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Research Last Updated: Jun 3, 2023 - 2:05:28 PM


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West and China Compete for Tech Influence in Arab Persian Gulf States

New technologies are an increasingly important element of the Sino-American rivalry in the Persian Gulf. China has become the preferred partner in this area due to, for example, the dominant role of government (vs. private) investment in the technology sector in both China and the Gulf states. The intensification of cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China in the field of new technologies may increase the influence of authoritarian states in setting technological standards.


Jun 3, 2023 - 2:05:28 PM

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Women’s secret war:

 The inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan


May 23, 2023 - 1:04:44 PM

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Colonial-Racism on Trial

Ovaherero and Nama representatives, as well as UN Special Rapporteurs accuse Berlin of refusing reparations for the genocide in South West Africa, invoking colonial-racist arguments.


May 6, 2023 - 2:21:27 PM

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Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Are Turning the Seabed Into a Future Battlefield

Baltic and North Sea nations are getting nervous about Russia’s unabashed surveys of infrastructure-laden seafloors.


May 3, 2023 - 1:17:32 PM

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Inside DARPA’s Plan to Power Distant Military Outposts With Laser Energy

The tech could make dangerous supply runs through war zones obsolete.


Apr 30, 2023 - 2:36:00 PM


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