Intersections

‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterres (UN News)

Hate speech is a warning sign and a driver of violence, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead of Wednesday’s International Day for Countering Hate...

Trump’s Military Response to Protests: A Conversation on Law and Precedent (Matthew C. Waxman and Peter Mansoor – Council on Foreign Relations)

The deployment of federal troops in Los Angeles has sparked concerns among some legal experts about the future of civilian-military relations in the United...

How DHS’s New Social Media Vetting Policies Threaten Free Speech (Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Melanie Geller – Just Security)

In late May, the State Department issued a pair of cables that rightly invited substantial media attention. The cables are the latest in a...

CISOs warn AI-driven cyberattacks are rising, with DNS infrastructure at risk (DigWatch)

A new report warns that chief information security officers (CISOs) are bracing for a sharp increase in cyber-attacks as AI continues to reshape the...

EU strikes deal to streamline cross-border GDPR enforcement (DigWatch)

The EU Council and European Parliament have reached a political agreement to strengthen cross-border enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new...

Fungus Smuggling Case Highlights Agricultural Espionage in the United States (Matthew Gabriel Cazel Brazil – The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has a long history of engaging in agricultural espionage and, potentially, sabotage in the United States. This is...

Beijing Accelerates State-Led AI Mobilization Under Xi’s ‘New National System’ (Matthew Johnson – The Jamestown Foundation)

Beijing is moving to systematically embed artificial intelligence into its national innovation system, according to a high-level leadership meeting of the Ministry of Industry...

Latin America leads growth in crypto remittances this year (DigWatch)

Cryptocurrency remittances in Latin America have surged by over 40% in 2024, reflecting a rapid shift towards digital currencies in cross-border money transfers. Rising...

How Xi’s ‘New National System’ Centralizes Innovation to Counter Tech Containment (Matthew Johnson – The Jamestown Foundation)

Since 2019, the Party has promoted the construction of a “new national system”—a centrally directed, institutionalized framework for mobilizing state and market resources to...

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