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Beyond “Conventional Wisdom”: Evaluating the PLA’s South China Sea Bases in Operational Context China's Strategy

Beyond “Conventional Wisdom”: Evaluating the PLA’s South China Sea Bases in Operational Context

Imagine entering a dark room. You can neither see nor hear, but your adversary can see and hear everything. Your opponent lives in the room and knows its every contour. For you, there are only a few ways in … or out. You may believe that you have the edge…
bubmag
March 17, 2020
Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill. A new bill aims to change that. Recycling

Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill. A new bill aims to change that.

Lithium-ion batteries are expected to play a critical role in the green energy transition, but despite surging global demand for the metals that go into them, we’re doing a terrible job recovering those metals after batteries die. A first-of-its-kind bill introduced in the Senate this month seeks to change that…
bubmag
March 17, 2020
Even ‘small-scale’ nuclear war between India & Pakistan would DEVASTATE global food supply – study Kashmir

Even ‘small-scale’ nuclear war between India & Pakistan would DEVASTATE global food supply – study

A low-level nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could wipe out large swaths of the world’s food supply, igniting cataclysmic fires that blot out the Sun in a decade-long nuclear winter, according to new research. Estimated to hold about 150 warheads each, India and Pakistan’s combined arsenals make up only…
bubmag
March 17, 2020
How Boards of Directors Should Protect Against the Rising Storm Monsanto

How Boards of Directors Should Protect Against the Rising Storm

Prosecutors, regulators, investors, and the media are increasingly holding directors and officers accountable, while special interest groups, plaintiffs’ lawyers, and activist hedge funds are constantly looking for their next targets. This new reality requires directors to be aggressive in overseeing legal, ethical, and reputational risks that, in many cases, prior…
bubmag
March 17, 2020