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China surveillance

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

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

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

Images of detainees from the Xinjiang Police Files. Credit: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Trove of leaked photos reveals China’s abuses in Uyghur detention camps

By Susan D’Agostino | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (top right) reflected on her role as the United States’ first female ambassador to the UN and her legacy as a women’s rights champion during a 2020 conversation with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (bottom) and Ambassador Melanne Verveer hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Remembering Madeleine Albright

By Melanne Verveer | Personal Essay

US and Aussie submarines

Introduction: Can the United States and China co-exist in the 21st century? Will they?

By John Mecklin | Opinion, Special Topics

ancient Greek warriors on vase

Interview with Graham Allison: Are the United States and China charging into Thucydides’s trap?

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Opinion, Special Topics