Hybrid Warfare Reflects Convergence of Terrorism and Great Power Competition

(The Soufan Center) Russia and Iran have increasingly utilized disposable non-state actors in attacks across Europe to pursue their broader state objectives while outsourcing terrorist-style activity to criminal networks and disposable agents. Iranian- or...

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Hybrid Warfare Reflects Convergence of Terrorism and Great Power Competition

(The Soufan Center) Russia and Iran have increasingly utilized disposable non-state actors in attacks across Europe to pursue their broader state objectives while outsourcing...

The problem with the US power-sharing plan for Libya

(Karim Mezran, Dario Cristiani - Atlantic Council) Even as it continues negotiations over the Iran war, Washington has also been—somewhat surprisingly—at the forefront of...

Putin’s parade projected weakness but he is now more dangerous than ever

(Maksym Beznosiuk, William Dixon - Atlantic Council) Since taking office in 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin has transformed the country’s Victory Day celebrations into...
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UN calls for AI-driven transformation of future cities

(DigWatch) UN organisations and urban experts have called on governments, city leaders, and the private sector to accelerate the...

Will AI Produce the Next Great Divergence?

(Sarosh Nagar, David Eaves - Lawfare) In the 1300s, the Black Death swept across Europe, killing 30 to 50...

To realize returns on their AI investments, corporations must consider their workers

(Reevana Balmahoon - Atlantic Council) Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key factor in the ongoing workforce transformation that is both creating and displacing jobs....

AI in advertising risks fuelling information crisis, UN warns

(UN News) With spending on advertising topping $1 trillion a year worldwide, the United Nations on Wednesday highlighted the untapped power of major brands...

European Commission accuses Meta of breaching child safety rules

(Suzanne Smalley - The Record) Social media platforms Instagram and Facebook have failed to prevent children under age 13 from accessing their services in...

El Niño Will Supercharge Shocks Like the Iran War

(Tom Ellison - Lawfare) The Iran war has sparked generational shocks to global energy and food security. As the effects of these shocks—from fuel...

Tarasoff Meets the AI Age

(Anat Lior - Lawfare) OpenAI recently disclosed that it was aware of concerning behavior by one of its users, Jesse Van Roostelaar from British...

The Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power?

(Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew and Maria O’Sullivan - Just Security) On March 26, Meta’s Oversight Board issued a landmark advisory opinion assessing the potential human...

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Hybrid Warfare Reflects Convergence of Terrorism and Great Power Competition

(The Soufan Center) Russia and Iran have increasingly utilized disposable non-state actors in attacks across Europe to pursue their broader state objectives while outsourcing...

The problem with the US power-sharing plan for Libya

(Karim Mezran, Dario Cristiani - Atlantic Council) Even as it continues negotiations over the Iran war, Washington has also been—somewhat surprisingly—at the forefront of...

Putin’s parade projected weakness but he is now more dangerous than ever

(Maksym Beznosiuk, William Dixon - Atlantic Council) Since taking office in 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin has transformed the country’s Victory Day celebrations into...

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Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

(UN News) The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, economic volatility...

Justice for Women and Girls: An Assessment of the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women

(Emma Ulvin, Noël James - Council on Foreign Relations) This year, at the UN’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights, the 70th Session of...

How Trump’s New Global Gag Rules Will Undermine US Interests Abroad

(Ari Shaw and Laurel Sprague - Just Security) For four decades, the Mexico City Policy—commonly known as the Global Gag Rule—has been a political...

Ecuador: Court Affirms Adolescents’ Right to Gender Recognition

(Human Rights Watch) Ecuador’s Constitutional Court’s ruling, made public on March 10, 2026, that people under 18 cannot automatically be refused a request to...

AU Should Strengthen its Framework to Curb Violence Against Women

(Juliana Nnoko - Human Rights Watch) Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one...

If NATO Cannot Protect Everyone, It Cannot Defend Anyone

(Diana Morais, Samantha Turner and Katharine A.M. Wright - RUSI) This International Women’s Day falls during a moment of profound geopolitical challenge. The US...

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The Impact of Tariffs on the AI Data Center Buildout: Balancing Supply Chain Security and AI Infrastructure Leadership

(Evan Brown, Michael Gary, Kate Koren, and Philip Luck - Center for Strategic & International Studies) The United States is on track to invest...

UN calls for AI-driven transformation of future cities

(DigWatch) UN organisations and urban experts have called on governments, city leaders, and the private sector to accelerate the use of AI and digital...

Lego, Hip-Hop, And Deepfakes: How Iran Uses AI To Shape Western Opinion

(RFE RL) From viral Lego-style videos and AI-generated hip-hop tracks to fabricated battlefield imagery, the war in Iran is revealing how artificial intelligence (AI)...

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