Your daily policy brief 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
Combatting China’s Legacy Chip Threat: Time To Revive Section 421
The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre‑ and Post‑COVID
Geopolitics
Global Government Is No Conspiracy Theory
White House Believes Iran Backing Down From Israel Strike After Diplomatic ‘Blitz’
Look Who’s Talking: America, Russia, Ukraine, China, and Palestine
Summer of the Draft: What Government and Think Tanks Are Planning and Why
IN BRIEF: THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
NATO MISSED A CHANCE TO TRANSFORM ITSELF
Tensions Soar as Iran Issues Aviation Warning and Hamas Appoints New Leader
Climate Change
Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for Great Barrier Reef Within a Generation
Between Optimism and Despair: The Messy Middle Paths Through Climate Breakdown
Science & Technology
UK satellite startup Blue Skies Space wants to sell astronomy data ‘as a service’
ChatGPT’s mobile app just had its biggest month yet
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
The API Security Crisis: Why Your Company Could Be Next
American Politics
Jurisdiction-Stripping Or Court-Killing? The “No Kings Act” Is A Decapitation Of The Constitution
Good News!
Good News in History, August 7
The Most Active Meteor Shower of the Year Arrives in Just 5 Days’ Time
Doggy bags packed with seeds to help rewild nature reserve in England
Quote of the Day
“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
– Milton Friedman