Artificial intelligence (AI) conjures a range of images from the astonishing to the abominable. AI refers to a variety of technologies that are capable of analyzing large sets of data and using what they learn to inform decisions. Although machine learnin ...
The European Commission Initiates Legal Proceedings Against the U.K. Over Its Trade Policy in Ireland
The European Union and the United Kingdom have engaged in seemingly interminable legal negotiations since 2016, when U.K. voters approved a motion to depart from the confederation in a “Brexit” referendum. Almost five years and three Prime Ministers later ...
Hate Thy Neighbor: How Ethiopia’s Federal Government Is Committing Potential War Crimes Against Its People
Little was initially known on November 4, when Ethiopian federal forces invaded their own region, as the events were transpiring. The country’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shut off internet access to the people of Tigray, a region in northern Ethiopia along ...
A Devastating Coup d’État and the Assault on the Civil Rights of Myanmar’s People
In a stunning setback for Myanmar’s young democratic government and to the chagrin of international democracies, the country’s military performed a successful coup d’état on February 1, 2021. The de facto leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and several mem ...
Hong Kong’s National Security Law: Yet Another Attack on the City’s Crumbling Democratic Foundation
Since China first hoisted its flag on the soil of Hong Kong in 1997, the former British colony has suffered a downward spiral away from autonomy; its citizens have been stripped of democratic rights and found themselves increasingly subject to the whims o ...
Moving Forward: How Israel, the U.A.E., Bahrain, and Sudan are paving the way for progress in the Middle East
In a remarkable change in the Middle East, three countries — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan — have taken steps towards normalizing relations with the State of Israel in recent months. These are the first countries to do so since Jordan made ...