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Since the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution became common parlance in 2016, it has caught the attention of political leaders around the world and become an essential point of discussion in...
"We Need a Brand New Architecture To Cover The Whole Scope of Mobility"
Interview with Michael Doyle Professor at Columbia University Migration is polarizing societies around the globe and has become one of the most important political cleavages of our times...
"Space Provides The Required Magnitude of Perspective. It Unites Us Towards Common Goals"
Interview with Simonetta Di Pippo Director, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first UNISPACE conference where 78 Member States met to...
Advancing Human-Rights-By-Design In The Dual-Use Technology Industry
It is no secret that technology companies have greased the wheels for human rights abuses around the world backed by a global web of private sector support and investment that has yielded significant...
The Ungovernability of Digital Hate Culture
Social media and the Internet play an important role in the proliferation of hateful and extreme speech. Looking to contemporary networks of digitally mediated extreme right-wing communication, this...
A hammer in search of a nail: EU sanctions and the cyber domain
The 28 EU members states have recently agreed to work toward a sanctions mechanism in an attempt to deter future cyberattacks. Stefan Soesanto argues that such a mechanism will be dysfunctional from...
From the Archives: The Geopolitics of People Power: The Pursuit of the Nation-State in East Central Europe
This article first appeared in the print edition of the Journal of International Affairs, Winter 1992. The cult of the sovereign nation-state has been the central by the seminal ideas of the...
The Balance of Global Public and Private Power: A Tale of Two Worlds
On 25 October 2018, Professor John Ruggie delivered the 10th Annual Kenneth N. Waltz lecture at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. We reproduce his lecture below in its...
Is the West Pushing Moscow Toward Beijing's Arms?
Tensions with the West since 2014 have contributed to Russia’s attempt to “pivot East” and coordinate with China on providing energy supplies. China is already Russian oil’s biggest customer, and in...
From the Archives: Access For All - The Future for Afghanistan
This interview first appeared in the Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 67, No. 1 in the Fall of 2013. Shaharzad Akbar's journey to college was not an easy one. When she was eleven, the Taliban...