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June 17, 2016

United States
Cyber Week in Review: June 17, 2016

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. Russian government hacked the DNC. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) confirmed last Tue…

Guo Shengkun (center), China's Minister of Public Security, speaks during the Second U.S.-China High-Level Joint Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, June 14, 2016. (Jason Lee/Reuters)

December 27, 2018

United States
Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year. 

President George H.W. Bush greets troops in Saudi Arabia during a 1990 Thanksgiving visit.

October 9, 2006

United States
Stephen Jen, Eternal optimist

Apparently, the US fiscal deficit is set to disappear and the US current account deficit has peaked.  At least it has in Stephen Jen-land.  In his latest email Jen writes: “US’s corporate revenues ar…

November 21, 2012

China
China’s Role in Syria: How Beijing Can Help End the Violence

Will Piekos is a Research Associate for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry recently announced a “new” four-point peace initiative to solve the crisis in S…

U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on October 31, 2012.

November 21, 2016

Cybersecurity
How Much Does a Cyber Weapon Cost? Nobody Knows

Max Smeets is a D.Phil candidate and research affiliate of the Cyber Studies Programme at the University of Oxford. His work analyzes the proliferation of cyber weapons. Can a non-state actor take d…

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