China’s Social Credit System

Editors note: This essay was a runner up in the John Quincy Adams Societys 2019 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest, which asked students across the country to answer the following question: Are the United States and China on a path to conflict? The straine…

China's Skynet and Sharp Eyes projects aim to comprehensively surveil China's 1.4 billion people by 2020 through a network of 626 million video cameras stationed in public spaces monitored using facial recognition technologies optimized via artificial intelli…

Lets place ourselves, for a moment, into the mindset of a statist. If you and your cronies wanted to control everybodys lives, how exactly would you go about getting such raw power? Obviously, you wouldnt come right out and say you have a special project desi…

Published: 6:20pm, 22 Apr, 2019 Updated: 6:20pm, 22 Apr, 2019

Index cards containing extensive personal information of each of the four main characters and other people who attempted to assist them were readily available and used by the German officials at any time in the movie in a threatening way when interacting with…

Philosopher Nick Bostrom is known for making scary predictions about humanity. Over 15 years ago, he made the case that we are all living in a Matrix-like simulation run by another civilization. The idea, though difficult to swallow, is well-regarded by so…

Only a third of us are looking forward to growing older and the biggest worry about old age globally is simply not having enough money. Why the doom and gloom? Living longer brings great opportunities, including the possibility of rethinking how our entire li…

Some local authorities around China are monitoring government employees’ behaviour outside work hours, Bloomberg reported. At least three cities have started assessing public servants’ activities outside of work to determine whether they get promoted, Bloomb…

Local authorities around China have started monitoring civil servants' behavior outside of work hours, Bloomberg reported, as it sets up its ambitious surveillance state over citizens, bureaucrats, and Communist Party members. At least three cities in Chin…

In a major escalation of tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced plans to sharply curtail trade and transit with Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of repeatedly blocking Afghan routes and using economic pressure as a political weapon. The decision was announced by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghanistan’s Deputy…