Intersections

Why Defunding mRNA Vaccine Research Is a Catastrophic Mistake (Belfer Center)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to terminate nearly $500 million in federal funding for mRNA vaccine research is a dangerous reversal of scientific progress...

Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh (UN News)

Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA) is...

Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities (UN News)

In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the...

The world court tightens the tap on fossil fuels (Melanie Pill, Meg Keen – Lowy The Interpreter)

After months of anticipation, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered an advisory opinion on climate change – confirming the obligation of countries...

How Tariffs Could Derail the United States’ $3 Trillion AI Buildout (Philip Luck – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

On Wednesday, Trump proposed a 100 percent tariff on semiconductors that could raise the cost of AI servers by as much as 75 percent,...

Opportunities to Strengthen U.S. Biosecurity from AI-Enabled Bioterrorism: What Policymakers Should Know (Georgia Adamson and Gregory C. Allen – Center for Strategic & International...

The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biotechnology presents incredible opportunities to accelerate scientific discovery and improve global health—opportunities that the United States must...

Battle of the currencies: The dollar versus digital (Stephen Grenville – Lowy The Interpreter)

The US dollar’s role as pre-eminent global currency is under pressure. Enthusiasts of BRICS (the grouping of economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China...

Australia risks wasting its solar superpower status (Clare Caldwell – Lowy The Interpreter)

As statistics go, this is a good one: Australia could generate enough electricity to satisfy the needs of the entire world by covering just...

In cybersecurity, people are the weak point (Annie-Mei Forster and Saja English – ASPI The Strategist)

While cybersecurity professionals often focus on firewalls, encryption and software vulnerabilities, the real battleground is human psychology. While organisations remain fixated on digital defences,...

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