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GeoTech Cues

Aug 6, 2024

The Great IT Outage of 2024 is a wake-up call about digital public infrastructure

By Saba Weatherspoon and Zhenwei Gao

The July 19 outage serves as a symbolic outcry for solution-oriented policies and accountability to stave off future disruptions.

Cybersecurity Internet

UkraineAlert

Aug 6, 2024

Russia’s Black Sea defeats get flushed down Vladimir Putin’s memory hole

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin's readiness to flush Russia's Black Sea naval defeats down the memory hole is a reminder that the Kremlin propaganda machine controls Russian reality and can easily rebrand any retreat from Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

MENASource

Aug 5, 2024

Imane Khelif is a woman, contrary to what the internet says

By Yaseen Rashed

By denying Khelif’s womanhood and leveraging her win to disseminate miseducated narratives that fuel anti-LGBTQI sentiments, critics are essentializing the definition of gender and perpetuating the stigma surrounding hyperandrogenism

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Aug 5, 2024

Roberts quoted in VOA on Chinese Communist Party’s control over public discourse

On August 3, GCH/IPSI nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in VOA regarding the disappearance of Chinese commentator Hu Xijin from social media after a controversial post. Roberts explained that this incident underscores the Chinese Communist Party’s increasing control over public discourse, particularly as the economy faces growing challenges. He explained that the […]

China Freedom and Prosperity

In the News

Aug 4, 2024

Amini quoted in Al-Monitor on Algerian teen Nemour making history in the Olympics

By Atlantic Council

Freedom and Prosperity Middle East

In the News

Aug 4, 2024

Svetlova in Haaretz: “Corruption, crushing the courts, torture. Sound familiar? — This is how Israel turns into Russia.”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Human Rights

In the News

Aug 3, 2024

Amin in Al-Monitor: Egyptians pin Olympic hopes on fencing star

By Atlantic Council

Middle East North & West Africa

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

As sixteen of Putin’s prisoners come home, don’t forget the millions of hostages who remain

By Mikhail Zygar

Thousands of Russians are sitting in Putin’s prisons. And over the years, he has successfully turned the whole country into a gulag.

Human Rights Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

A violent crackdown has put Bangladesh at a crossroads

By Ali Riaz

At least two hundred people have been killed and thousands more injured in protests that included law enforcement firing on protestors.

Bangladesh Conflict

Inflection Points Today

Aug 1, 2024

Welcome home, Evan

By Frederick Kempe

We at the Atlantic Council are overjoyed and relieved that Evan has been released after 491 days of wrongful imprisonment in Russia, writes Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.

Human Rights Media

Experts

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