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In Sudan, “climate wars” are useful scapegoats for bad leaders

By Harry Verhoeven | Climate Change, Multimedia

China surveillance

The future of technology: Lessons from China—and the US

By Maya Wang, Frederike Kaltheuner, Amanda Klasing | Disruptive Technologies

Peter Hotez at his desk in a white physician coat

Viral spread: Peter Hotez on the increase of anti-science aggression on social media

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

St Basil's cathedral, Red Square, Moscow

What do ordinary Russians think? Interview with a Russian independent reporter

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

The A1 Verse: Xi’s yes-men

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

one-woman protest outside old KGB headquarters, Moscow

“When it comes to Russia, it’s like living in a volcano” — Interview with Farida Rustamova, an independent reporter in Putin’s Russia

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews

Spy Booth Banksy street art

Introduction: The brave new world of the high-tech surveillance state

By Dan Drollette Jr | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Creating a model democratic alternative to the surveillance state

By Ishan Sharma | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Unrest in Kazakhstan led to this protest in Aktobe on Janyary 4, 2022. By Esetok - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114004254

Is a shadow presidency fueling the gas-prices fire in oil-rich Kazakhstan?

By Urvashi Sarkar | Analysis, Nuclear Risk