State Influence and Technical Standards
BY JULIA VOO “If you control an industry’s standards, you control that industry lock, stock and ledger.”[1] What
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Borrowing a Column from Thomas Jefferson: The Architecture of National Security Risks
In exploring what constitutes an existential risk – something that threatens the extinction of intelligent life – we evaluate the significance of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat both naturally occurring and manmade.
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In .gov We Trust: The Troubled but Crucial Relationship between Technology and Government
BY KEVIN FRAZIER When it comes to politics, April 2020 may be just as important as November 2020. Why?
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There is More to the Transatlantic Freeze than Donald Trump
BY ROBIN NATAF Even at Harvard, a liberal Atlanticist bubble where the Marshall Plan was first announced, events to
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Interest Rates Must Remain Disinterested: The Growing Threat to Central Bank Independence and Why It Must Be Preserved
BY MEGAN WHITE Of the many possible sites for a heated political showdown, the target federal funds rate hardly
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The Limits of Power-Sharing in Lebanon: Can Protests End 200 Years of Sectarian Politics?
This moment offers a rare opportunity for foreign powers to help break Lebanon’s historical cycles of violence and support demands for a shift to a more robust and representative democracy.
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The Disjointed State of US–Africa Affairs
BY JACKSON MILLER Africa in the 21st century is young, urban, and digitally connected. More than half of
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