Tag: global affairs

• Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign

  May 5, 2019

  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name. “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone. “You’re sooo smart, Pete.” http://time.com/longform/pete-buttigieg-2020/ more ›

• Inside Gang Territory in Honduras: ‘Either They Kill Us or We Kill Them.’

  May 4, 2019

  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Three sharp cracks rang out, followed by three more in quick succession. The thoroughfare emptied. Two old men ducked behind a corrugated fence. A taxi… more ›

• The End of a Liberal International Order That Never Existed

  April 28, 2019

  By Michael N. Barnett Professor of International Affairs and Political Science Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University barnett@gwu.edu https://theglobal.blog/2019/04/16/the-end-of-a-liberal-international-order-that-never-existed/ more ›

• Kidnapping: A Very Efficient Business

  April 23, 2019

  In Argentina in the early 1970s, leftist guerrillas started snatching executives of multinational companies and demanding ransoms. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/05/09/kidnapping-efficient-business/ more ›

• Visualizing Africa’s Free Trade Ambitions

  April 18, 2019

  At a glance, it may seem like the world’s biggest technology companies have a lot in common. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/africa-free-trade/ more ›

• Russia Is Tricking GPS to Protect Putin

  April 8, 2019

  The Kremlin’s manipulation of global navigation systems is more extensive than previously understood. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/03/russia-is-tricking-gps-to-protect-putin/ more ›

• Smart weapons

  April 8, 2019

  “Smart weapons need smart people to tell them smart things. They need positioning coordinates. They need navigation systems,” https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/03/russia-is-tricking-gps-to-protect-putin/ more ›

• Anatomy of a ‘caliphate’: The rise and fall of ISIL

  March 23, 2019

  Samer recalls the gruesome shock of seeing his friend’s headless corpse strung up above Raqqa’s main square. It’s this memory, from a hot summer day in 2015, that defines his… more ›

• IBM Launches A Blockchain Based Global Payments Network Using Stellar’s Cryptocurrency

  March 18, 2019

  IBM is paving the way for banks and other regulated financial institutions to join the blockchain revolution. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2019/03/18/ibm-launches-a-blockchain-based-global-payments-network-using-stellars-cryptocurrency/ more ›

• Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived

  March 11, 2019

  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires’ list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is… more ›