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Aug 16, 2023

Digital identities and border cultures: The limits of technosolutionism in the management of human mobility

By Nanjala Nyabola

A paper to better inform the conversation around technology’s impact on democracy by evaluating technosolutionism and its application to the management of human mobility.

Afghanistan Africa

Report

Aug 14, 2023

Protecting point-to-point messaging apps: Understanding Telegram, WeChat, and WhatsApp in the United States

By Iria Puyosa

A year-long project on protecting users' data and privacy that analyzes the growing use of point-to-point messaging platforms in the United States and the implications their design and governing policies have for user privacy and free speech.

Civil Society Digital Policy

In the News

Aug 9, 2023

Lipsky and Kumar quoted by Bloomberg on mBridge and CBDCs

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Aug 4, 2023

Lipsky quoted by Bloomberg on US wholesale CBDC development

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy
Members of security services investigate a damaged office building in the Moscow City following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow Russia, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2023

Russian War Report: Drones target central Moscow skyscrapers

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Drone strikes hit central Moscow this week killing none but damaging a skyscraper. Meanwhile, TGStat has restricted access to a Telegram channel that tracks Russian casualties.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Aug 3, 2023

Kumar quoted by MIT Technology Review on e-CNY development

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China Digital Currencies

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2023

Four big geopolitical tests the European Union faces this year

By Jörn Fleck, James Batchik

From Ukraine to artificial intelligence, the second half of 2023 poses major tests that will reveal the realities of the EU’s geopolitical aspirations.  

Conflict Digital Policy
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Report

Aug 2, 2023

Chinese discourse power: Capabilities and impact

By Kenton Thibaut

An examination of China's online and offline channels for the dissemination of "discourse power" and the mechanisms of oversight on which such communications rely.

China Digital Policy

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

CBDC Tracker cited by BIS Paper on CBDCs and crypto

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Jul 28, 2023

CBDC Tracker cited by Forbes Advisor

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

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