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BRICS Bets on Digital Public Infrastructure and AI
Picture a windowless conference room at an information communications technology (ICT) ministerial meeting in Bengaluru, or perhaps a working group session in Kazan. The
The Pirates are Back: The US-Iran War Opens a Window off Somalia
The waters connecting the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have long constituted one of the most consequential maritime corridors
To Understand Nepal’s Floods, Look at What Was Built
On the morning of Aug. 26, a slab of ice and rock tore free from the north face of Langtang Lirung, a 7,200-meter peak
The Distance Between Two Points in a City Is No Longer Measured in Kilometers
For more than a century, the economic case for cities has rested on a simple proposition: proximity creates prosperity. Put enough people, businesses, institutions
The Next Arms Race Will Be Fought in Markets
For most of modern history, military power has been measured in visible things: armies, ships, aircraft, missiles and, eventually, nuclear weapons. But behind every
There is No Neutral Map Anymore
For years, Silicon Valley’s preferred answer to political controversy has been that technology is merely infrastructure. Algorithms rank, platforms host, maps map. Politics happens
