Let Them Eat Smartphones: A Reflection on the Wealth-Information Paradox
…paradox is not unique to any one system. Growing economic inequality within a country, heightened awareness of stifled opportunities and unresponsive governance, and virtual communities of like-minded citizens bound by…
Time to Consider a Trilateral Asian ABM Treaty
…about the possibility of a rogue launch of its nuclear weapons, either by insiders within the Pakistan army or by terror outfits. To the Indian mind then, a limited BMD…
TRANSCRIPT – Democratizing AI: Conceptualizing US-India Collaboration
…within India’s AI leadership. I mean, it came actually from the prime minister himself, honorable prime minister himself, that if we can build a model in India in midst of…
Applying Social and Behavioral Sciences to Human Security Needs
…reinforce or refute existing ideas, and strengthen existing government programs. The Minerva Research Initiative (hereafter “Minerva”) within the Department of Defense, which funds unclassified basic SBS research relevant to national…
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation
…on it here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/convention-on-cybercrime.html, EUR-Lex, November 28 2023. The principles of the Convention drew many like-minded states to be parties. In contrast, the UN’s recently proposed international treaty on cybercrime…
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Violence Against Women and Girls
…notably non-consensual pornographic content. Recent studies estimate that 98% of all deepfake content online is non-consensual and pornographic, and that 99% of those depicted are women. This form of abuse…
CORVI: Assessing Priority Climate Risks in Mauritius
…Council Resolution 47/24 on Human Rights and Climate Change.” Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade (Human Rights Division), 2021. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/mauritius.docx. 18 United States Department of Agriculture. “Saltwater…
Red Cell: The Chimera of Technological Superiority
…and former head of Google, and Robert O. Work, a distinguished fellow at the Center for New American Security and former deputy secretary of defense, have made the most forceful…