Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

(USA) US charges Trump ally with undisclosed lobbying for UAE (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tom Barrack, a billionaire ally of Donald Trump who chaired the former president’s inaugural committee in 2016, has been arrested on foreign lobbying...

(Tunisia/Pandemic) Tunisia health minister sacked as COVID-19 cases surge (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the North African country. The ministry said...

(Turkey/Cyprus) Turkey says Cyprus town of Varosha to reopen amid Greek objection (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Authorities in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus announced on Tuesday a partial reopening of an abandoned town for potential...

(Israel) Enlightened Israelis must admit Israel is guilty as charged (Al Jazeera)

Andrew Mitrovica writes for Al Jazeera: The unforgettable image should still shame enlightened Israelis. It is July 2014. Israel has decided, yet again, to teach Palestinians...

(Southeast Asia/Pandemic) Is there a way out of Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 disaster? (East Asia Forum)

Swee Kheng Khor writes for East Asia Forum: The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to Southeast Asian countries. The region...

(South Korea) South Korea’s soft power struggles (East Asia Forum)

Roald Maliangkay writes for East Asia Forum: South Korea has become a powerhouse of cultural production. Its cultural influence in global entertainment is spread...

(West and Fragile Countries) Events of last six months show fragile countries must remain priority for the US and its allies (Brookings)

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones write for Brookings: The West is shifting its gaze from fragile states. After 20 years, the United States is headed for...

(Bitcoin) The brutal truth about Bitcoin (Brookings)

Eswar Prasad writes for Brookings: Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, has been on a wild ride since its creation in 2009. Earlier this year, the price of...

(USA) How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S. (Harvard Business Review)

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes for Harvard Business Review: The U.S. government is negotiating a plan to address one of the most important — but overlooked...

(Data Localization) How Barriers to Cross-Border Data Flows Are Spreading Globally, What They Cost, and How to Address Them (ITIF)

Nigel Cory  Luke Dascoli write for ITIF: Data-localization policies are spreading rapidly around the world. This measurably reduces trade, slows productivity, and increases prices for...

(USA) US Manufacturing Productivity Is Falling, and It’s Cause for Alarm (Industry Week)

Robert Atkinson writes for Industry Week: The U.S. economy has been in a productivity depression for more than a decade, suffering from a historically...

(USA) SCOTUS Interpretation of CFAA A Win for Collecting Data With Web Scraping (Center for Data Innovation)

Gillian Diebold writes for Center for Data Innovation: Web scraping—the use of automated tools to extract data from websites—helps businesses, researchers, and others quickly...

(USA) Fact of the Week: Applications for New U.S. Businesses Reached an All-Time High in 2020 and are Increasing Stably in 2021 (ITIF)

Luke Dascoli writes for  ITIF:  The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been a massive economic disruption to big and small businesses alike. Business closures and...

(USA) Removing Barriers to Accessibility on Federal Government Websites (ITIF)

ITIF writes: Many organizations fail to prioritize or even consider accessibility when designing their websites, which creates unnecessary obstacles for the over 40 million Americans...

(Artificial Intelligence) National Power After AI (CSET)

Matthew Daniels and Ben Chang write for CSET: AI technologies will likely alter great power competitions in foundational ways, changing both how nations create power...

(Europe/USA/China) The EU-US Tech Council shouldn’t just focus on China July 20, 2021 (Brookings)

Konstantinos Komaitis and Justin Sherman write for Brookings: President Joe Biden recently toured Europe with a simple message: “America is back.” Following the tumult of the...