Your daily policy pulse to explore emerging topics and discover top-notch policy material about fields that impact and inform our preparedness like Economics, Geopolitics, Climate Change, Science & Technology and more, hand-selected daily for you.
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Daily Policy Topics
Economics
Global Market Crash 2024: Causes, Consequences, and the Fed’s Role
Global Markets Rebound After Historic Bloodbath, Japan Soars
Why Is The EU Upping The Pressure On Meloni In Italy?
Geopolitics
Armed Migrant Gangs Stalk UK While Government Cracks Down On Native Brits
US-Ukraine-Russian War: It’s About the Money
Is North Korea Returning to a Balanced Diplomacy?
The SCO Needs To Be More Than a China-Russia Front Against the West
The mad, bad Maduro regime clings to power
US personnel wounded in ‘dangerous escalation’ at Iraq base
Climate Change
Focus On Renewable Energy Spurs Concerns Over Supply–Demand Equation
Climate Change and Hard Labor: The Rising Toll on Outdoor Workers
How does your state make electricity?
Science & Technology
OpenAI Co-Founder Leaves For AI Rival Anthropic
Breaking up Google would offer a chance to remodel the web
Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations
North Korean Hackers Moonstone Sleet Push Malicious JS Packages to npm Registry
Preparing for the Future of Post-Quantum Cryptography
American Politics
Kamala Harris Campaign Confirms Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz As Running Mate
HOW TO MAKE MILITARY AI GOVERNANCE MORE ROBUST
Good News!
Good News in History, August 6
MIT engineers convert soda cans and seawater into zero-emission fuel
The Street Medicine Team Bringing Care to L.A.’s Homeless
Quote of the Day
“Earnings don’t move the overall market; it’s the Federal Reserve Board… focus on the central banks, and focus on the movement of liquidity… most people in the market are looking for earnings and conventional measures. It’s liquidity that moves markets.”
