Background https://twitter.com/StateCDP/status/1510947018784612360 In April, The State Department launched a new cybersecurity bureau, designed to enhance digital diplomacy and online …
Signals from Mainstream Information Outlets on Digital Self-Sovereignty, Digital Rights and Digital Identity
We continue our research on Digital Self-Sovereignty, Digital Rights, and Digital Identity, which is an area of research concerned with the security of personal data, transactional or otherwise, and …
A Proactive National Technology Strategy in the Great Power Competition with China
The co-authors of a recent article in Foreign Affairs, America Could Lose the Tech Contest With China, Eric Schmidt and Yll Bajraktari, are Chair and CEO of the Special Competitive Studies Project …
The Stanford Internet Observatory and Covert Influence Operations
The Stanford Internet Observatory With the technological infrastructure that physicists and astronomers have brought to bear for decades as its foundational metaphor, the Stanford Internet …
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Opportunities for Advantage: Reshoring Manufacturing and Shortening Supply Chains
Background Global supply chains continue to experience the impact of the late March 2022 Shanghai and Shenzen Covid-19 lockdowns in China, which impacted the port operations of both cities, sending a …
Crypto Exchange Huobi to Delist 7 Privacy Coins, Including Zcash, Monero
Prominent crypto exchange Huobi Global will delist seven privacy tokens next week amid broader regulatory scrutiny of such tokens, it said in a statement on Monday. “Huobi Global strictly complies …
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Global Crypto and Digital Currency Initiatives: Pakistan
We continue with our survey of crypto and digital currency initiatives from around the globe, all of which are officially sanctioned to enhance national competitive advantage (in the event crypto …
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Chinese Cyber Espionage Against Russia Is About Keeping Tabs and Learning
Since the start of the year, a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) actor group dubbed TA428 has been aggressively targeting industrial plants, research institutes, and government ministries, …
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Autonomous Everything: The Workforce and The Future of Automated Port Terminals
Background In a series of posts entitled Autonomous Everything, we are exploring automation in all its technological forms, including legacy working assumptions about the term itself. We began the …
The Future of Food Security: The Precision Farming Project and NASA Harvest
Following are case studies of state-of-the-art advanced computational platforms - specifically computer graphics, multi-player networking, and high-resolution, satellite-based earth imaging - …
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