An End to the Korean War: Not Anytime Soon

By Jasmine Choi In December 2021, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced South Korea and North Korea’s agreement to officially end the Korean War “in principle,” a decision endorsed by the United States and China. The 70 year-long Korean War ended in July 1953 with an armistice. However, the two countries have technically still been at war…

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I&T Initiative: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Global Conflict?

Main takeaways: Short definition of Artificial Intelligence: “[t]he theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages” [Mary B: 2018] Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in different stages of a conflict, prevention, mediation and rebuilding. It can help…

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COP26: Challenges, opportunities & implications

Main takeaways:  Before COP leaders raise emissions ambition to narrow the gap to 1.5C & agree  to a global finance package to support it.  The window of opportunity to limit the permanent temperature increase of 1.5  Degrees is closing and the COP in Glasgow is the moment when countries  update their plans for reducing emissions.…

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