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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Why Have Chinese Cyberattacks Declined?

26 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mara Hvistendahl MIT Technology Review Last summer, an audience of government officials, military personnel, and foreign ambassadors gathered in Aspen, Colorado, to hear John Carlin, then an assistant attorney general, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The China-India Water Wars

25 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jin H. Pak Parameters Over the past decade, numerous analysts and scholars have speculated about the likelihood of India and China going to war over water. Some maintain a […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Tweets as Criminal Assault

24 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Elizabeth E. Joh New Scientist Social media raises tricky questions that judges are beginning to try to answer. It has been found possible to violate a restraining order by […]

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LAW

War Goes Viral

21 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Emerson T. Brooking & Peter W. Singer The Atlantic Like most every­thing today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

What do Driverless Cars Mean for Policing?

18 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Robin Washington The Marshall Project If you’ve ever been pulled over for a broken taillight and suffered a punishing fine — or worse — you can take heart that […]

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LAW

The Land of “Close Enough”

17 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By James Palmer Aeon In our apartment in central Beijing, we fight a daily rearguard action against entropy. The mirror on my wardrobe came off its hinges six months ago […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Safely Reviving Nuclear Energy

12 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Richard Martin MIT Technology Review In February I flew through the interior of a machine that could represent the future of nuclear power. I was on a virtual-reality tour […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Should the Right to Vote be Restricted to Those With Knowledge?

7 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jason Brennan Aeon Who should hold power: the few or the many? Concentrating power in the hands of a few – in monarchy, dictatorship or oligarchy – tends to […]

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LAW

The ‘Quantum Leap’ in National Security

6 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Taylor Owen & Robert Gorwa Foreign Affairs On August 2, 1939, at the dawn of World War II and six months after the discovery of uranium fission, Albert Einstein and Leo […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

How the Education Gap is Tearing Politics Apart

5 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By David Runciman The Guardian On 23 February, Donald Trump stood before a rally of cheering supporters to celebrate a thumping victory in the Nevada Republican caucus – his third […]

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