Divyanshu Jindal Since the war started, thousands of Russian IT workers and entrepreneurs, and dozens of foreign firms have left Russia. Western sanctions have targeted Russian high-technology industries, including bans on the export of critical computing elements like microprocessors. Over the last few years, Russia has sought to …
Read More »How UAE can help South Africa to fight corruption
Kester Klomegah South Africa and United Arab Emirates have to set a good precedent now. United Arab Emirates has to cooperate and help South Africa to fight deep-seated corruption. Collaborative and mighty efforts, such as tracking down and bring them to justice, the corrupt business people who link …
Read More »Looking beyond the Energy Price Shock to China’s Low Carbon Transition
Martin Raiser and Sebastian Eckardt The conflict in Ukraine has caused a massive shock to the global economy. Crude oil prices in early March spiked to as high as $140 per barrel, levels that were last seen in 2008. While prices have since come down from these peaks, …
Read More »Israel, Counter-Terrorism and International Law: Challenges of Systemic Analysis
Louis Peres The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959) Whether conspicuous or obscure, terrorism presents itself as a systemic challenge. This means, inter alia, that seemingly singular strategic and legal[1] …
Read More »Ukraine Says It Might Use U.S. Weapons to Invade Russia
Eric Zeusse In order to understand this matter, some fundamental background must first be briefly presented; and it is this (the remainder of this paragraph): Ukraine’s Government has consistently promised that it will retake Crimea, which had been part of Russia during 1783-1954 when the Soviet leader Khrushchev …
Read More »Israel and the moon effect: from Beresheet to the Lunar Library
Giancarlo Valori Some issues need to be clarified with reference to the so-called failed Israeli mission to the Moon, which in Italy has been commented by people who, besides not knowing what they write, think that our satellite is a Sunday skating rink for bored vacationers. The troubles …
Read More »Space exploration and the future exploitation of asteroids
Giancarlo Valori The discoveries of exoplanets in recent years have been absolutely extraordinary, and they could relatively soon be reached by our technology. At Cape Canaveral in Florida, on April 18, 2018 at 6:51pm, the Falcon Nine rocket was launched to send NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or …
Read More »Digital Tech Can Reduce Emissions by up to 20% in High-Emitting Industries
Digital technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20% by 2050 in the three highest-emitting sectors: energy, mobility and materials. As businesses and governments respond to global calls for action to tackle climate change, significant efforts must be put in place to achieve net zero. These …
Read More »WEF calls for new partnerships to generate private capital for fragile communities
The World Economic Forum released today a paper that calls for new collaboration between humanitarian and development organizations, businesses, investors and entrepreneurs to make a difference to the lives of the nearly 1 billion people living in fragile and conflict-affected settings worldwide. Cultivating Investment Opportunities in Fragile Contexts: …
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