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Raising the colors: Signaling for cooperation on maritime cybersecurity (William Loomis, Virpratap Vikram Singh, Gary C. Kessler, Xavier Bellekens, Atlantic Council)

Few industries are as critical to the global economy as the maritime transportation system (MTS), which is responsible for facilitating the safe transport of...

Only around 1 in 5 space industry workers are women (UN News)

To highlight this and other issues surrounding the push for gender equality, Women in Space, has been chosen as the theme for this year’s World Space Week, which began on Monday. The...

Libya: War crimes likely committed since 2016, UN probe finds (UN News)

From arbitrary detention to torture, the recruitment of child soldiers and mass killings, the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya listed numerous grave rights violations...

First Copernicus satellite exceeds design working life (ESA)

This week marks seven years since the very first satellite that ESA built for the European Union’s Copernicus programme started delivering data to monitor...

Virtual Roundtable: The Rise of Economic Inequality (CFR)

Speakers Jason Furman Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Valerie Wilson Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, Economic Policy Institute Presider Gideon Rose Mary...

The Neglected Sources of China’s Economic Resilience (Zhang Jun, Project-Syndicate)

Many China-watchers are pessimistic about its prospects, arguing that it remains overly reliant on Western technology. But thanks to a huge, interconnected market, and...

Argentina’s Confidence Game (Hector R. Torres, Project-Syndicate)

Argentina once again finds itself running out of dollars and urgently in need of assistance from the International Monetary Fund. But with a ruling...

Central Banks and the Looming Financial Reckoning (Willem H. Buiter, Project-Syndicate)

Across the advanced economies, central banks have rightly prioritized maintaining financial stability and supporting the real economy over fighting inflation with interest-rate hikes. But...

Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Nature’s Protectors (Juan Manuel Santos, Svenia Schulze, Carole Dieschbourg, Teresa Ribera, Zac Goldsmith, Pascal Canfin, Project-Syndicate)

The Nobel Committee's decision to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was instrumental in thrusting global warming...

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