The Pros and Cons of Carbon Capture
Carbon capture is not a single technology or policy; it is a family of approaches that remove carbon dioxide from flue gases or directly from the air and then either…
Global Food Security: Persistent Challenges
Food security is the condition in which all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Despite progress in agricultural productivity and declining…
The Difficulty of Regulating Social Media Worldwide
Social media platforms shape the circulation of information, influence political dynamics, drive commercial activity, and affect private life across borders. Regulating them extends far beyond drafting rules; it requires balancing…
What influence operations are and how to spot them
Influence operations are coordinated efforts to shape opinions, emotions, decisions, or behaviors of a target audience. They combine messaging, social engineering, and often technical means to change how people think,…
Life After Khamenei: Iranians Confront a New Dawn
For the first time in decades, Iranians woke to a country without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, following his death in coordinated US-Israeli strikes. The nation now confronts a…
The Science Behind Nuclear Power Safeguards
Modern nuclear power relies on a multilayered framework of technical, organizational, regulatory, and institutional protections built to avert accidents, curb their impact when they happen, guard against hostile interference, and…
Ukraine War: Four Years, Global Impact & Shattered Security
After four years of unyielding warfare, the conflict in Ukraine has reshaped far more than the nation’s frontiers, influencing everything from contemporary battle strategies to the core of international alliances,…
China reveals its plan to challenge the US dollar for dominance. Could it ever work?
China is seizing a moment of worldwide volatility to push forward its longstanding ambition of expanding the international reach of its currency, as financial upheaval, a weakening US dollar, and…
Water Scarcity: A Growing Geopolitical Risk
Freshwater is essential for life, food production, energy generation, industry, and ecosystem services. Yet the global distribution of accessible freshwater is limited and uneven. Only about 2.5% of the planet’s…
Safeguarding Democracy from Information Manipulation
Democratic stability rests on citizens who stay well-informed, institutions that earn public confidence, a common set of debated yet broadly accepted facts, and orderly transfers of power. Information manipulation —…