by HTET AUNG SHINE | Oct 15, 2023 | School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University
The shrinking of Cambodia’s civic and political space mirrors the elections and authoritarian consolidation of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Since 2021, Cambodia’s civil society, media, and political actors have witnessed a fresh round of civic and political...
by Bengisu Gulsen Kosarhan | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Kate Crawford in her book Atlas of AI argues that AI “grew on the battlefield where it was used to detect enemies, strange objects and maintain strategic control”. [1]The technology to which we created for military usage therefore inherently used for...
by Eva Luna Rijntjes | Jan 4, 2023 | Sabanci University
In Hong Kong, an unusual kind of protesting started in 2014. Marked by singing and yellow umbrellas, quickly the young students that represented Hong Kong’s peaceful resilience against the growing authoritarian grip of the Chinese government became worldwide news....
by Jiaqui Jiang | Jun 8, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
This spring, with the cancellation of pandemic restrictions in most parts of the world, China became the last large country to maintain the zero tolerance to COVID-19. Its “Dynamic Zeroing Out” policy sought to eliminate the virus using extreme regional restrictions...
by Harry Murphy | Apr 24, 2022 | Suffolk University
Over the course of recent world history, few countries have grown quite like China, from an economic, influential and a geopolitical standpoint. However, such a change does not happen overnight. Over the last 43 years, China has seen tremendous economic growth since...