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October 27, 2005

Financial Markets
Why does Saudi Arabia peg to the dollar?

Subtitle: China's currency regime is not the only impediment to global adjustment. Consider these two graphs (follow the links):Oil, in dollarsAnd the export revenues of Gulf oil exporters, in dollar…

January 19, 2023

Disasters
U.S. Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Threats

J. Andrés Gannon, Stanton nuclear security fellow at CFR, discusses the likelihood of Russian deployment and use of nuclear missiles against Ukraine or its allies, and the implications for the United…

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October 23, 2017

Zimbabwe
What Zimbabwe’s Cybersecurity Ministry Says About Human Rights in the Country

According to critics, Zimbabwe's new ministry of cybersecurity is more concerned with curbing seditious speech than protecting the country's infrastructure from hackers or cyber criminals.

Mugabe sleeping

January 19, 2010

Ukraine
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution Referendum

The results of Ukraine’s presidential election, which will go to a runoff on February 7, show unhappiness with Viktor Yushchenko’s government, but are also a mark of Ukraine’s independence.

April 21, 2017

Cyber Week in Review: April 21, 2017

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. Cyber operations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula. There were two stories this week that …