Kyrgyzstan Remains On Human Rights Watchlist As ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Comes...
Kyrgyzstan remains on a watchlist of countries that have seen a rapid decline in civic freedoms, following the enactment of a repressive “foreign agent” law. The new watchlist is released by the...
View ArticleThe Gaza Death Toll Is Likely Multiples Higher Than Commonly Reported – OpEd
Last month, Iwroteabout how the death toll from Israel’s war in Gaza may be significantly higher than the commonly cited estimate that has lately been stuck at under 40,000 individuals. A...
View ArticleWhat Do Voters Want? – OpEd
The Right is resurgent! The Left is Back! The Center is on the march! It’s always tempting to declare, on the basis of a few elections, that a political tendency is on the ascendant. I should know:...
View ArticleWarming Asian Glaciers: Regional Strategy For Riskscape – Analysis
Scientific assessments reveal that the Third Pole (TP), encompassing the vast glaciated mountain systems of Asia, is warming at an alarming rate of over 0.3 ºC per decade, surpassing the global...
View ArticleThe Luzon Economic Corridor As The United States’ Southeast Asian Litmus Test...
By Alvin Camba and Ryan Seay At their April 2023 trilateral summit, the presidents of the Philippines, Japan and the United States jointly unveiled the ambitious Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC)...
View ArticleTurkey’s Emerging And Disruptive Technologies Capacity And NATO: Defense...
By Can Kasapoğlu Introduction The NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Science and Technology Committeeconsidersemerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) capable of transforming future military...
View ArticleTime For The Fed To Cut Interest Rates – Analysis
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell has been saying for some time that he needs to see more evidence that inflation is under control before he lowers interest rates. We can never be certain of...
View ArticleIndigenous Sniper Rifle: The Sabre Propels India’s Self-Reliance In Defence –...
India is experiencing a surge in self-reliance, especially in the defence sector. With the easing of government restrictions, many local startups are challenging well-known firearm manufacturers, such...
View ArticleOverpopulation: An Ancient Myth Refuted – OpEd
By Aidan Grogan Prince Philip oncesaid, “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation.” The late Duke of Edinburgh...
View ArticleBiden Is Not Running The Government: So, Who Is? – OpEd
By Connor O'Keeffe After a disastrousdebate performancetwo weeks ago and a weak damage-controlinterviewlast Friday, it’s finally become clear to almost everyone that President Joe Biden isnot...
View ArticleTime For The UK To Adopt Spain’s Electoral System? – Analysis
By William Chislett Labour won a landslide victory in the UK general election in terms of seats in parliament, but not in votes. It obtained 411 of the 650 seats (63.2% of the total) on 33.8% of the...
View ArticleMetformin And Other Antidiabetic Drugs Can Help Reduce Risk Of Dementia In...
Investigators analyzing the potential cognitive effects of antidiabetic medications in records of more than 1.5 million patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) found risks of dementia and...
View ArticleMars Likely Had Cold And Icy Past
The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the discovery is gaining insight into the past climate of Earth’s...
View ArticleUser Control Of Autoplay Can Alter Awareness Of Online Video ‘Rabbit Holes’
The rabbit hole contains madness, according to author Lewis Carroll. Online, that madness manifests in the form of increasingly extreme content, often without users realizing it. A new study by Penn...
View Article‘Check Out’ That Power
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have opened a new virtual library where visitors can check out waveforms instead of books. The Grid Event Signature Libraryis an open-access online...
View ArticleIntroducing Co-Cultures: When Co-Habiting Animal Species Share Culture
Cooperative hunting, resource sharing, and using the same signals to communicate the same information—these are all examples of cultural sharing that have been observed between distinct animal...
View ArticleForest Carbon Storage Has Declined Across Much Of Western US, Likely Due To...
Forests have been embraced as a natural climate solution, due to their ability to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow, locking it up in their trunks, branches, leaves, and roots....
View ArticleClimate Change: Thick Sea Ice Flowing From Arctic Ocean Shortening Shipping...
An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an...
View ArticleUnveiling 1,200 Years Of Human Occupation In Canada’s Arctic
A recent study provides new insights into ancient cultures in Canada’s Arctic, focusing on Paleo-Inuit and Thule-Inuit peoples over thousands of years. Jules Blais, professor of biology at the...
View ArticleUS National Security Advisor: Ukraine Is Successfully Defending Against Russia
By David Vergun A few months ago, Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines were running out of artillery shells and were having to ration them, said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan today at the...
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