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Australian cyberexpert warns of simple solutions

Australian cyberexpert warns of simple solutions

(June 6th, 2016) Major Gen. Stephen Day, the former head of Cyber and Information Security at the Australian Signals Directorate, says that a trusted and ethical cybersecurity industry is vital to Australia's socio-economic well being and national security. General...

New book looks at past, future evolution of cyberterrorism

New book looks at past, future evolution of cyberterrorism

(June 6th, 2016) Julia Sweet , writing in Modern Diplomacy, praises Gabriel Weimann’s new book, Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation. See her review here. She writes: “The new book by Weimann can be found timely and valuable for a wide audience of readers....

Merkel urges U.K. to stay in E.U.

Merkel urges U.K. to stay in E.U.

(June 6th, 2016) Suggesting growing anxiety about the United Kingdom’s possible exit from the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Britain that nations "at the bargaining table" negotiate better deals than those "outside the room". Mrs. Merkel...

U.N. conference pushes global citizenship education

U.N. conference pushes global citizenship education

(June 6th, 2016) A United Nations conference in South Korea has stressed the urgency of greater investments in global citizenship education programs around the world to unlock the potential of young people. The global education action agenda at the meeting affirmed...

To continue rise, Asian nations must enact wrenching reforms

To continue rise, Asian nations must enact wrenching reforms

(June 6th, 2016) Chung Min Lee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace writes: “…., Asia’s rise has captured the popular imagination for three decades. By most hard-power measures, such as gross domestic product, trade volumes, technological prowess and...

Cohen: Rejection of TPP would be big win for China

Cohen: Rejection of TPP would be big win for China

(June 6th, 2016) Roger Cohen, a foreign-affairs columnist for The New York Times, writes: “The best way to kick Vietnamese aspirations in the teeth, turn the country sour on the United States, and undermine the stabilizing American role in Asia, would be for Congress...