What We Learned Inside a North Korean Internet Server: How Well Do You Know Your Partners?

A misconfigured North Korean Internet cloud server has provided a fascinating glance into the world of North Korean animation outsourcing and how foreign companies might be inadvertently employing North Korean…
Six Issues to Watch at UNGA 78

…“Advancing Public-Private Humanitarian Partnership” featuring World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. New UN Youth Office and Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Further to last…
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation

…21 on sharing with stakeholders and Section 5 on attribution) and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Toolbox (https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/tackling-disinformation-foreign-information-manipulation-interference_en#45330), European Union External Action has already outlined some types of and ways…
Who Controls Your Internet? The Debate Over DNS Blocking

…particularly those related to online scams, gambling, and pornography. Without any public consultation or notification, individuals using public DNS services like Google or Cloudflare were redirected to ISP-controlled services, causing…
Pezeshkian Marks a Rough Anniversary as Iran Faces Relentless Pressures

…were a mix of technocrats, reform-leaning figures like former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (briefly appointed as strategic affairs deputy), and Sunni Muslim representatives, including Iran’s first female Sunni governor….
Implications of US-India Trade Announcements

…as the L&T-General Atomics drone collaboration, Google’s AI investments in India, and the Quad table-top exercise on HADR), bureaucracy and industry need the safety net of higher political alignment, which the announcement of this agreement…
Sea Of Absurdity: Sansha, China’s New Island “City”

…assertive promotion of questionable maritime territorial claims more than the unprecedented failure of the ASEAN foreign ministers to adopt a final communique at their annual meeting in Phnom Penh in…
Maritime Security
…Southeast Asia program, was invited to testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 12th for their hearing on Beijing as an Emerging Power in the South China…