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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 3, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Governing Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Kent Walker
Kat Duffy moderated a private dialogue on AI and human rights with Google’s Kent Walker and heads of human rights organizations on the sidelines of UNGA. This follow-up conversation reflects some the…
March 20, 2024
Human Rights
The Human Rights Industry
The two largest human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, dominate the field despite deep problems of bias and inadequate oversight.
November 12, 2018
Cybersecurity
The State of the Field of Cyber Conflict
Compared to the rise of air and nuclear power, for example, research into cyber has yet to identify “settled truths.”
August 28, 2015
United States
Scott Walker’s Foreign Policy Speech
Gov. Scott Walker gave a major foreign policy speech today at The Citadel, and it contained some points worth noting. I’ll skip over some of the rhetoric and the criticism of Clinton and Obama, which…
November 6, 2020
Human Trafficking
Addressing Child Labor in a Pandemic: Notes from the Field
Last year, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2021 the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. Despite such commitment, recent global estimates project child labour…
February 13, 2015
Education
Scott Walker's Risky College Experiment
Since 2000, the percent of state budgets devoted to higher education has fallen from 13 percent to 9.5 percent. This decline in funding has strained public university finances, reduced pay for many p…
