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February 17, 2022

Wars and Conflict
Munich Security Conference, Remembering Nixon’s China Trip, and More

The Munich Security Conference is the stage for crisis diplomacy amid high tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border, the world marks the fiftieth anniversary of former U.S. President Richard Nixon’s his…

Podcast Richard Nixon shakes hands with Chinese citizens in Tianannen Square during a visit to China as a private citizen.

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.

August 7, 2019

Nigeria
Attacks on the Media Continue Unabated in Nigeria

There has been a string of arrests of media personalities and suspensions of media outlets in Nigeria. Recently, some of the arrests have been related to support for a protest tagged “Days of Rage” and #RevolutionNow, against what supporters consider a failure of governance, but the harassment of media in Nigeria is nothing new. 

A man looks at a newspaper headline in front of a newspaper stand in Abuja, Nigeria.

March 31, 2020

Technology and Innovation
Time to Open-Source Ventilators

Thus far, the U.S. government has yet to come up with a plan to produce the amount of ventilators that experts say are necessary to serve patients afflicted with COVID-19. It should now force ventila…

A worker at Flowfold using one of their newly designed masks on the production line.

March 24, 2022

Cybersecurity
Tracking Cyber Operations and Actors in the Russia-Ukraine War

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been characterized by a relative lack of major cyber operations. This article provides an accounting of those which have taken place.

Ukrainian airborne troops stand in formation during drills in November 2021.