China’s growing control of ports in Latin America and the Caribbean represents a potential strategic vulnerability for the United States, with 37 projects linked to Chinese firms raising concerns over supply chains, surveillance, and geopolitical ...
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Global competition for critical minerals—from lithium and cobalt to rare earths—has elevated supply chain resilience to a national security issue. Two new reports frame the stakes.
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, details how the Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change and intensifying great power competition. Melting ice is ...
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Agentic AI is evolving from experimental tools into self-directed, networked ecosystems that promise to reshape how enterprises operate, innovate, and compete. Recent impressive, exhaustive articles on the role of the agentic mesh architecture in ...
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As we prepare to address “Privacy in the Age of AI and Constant Connection" at OODAcon 2025, the debate over decentralized personal data ownership is emerging as a potential path to restoring control and ...
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The Askwith Forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) recently engaged in a discussion of the future of education and "thinking" - with origins in work done by the U.S. IC on ...
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The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) has released a new report capturing how companies are approaching risk assessments for artificial intelligence.
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In March 2025, Nokia, in collaboration with Intuitive Machines under NASA's Tipping Point initiative, successfully deployed the first-ever 4G/LTE cellular network on the Moon, providing local connectivity between a lander and rovers on the lunar ...
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IBM and NASA are developing a digital twin of the Sun to improve prediction of solar storms—advances that could safeguard satellites, power grids, and digital infrastructure against the next major geomagnetic disruption.
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This summer, the Ai4 2025 conference in Las Vegas revealed that organizations are being forced to fundamentally rethink the nature of work, organizational readiness, and the balance of human–machine collaboration as AI shifts from bolt-on to AI-native ...
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