Intersections

From US tariffs to Argentina’s crisis: The five important issues at next week’s IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings (Hung Tran – Atlantic Council)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are gearing up for their annual meetings next week. Amid increasingly high stakes, this year’s gathering...

The UN’s Global Dialogue on AI Must Give Citizens a Real Seat at the Table (Tim Davies, Anna Colom – Tech Policy Press)

In an annual calendar packed full of global AI conferences and summits, the new United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance scheduled for Geneva...

Rare earth goldmine: Top 10 nations controlling critical metals for global tech (Interesting Engineering)

Rare earth elements (REEs), a group of 17 metals including 15 lanthanides, plus scandium and yttrium, are vital for modern technology, from smartphones and...

Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism (UN News)

The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out anti-Black racism, the head of a UN platform...

Fertility Decline in China and Its National Military, Structural, and Regime Security (Michael S. Pollard, Jennifer Bouey, Agnes Xiangzhen Wang, Rakesh Pandey – RAND...

The People’s Republic of China is facing a rapid change in its population’s age structure following a dramatic decline in fertility that began in...

Can the UN’s new AI governance efforts weather the AI race? (Isabella Wilkinson – Chatham House)

On 26 August, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a new resolution on global AI governance. Resolution A/79/325 sets up two new governance mechanisms:...

UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds (UN News)

During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to the relentless advance of the climate crisis – the...

80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports (UN News)

School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP)...

Report: Hybridisation of Online Threats (Tech Against Terrorism)

At this year’s TS Forum, Tech Against Terrorism, in partnership with the Trust & Safety Forum, hosted a series of workshops on the Hybridisation...

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