Intersections

China’s Agrobiodiversity: From Rice Terraces to Seed Banks (Shoba Suri – Observer Research Foundation)

With its extensive and diverse agroecological zones, China ranks among the 12 global hotspots for agricultural biodiversity. This richness—deeply embedded in the country’s diverse...

Rethinking Whistleblowing in the Age of Global Sanctions (Eliza Lockhart – RUSI)

The economic, legal and trade restrictions imposed on Russia in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine represent arguably the most sweeping sanctions...

Why peacebuilding fails and what to do about it (Renad Mansour, Mark White – Chatham House)

As the world becomes geopolitically more fragmented, conflicts are increasing in complexity and number – up by almost three-quarters since the 2000s. In this...

Toyota set to launch world’s first robot city at Japan’s Mount Fuji base in 2025 (Interesting Engineering)

At the foot of Mount Fuji, Japan has launched one of its most ambitious technological experiments, known as Woven City, a fully connected, self-contained...

Science in Action: Biosensing for Food Safety (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan – Observer Research Foundation)

The availability of safe food is crucial for maintaining both nutritional well-being and overall health security. Estimates indicate that 1 in 10 people fall...

AI for Safer Food: Promise and Challenges (Basu Chandola – Observer Research Foundation)

Access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—especially its objective to ‘end hunger, achieve food...

Global Health Diplomacy: Navigating Politics and Security (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Nimisha Chadha – Observer Research Foundation)

Health policy is classically associated with the allocation of resources for healthcare services and the affordability and effectiveness of interventions, and is thereby confined...

FTC chair implores Congress to strengthen children’s online privacy protection law (Suzanne Smalley – The Record)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson on Wednesday said that under his tenure the agency will “aggressively” enforce a newly formalized and tougher...

New York Times partners with Amazon on AI integration (DigWatch)

The New York Times Company and Amazon have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will allow Amazon to integrate editorial content from The New...

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