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February 23, 2023

Technology and Innovation
How to Prioritize the Next Generation of Critical Technologies

The U.S. government should invest in a bottom-up capability for identifying the next generation of emerging technologies and innovators. This will enable agencies to prioritize critical technologies …

Flags of the United States and China are displayed on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips in the background.

June 30, 2022

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: June 30, 2022

Iranian Steel Mills Targeted in Cyberattack; Spyware Found in Italy and Kazakhstan; Italy Bans Google Analytics; Hackers Steal Over $100 Million in Cryptocurrency; New Chinese Disinformation Campaign…

Ali Khamenei stands in front of a portrait over himself with his hand over his lapel.

May 3, 2022

United States
James K. Galbraith: Can American-led Global Financial Capitalism Survive?

Trust in the U.S.-led economic and geopolitical order has been eroding. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the U.S. response to it, whatever its merits, may be the last straw for the global monopoly…

G7 summit in Brussels

January 20, 2022

Zimbabwe
Identity Crisis Undermines Zimbabwean Opposition

As Zimbabwe approaches important by-elections in March, the identity of the country’s foremost opposition party is once again under threat. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), in recent decades Zimbabwe’s most formidable opposition party, has undergone a series of splits and reorganizations. 

A crowd of people, mostly wearing the color red, at a rally. Two women at the front of the picture hold money in their hands for the camera.

May 26, 2021

Nigeria
Secrecy and Conspiracy Theories Surround Nigerian Plane Crashes

The plane crash May 21 killing Chief of Army Staff General Ibrahim Attahiru and all passengers and crew aboard is the fourth air tragedy in the past five months involving Nigeria Air Force aircraft. Initially, few details on the most recent crash were released, allowing conspiracy theories and falsely claimed videos of the crash to emerge on social media.

A line of Nigerian military officers raise their guns in salute at a funeral for a military general and others killed in a plane crash.