Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

USA/Colombia – Secretary Blinken’s Call with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Ramirez (US Deparment of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia...
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Senegal – Reconciling economic growth and youth employment creation in Senegal. How can industries without smokestacks help? (Brookings)

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Fatou Gueye, Assane Beye, Abdou Khadir Dia, and Massaer Mbaye write: In recent years, high youth unemployment has become one of the most pressing challenges...
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Cyber – Should ransomware payments be banned? (Brookings)

Tarah Wheeler and Ciaran Martin write: In recent memory, ransomware has gone from major nuisance to international crisis. Criminal gangs that target computers, encrypt their contents,...
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Internet Poverty – Measuring internet poverty (Brookings)

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Marco Fengler, Katharina Fenz, Homi Kharas, and Leo Saenger writes: For the majority of the world, it is impossible to think of life without the...
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Global Compact on Refugees – The 1951 Refugee Convention is falling short of its mission. Could the Global Compact on Refugees help? (Brookings)

Kemal Kirişci writes: As the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees this week, the global...
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USA/Digital Transformation – Digital transformation in labor and education systems: Improving the government response to the next unemployment crisis (Brookings)

Annelies Goger and Janie McDermott writes: In spring 2020, as the COVID-19 public health lockdowns unfolded, an unprecedented wave of displaced workers applied for unemployment insurance...
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South Korea – Does South Korea’s youngest political boss have the chops to lead? (East Asia Forum)

Jinwoo Kim writes: Sometimes a political earthquake unfolds right before one’s eyes. Such was the case on 11 June 2021, when Lee Jun-seok was...
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USA/Nuclear Weapons – The right reasons for saying no to nuclear first use (East Asia Forum)

Hugh White writes: Washington is once again debating whether to declare that it will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. There are...
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Cyber – Hiding Malware inside a model of a neural network (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes: Researchers demonstrated how to hide malware inside an image classifier within a neural network in order to bypass the defense solutions. go to Security...
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Norway/Utoya Massacre – Norway ten years after the Utøya massacre (Al Jazeera)

Sindre Bangstad writes: Last week, Norway marked 10 years since the darkest day in its recent history. On July 22, 2011, a white Norwegian...
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UK – Structures of power and systems of exclusion (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: In this episode of Generation Change, London-based journalist Iman Amrani meets two activists who are confronting the root causes of youth...
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China/Global Investors – Investors in China’s $100bn private education business are stuck (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Lulu Yilun Chen writes: Global investors from Tiger Global Management to Temasek Holdings Pte are reeling after China imposed the harshest curbs yet on its...
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China – New rules have China private education firms bracing for a hit (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: China’s private education firms are bracing for a “material” hit to their operations after Beijing announced new rules barring for-profit tutoring in...
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China/USA – China blames US for fraught relations as talks begin (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: China has blamed the United States for what it called a “stalemate” in bilateral relations as high-level face-to-face talks began in the...
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Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s neighbours need to step in if they want stability (Al Jazeera)

Najib Sharifi writes for Al Jazeera: The withdrawal of the United States and NATO forces from Afghanistan has put a crucial choice before the...
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Tunisia – World reacts to Tunisia’s political turmoil (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend parliament and dismiss the prime minister sparked protests at home where the biggest political party...
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