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Why regulating social media is so hard globally

International

Social Media Regulation: A Global Conundrum

Ava Stringer

Social media platforms mediate information, politics, commerce, and private lives across borders. Regulating them is not simply a matter of drafting rules; it involves reconciling competing legal systems, technical limits,…

When carbon capture helps and when it distracts

International

The Dual Nature of Carbon Capture: Help and Distraction

Ava Stringer

Carbon capture represents not one technology or policy but a broad set of methods that extract carbon dioxide from flue gases or directly from the atmosphere and then either store…

International

The Fragility of Food Security Explained

Ava Stringer

Food security is the condition in which all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Despite progress in agricultural productivity and declining…

What influence operations are and how to spot them

International

Unmasking Influence Operations: Tips for Detection

Ava Stringer

Influence operations are coordinated efforts to shape opinions, emotions, decisions, or behaviors of a target audience. They combine messaging, social engineering, and often technical means to change how people think,…

Why the world is talking about a chip race

International

Understanding the Global Chip Race Dialogue

Ava Stringer

The term "chip race" evokes a worldwide push to secure dominance in semiconductor design, manufacturing, equipment and supply-chain control, with chips serving as the core technology behind smartphones, data centers,…

What safeguards exist in modern nuclear power

International

Advanced Safety Features in Modern Nuclear Plants

Ava Stringer

Modern nuclear power rests on a layered system of technical, organizational, regulatory, and institutional safeguards designed to prevent accidents, limit consequences if they occur, protect against malicious acts, and ensure…

Four years on, Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed conflict and shattered global security

International

Four-Year Mark: Russia’s Ukraine War and its Global Security Impact

Ava Stringer

After four years of unyielding warfare, the conflict in Ukraine has reshaped far more than the nation’s frontiers, influencing everything from contemporary battle strategies to the core of international alliances,…

How shared river agreements prevent conflict

International

Shared Water Resources: Preventing Disputes with Agreements

Ava Stringer

Rivers cross political borders more than any modern idea of territory can contain. More than 150 countries share transboundary river basins, and well over 260 international river and lake basins…

The dilemmas of content moderation online

International

Online Content Moderation: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas

Ava Stringer

Online content moderation lies where technology, law, business pressures, and human values converge, requiring platforms to shield users from harm while still honoring free expression, operate under countless legal frameworks,…