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Analysis

Margarita Simonyan.

Here’s how Russia’s RT spread propaganda in the lead-up to the election

By Benjamin Dubow, Evanna Hu, Jacob N. Shapiro, Ulaş Erdoğdu, Kamya Yadav | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

BW photo of 1930s Dustbowl Migrant Mother

The case for climate reparations

By Mimi Sheller | Analysis, Climate Change

To win over communities of color, environmental groups need to show they’re trustworthy

By Eric Siegel | Analysis, Climate Change

Trump supporters gather for an indoor campaign event.

How Lara Trump and other presidential surrogates flout pandemic best practices—indoors

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The other big event happening in the first week of November

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis, Climate Change

multiple images of Trump in style of Andy Warhol silkscreen

Should I stay or should I go? A ‘Chernobyl-like defect’ in our election system might give Trump a choice

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews

Two key questions about North Korea’s new missile

By Xu Tianran | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Great Wall of China, partial silhouette

US-China rivalry: When great power competition endangers global science

By Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin | Analysis, Biosecurity, Special Topics

North Korea’s military parade on October 10, 2020

After the parade, North Korea’s steady progress matters more than its big new missile

By Jenny Town | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Vladimir Putin.

How Russia, China, and other governments use coronavirus disinformation to reshape geopolitics

By Isra Thange, Nicola Bariletto, Luca Zanotti, Jacob Rob, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

When AI is in control, who’s to blame for military accidents?

By Julia Ciocca, Lauren Kahn | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence

A billboard in South Africa.

Corona-free? How disinformation could be clouding the true pandemic picture in Africa

By Julia Ilhardt, Giorgio Musto, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies