Missing Indigenous voices
May 22, 2017
Amidst the hum of ideas among the myriad of Arctic citizens who gave ten-minute TED-style talks on innovation in the North, I couldn’t help but notice that something was missing
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene to be featured speaker at June 2 cybersecurity conference
May 22, 2017
Join us on Friday, June 2nd for a lively discussion of vital emerging cybersecurity issues featuring Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Seattle-area business cybersecurity experts and Jackson School professors. The conference “Bridging the Gap in Cybersecurity Policy: Emerging International and Domestic
Northern exceptionalism holds back Arctic innovation
May 22, 2017
Innovate Arctic began like most Arctic meetings, with an acknowledgment of the sacred ground on which we stood, which belongs to the local Athabaskan people. However, this is largely where
Another milestone for Arctic Indigenous internationalism: The launch of the Álgu Fund
May 22, 2017
“Our goal is to build the Álgu Fund’s endowment to providing stable, predictable, and reliable funding to our organizations.” – Jim Gamble On May 10, 2017, during the Week of
Foreign policy field experience: Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings 2017
May 18, 2017
Bridging the Gap – Joining the Policy Dialogue during Week of the Arctic by Nadine C. Fabbi, Lead, International Policy Institute Arctic Fellows program The International Policy Institute (IPI) in
Japan’s Cybersecurity Strategy: Deterring China with Selective Engagements
May 17, 2017
Under the current Abe administration, Japanese policy-makers have significantly enhanced Japan’s cyber-defense capabilities due to growing cybersecurity tensions in the United States’s relations with China, Russia, and North Korea. Given Japan’s position as a central U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military ally, Japan’s actions are increasingly critical to the strategic balance in the region.
Cybersecurity Strategy Advice for the Trump Administration: US-China Relations
May 8, 2017
Cybersecurity is of vital importance to US-China relations, particularly in relation to national information security and the business market. While it is a new realm for trust and cooperation between China and the US, it has already led to a high level of tension.
Cybersecurity Profile: Tanzania and Mobile Money Use
May 3, 2017
M-Pesa is an electronic mobile money system free of cards or banks that lets users transfer money between users and go to local agents to withdraw cash. M-Pesa[1] is named after
Cybersecurity Strategy Advice for the Trump Administration: US-Myanmar Relations
May 2, 2017
Myanmar’s large and emerging market has great potential for US tech companies and its geo-strategic location is also central to US security strategies. However, the exponential growth and spread of the Internet has created an environment wrought with privacy and security risks and low user awareness.
“Brazil’s Digital Bill of Rights” report by alumnus gains national media attention
May 1, 2017
On April 20, the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute Cybersecurity Fellow and alumnus Dan Arnaudo (MAIS, 2014) released his report “Brazil, the Internet and the Digital Bill of Rights” at an event