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Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by FFCU CC BY-SA 2.0.

Former Israeli spies get involved in US elections as information warriors

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Alias 0591 CC BY 2.0.

Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula begins with a peace declaration

By David Kim | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump meet in Singapore in 2018. Credit: White House photo via Twitter.

North Korean concessions the United States might want

By David Kim | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Trump orders some sort of vague action in the AI arms race

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

A Huawei executive is at the center of a diplomatic firestorm after being arrested in Canada. Credit: Brücke-Osteuropa via Wikimedia Commons.

Unlike Trump, US lawmakers aren’t going easy on Chinese telecoms

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Doug Jones speaks at a campaign event. Credit: Digital Campaign Manager for Doug Jones for Senate. CC BY-SA 4.0

A smallish effort to mimic Russian disinformation tactics comes to light in Alabama

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. Credit: Kremlin Presidential Executive Office

A “media mirage”: Russia deployed sophisticated marketing tactics to help Trump win

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Power cable distribution energy grid

Resilience for power systems amid a changing climate

By Sarah M. Jordaan | Climate Change

Noam Chomsky: In the Trump era, severe threats to “organized human life”

By Lucien Crowder | Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons

Through a fractured looking-glass: Trump’s nuclear decisions so far

By Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Weapons

The Trump’s administration’s misaligned approach to national biodefense

By Reid Kirby | Biosecurity

Paul Hawken: “Game on” for global warming

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Interviews