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In partnership with    https://www.sioi.org    Canada (David Pugliese - Defense News) Canada is significantly expanding its armored fleet with a new contract to acquire 190 combat support vehicles over the next four years. The contract, worth almost $2...

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Nuclear deal that would permit uranium enrichment by Saudi Arabia in limbo awaiting Trump admin sign off

(Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen - CNN) The Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without enacting international safeguards intended...

‘Sooner Or Later This Problem Will Be On Your Soil’: Estonia Pushes Europe To Bar Russian Fighters

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) As Russia's war against Ukraine reshapes Europe's security landscape, Estonia remains one of the countries most closely watching the Kremlin's...

AI race splits in two as China wages open-weight insurgency

(Madison Mills, Zachary Basu - Axios) China's latest AI breakthrough is forcing Silicon Valley to confront a terrifying possibility: Building the world's smartest models...
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Can Government of and by API Still Be Government ‘for the People’?

(James Goodwin, Arvind Salem - Lawfare) When Anthropic, the U.S. company behind the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) tool, refused...

Democratic socialists give new life to Medicare for All

(Maya Goldman - Axios) Democratic socialist and progressives' success in this year's primaries is evidence of new enthusiasm for...

How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies

(Adam Fefer and Maria J. Stephan - Just Security) The Trump administration’s attacks on constitutional rights include those on free speech, freedom of the...

UN launches “AI for Good” commission

(Ashley Gold - Axios) A new UN-backed commission will bring top tech executives and heads of state to the same table to forge global...

Will States Address Disability Invisibility in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention?

(Janet Lord, Kate McInnes, Gerard Quinn, Jillian Rafferty, Matthew "Hezzy" Smith, Michael Ashley Stein and Sigurjón Sveinsson - Just Security) Progress on a Draft...

Birthright Citizenship in the United States: What to Know

(Diana Roy - Council on Foreign Relations) The United States is one of a few dozen countries that guarantees citizenship to any individual born...

SCOTUS rejects Trump’s birthright citizenship policy

(Josephine Walker - Axios) The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship on Tuesday, reaffirming the long-held belief that any...

OECD maps AI and citizen participation

(DigWatch) The OECD has published a report examining how AI could support citizen participation and democratic innovation while highlighting the safeguards needed for its...

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Nuclear deal that would permit uranium enrichment by Saudi Arabia in limbo awaiting Trump admin sign off

(Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen - CNN) The Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without enacting international safeguards intended...

‘Sooner Or Later This Problem Will Be On Your Soil’: Estonia Pushes Europe To Bar Russian Fighters

(Alex Raufoglu - RFE/RL) As Russia's war against Ukraine reshapes Europe's security landscape, Estonia remains one of the countries most closely watching the Kremlin's...

Japan and NVIDIA launch national AI infrastructure

(DigWatch) Japan is moving to build what NVIDIA describes as the world’s first national AI infrastructure for physical AI, in partnership with Noetra and...

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UN experts call for gender-responsive AI governance

(DigWatch) UN human rights experts have warned that AI and related digital technologies could deepen gender inequalities if they are developed and deployed without...

UN Women cautions AI is reinforcing gender bias

(DigWatch) UN Women has warned that AI systems continue to reinforce long-standing gender stereotypes, even as they become increasingly embedded in everyday life. The...

Beyond Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Gender, and the Governance of Digital Economies in ASEAN

(Vashti Ortego - Just Security) The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) is not typically associated with AI, sovereign wealth...

Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

(UN News) The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, economic volatility...

Justice for Women and Girls: An Assessment of the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women

(Emma Ulvin, Noël James - Council on Foreign Relations) This year, at the UN’s largest annual gathering on women’s rights, the 70th Session of...

How Trump’s New Global Gag Rules Will Undermine US Interests Abroad

(Ari Shaw and Laurel Sprague - Just Security) For four decades, the Mexico City Policy—commonly known as the Global Gag Rule—has been a political...

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AI race splits in two as China wages open-weight insurgency

(Madison Mills, Zachary Basu - Axios) China's latest AI breakthrough is forcing Silicon Valley to confront a terrifying possibility: Building the world's smartest models...

Japan and NVIDIA launch national AI infrastructure

(DigWatch) Japan is moving to build what NVIDIA describes as the world’s first national AI infrastructure for physical AI, in partnership with Noetra and...

Guterres: AI must be shaped by ‘all of humanity’, not a handful of powers

(UN News) UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged governments and technology companies to work together to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) benefits all countries....

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