Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Global – Putting Public Investment to Work (IMF blog)

(PHOTO: IMF PHOTO) Mariano Moszoro For countries on the path to recovery, reviving economic activity is a major priority. And what better way to support a...
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Indonesia – More productive jobs to embrace a more prosperous Indonesia (World Bank blogs)

Photo: Achmad/World Bank SATU KAHKONEN Indonesia has made great strides in becoming a middle-class country and is working to become a thriving high-income country by 2045....
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Sub-Saharan Africa – What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa? (World Bank blogs)

NEIA PRATA MENEZES, MULOONGO SIMUZINGILI, ZELALEM YILMA DEBEBE, FEDJA PIVODIC, ERNEST MASSIAH As African countries accelerate the deployment of COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines, the issue of vaccine hesitancy...
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Solar Geoengineering – Solar Geoengineering at a Standstill? (Global Policy)

Joshua B. Horton Solar geoengineering (or solar radiation modification)—the idea of reflecting small amounts of incoming sunlight back to space to partially offset climate change—occupies...
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Germany/Afghanistan – Germany’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan puts its Security Policy Back at Square One (Global Policy)

Image: Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) On 29 June 2021, a press release announcing that the last German soldiers were leaving Afghanistan coincided with the German team leaving the confusingly...
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Military AI/USA – Military AI Cooperation Toolbox. Modernizing Defense Science and Technology Partnerships for the Digital Age (CSET)

Zoe Stanley-Lockman The Department of Defense can already begin applying its existing international science and technology agreements, global scientific networks, and role in multilateral institutions...
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Hearth from Space – Wildfires ravage Greek island of Evia (ESA)

Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation in both Turkey and Greece. The blaze...
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Space – Flying by Venus (ESA)

Sequence of 89 images taken by the monitoring cameras on board the European-Japanese BepiColombo mission to Mercury, as the spacecraft made a close approach...
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Saudi Arabia/Hamas – Saudi Arabia Acts Against Hamas Terrorism (JCPA)

Yoni Ben Menachem Hamas is deeply shocked by a Saudi court’s decision to send dozens of its activists to prison. They were arrested more than...
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Iran – Iran Is Testing All Boundaries (JCPA)

Internal view of the “Iranian UAV impact site” on the Mercer Street ship on July 29-30, 2021, according to a U.S. Central Command report. The...
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Israeli Arabs – The Radicalization of the Israeli Arabs (BESA Center)

Israeli Arabs attacking cars and a bus in Jerusalem, May 2021, image by IDF via Wikipedia Prof. Efraim Karsh The May 2021 riots by the Israeli...
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Abdul Hameed Ghabin – Saudi Journalist Who Advocated Peace with Israel Is Released (BESA Center)

Abdul Hameed Ghabin, image via Twitter @Abdullhameeds Dr. Edy Cohen Abdul Hameed Ghabin is ahead of his time. He publicly called for peace between Saudi Arabia...
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USA – Spacesuits and Lawsuits Put 2024 Moon Landing in Jeopardy (Defense One)

NASA's Space Launch System intended to land American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024. JUDE GUIDRY /...
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China – China’s New Missile Fields Are Just Part of the PLA Rocket Force’s Growth (Defense One)

Missile launchers of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force on display in Beijing. GETTY IMAGES Ma Xiu and P.W. Singer In recent weeks, the discovery of two large clusters...
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USA – What’s Missing from US Missile Defense? Pentagon Aims to Find Out (Defense One)

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency...
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USA – US Army Picks Naval Special Agent to Lead Investigative Command (Defense One)

A CID Special Agent documents a crime scene. JEFFREY CASTRO / U.S. ARMY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION COMMAND Caitlin M. Kenney The U.S. Army has tapped Special Agent Gregory...
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