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
Has social media broken the stockmarket?
America has a huge deficit. Which candidate would make it worse?
Is the Labor Market “Normalizing?” What Even Is “Normal?”
Geopolitics
When will the war in Ukraine end?
Stand Up to Zelensky: A Plea for Sanity
Why Poland’s Defense Spending is Soaring
Why Targeting Russian Disinformation Is So Difficult
Could Japan and South Korea finally become friends?
Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
What the U.S. Military’s ‘Overwhelming Force’ Means for the Middle East
International Law and Intelligence Gathering: Mind the Gaps
Climate Change
Billions Being Pumped Into Unproven “Climate Solutions”
The Uneven Global Response to Climate Change
The Electric Vehicle Future Is Coming. Just a Little More Slowly.
The Hurricane Season Was Supposed to Be Busy. What Happened?
Science & Technology
Europe must beware the temptations of technocracy
US, UK and EU sign on to the Council of Europe’s high-level AI safety treaty
How encrypted messaging apps conquered the world
Chinese-Speaking Hacker Group Targets Human Rights Studies in Middle East
American Politics
Where is Kamala Harris’s convention bounce?
Disinformation dilemma: US hands are way dirty, too
Good News!
Good News in History, September 5
The teen who’s developing a treatment for skin cancer, one bar of soap at a time
US National Parks get a historic $100 million boost
Quote of the Day
“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”
― Milton Friedman
