After this year’s nine nights of worship to the Divine Mother, Amma led celebrations for the triumph of light over darkness. In her message, Amma explained how the goddesses Durgā, Lakṣmī, and Sarasvatī provide the essential human needs—strength, wealth, knowledge,...
The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon...
Globally, there has been a concession on transparency and the need for algorithmic audits. Digital India Act The IT Act 2000 oversees almost every facet of online activities. When the laws were first introduced, social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter did not...
In this article, Sarah Grand-Clément , researcher in the Conventional Arms and Ammunition program and the Security and Technology program at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) looks at the role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring...
Leaders of the Vietnam Communist Party’s Central Theory Council will welcome and discuss with former PM Ehud Barak and his wife Nili Barak about the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment in Hanoi. This is a very special trip of PM Barak, with...
Roger B. Porter The stunning, senseless death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by an assassins’ bullet in Nara illuminates the vulnerability of political leaders. Abe’s legacy reminds us of the powerful influence of quiet diplomacy and of how one...
“The era of the global internet is over,” writes the Council for Foreign Relations in its latest Independent Task Force report. “The vision of an open, reliable, and secure global network has not been achieved and is unlikely to be realized. As a result, the internet...
The Cyber Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School launched the report “The Geopolitics of Digital Standards,” by Sophie Faaborg-Andersen and Lindsay Temes. The Global Alliance for Digital Governance supports its...