroad
Affordability is one of the most subjective measures used by water regulators and utility managers charged with providing household drinking water. In the United States, for…
April 14, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Hugo Slim on the Changing Landscape of Humanitarian Action
GJIA: In a 2013 interview with the ICRC, you mentioned the possibility for humanitarian agencies to use modern technology, such as drones, to make better assessments or deliver…
March 26, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Ben Buchanan on Cybersecurity Challenges in Democracy and Statecraft
GJIA: In today’s event, you discussed how cyber warfare is more like covert operations than traditional warfare. What do you think might be the positive and negative implications…
March 24, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Ever-Increasing Surveillance State
Around the same time, a college student in Wuhan returned to his hometown in eastern China. Days later, local authorities had tracked him to his family home, placed police tape…
March 2, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART II: How Auctions Helped Solar Become the Cheapest Electricity in the World
As price competitiveness continues to intensify and the leading price continues to fall, competitive tendering has become the principal method for procurement of renewable energy…
February 25, 2020
- Science & Technology
PART I: How Auctions Helped Solar Become the Cheapest Electricity in the World
Government-administered competitive reverse auctions—exercises in which a single buyer accepts bids from many sellers to procure goods or services at lowest cost—have quickly…
February 24, 2020
- Business & Economics
Big Tech, Antitrust, and Breakup
Big Tech Scrutiny Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google play outsized roles in our lives. We rely on them for shopping, research, entertainment, and information. But these…
January 14, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Catching Up: China’s Developing Military Power
By decoupling sensors from shooters and shooters from their command structures, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could negate the battle networks that have helped make the U.S.…
January 6, 2020