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A leader in exile. Children forced into cultural assimilation. A barrage of failed protests. For more than 50 years, China, a global superpower with a population over 400 times that of Tibet, has ...
A public interest technologist, Bruce Schneier is the author of the internationally renowned blog "Schneier on Security" and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
With numerous dams built on the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, and Mekong rivers, China is able to store or divert water in a way that might lead to the drying out of vast territories downstream.
Two hundred and fifty thousand workers under the Kafala system in Lebanon are currently struggling to survive in an exploitative system.
For those who could connect and find support, story-sharing throughout the #MeToo movement gave access to healing, empowerment, and solidarity...However, the movement is far from over.
The dynamics between China and Russia remain important to watch. Will Russia be able to counteract the power imbalances between the two countries to have more control in their relationship? Will ...
The biggest fear is that the tools that have been temporarily deployed in the fight against a once-in-a-lifetime disease may become permanent.
On September 11, 1980, General Augusto Pinochet, head of the authoritarian military junta that staged a coup d’état in Chile, arranged a national plebiscite to ratify a new constitution. The ...
Just a few years ago, the German economy was the envy of the world. With strong growth, leading exports, and a balanced budget, the European Union’s largest economy was doing incredibly well, growing ...
Have you ever thought about selling your kidney? A piece of your liver? For many people in Asia, these difficult questions are an everyday reality. The global demand for organs is growing rapidly, ...
Even though George Floyd’s death has sparked new protests surrounding Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia, they have not arisen from thin air. Indeed, as the Uluru Statement makes clear, they ...
The dichotomy of different individuals’ experiences when a popular city surges with tourism is striking. For the vacationer, the experience is full of excitement: a chance to forget the tensions in ...