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Competition with China has become the biggest through line of a highly polarized Washington over the past decade, and a bipartisan commission that advises U.S. lawmakers on China is calling for some drastic measures to help the United States win that competition. Among the 32 recommendations from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Op-Ed Opinion: Granting the police access to more than 200 traffic cameras in Vancouver represents a significant step toward mass surveillance. Published Oct 31, 2024 • Last updated 7 hours ago • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. […]
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Chinese authorities ease a ban on private tutoring amid a broader tech regulatory pullback, Chinese migration into the United States through the Darién Gap slows down, and Chinese authorities crack down on Halloween in big cities. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. […]
Alice Irrizary and Colin Lowther talk about how video games may help people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or with drug and alcohol addictions. Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Alice Irrizary. Voice 2 And I’m Colin Lowther. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, […]
Where industrial revolutions happen can reshape global affairs. Britain’s Industrial Revolution made London the center of an empire upon which the sun never set. The digital age took off in Silicon Valley, making the United States home to world-leading technology companies. But if AI leads to the next industrial revolution, that revolution will have been […]
A spectre is haunting the world: the spectre of Artificial Intelligence. Hardly a day passes by without some celebration of the potential of AI to usher in a new utopia or a clarion call for action on the part of governments, corporations and other stakeholders to mitigate the serious risks it poses to humanity. While […]
The United States and its allies need each other more than ever. That’s the overarching message U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sought to convey to an audience in Washington—and beyond—in one of his final public addresses in his current role just two weeks before the U.S. presidential election. Speaking at the Brookings Institution on […]
It’s a typical day in Taiwan, and China is conducting yet another round of military drills. As Chinese warships and planes yet again aggressively circle around Taiwan, Taipei scrambles its military to defensive positions across the island. Among the most important is a cohort of mobile ground units carrying anti-ship missiles to deter Chinese ships […]
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Roger Basick. Voice 2 And I’m Marina Santee. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Click here to follow along with this program on YouTube. Voice 1 In 2025, 28 million people will […]
Hollywood thrillers rarely change the course of history, but if they had their own category at the Academy Awards, a good candidate might be The China Syndrome. Released 45 years ago, the hit film depicts a disaster at a nuclear plant in California, sparking fears that the reactor’s core would melt down through the containment […]