Calestous Juma on science and technology diplomacy
Forging New Diplomatic Bonds Through Science and Technology
By Calestous Juma
Technology and Policy
“Science and technology are being increasingly recognized as central features in international diplomacy. Much of the attention, however, has focused on how major industrialized countries and large emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil use science and technology to advance their global competitiveness.”
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Juliette Kayyem on lessons learned from Winter Storm Nemo
Snowstorm Will Provide a Blizzard of Lessons
By Juliette Kayyem
Boston Globe
“The recovery is now in earnest for those still without power, for public transportation systems that closed during the height of the snowstorm, and for families who left their homes to seek shelter. But the great nor’easter of 2013 isn’t over. We will rebound, but, if we are lucky, this storm will never end.”
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Kayyem also wrote this week on public safety reform strategy >
Joseph Nye on the Arab information revolution
The Information Revolution Gets Political
By Joseph Nye
The Australian
“The second anniversary of the ‘Arab Spring’ in Egypt was marked by riots in Tahrir Square that made many observers fear that their optimistic projections in 2011 had been dashed. Part of the problem is that expectations had been distorted by a metaphor that described events in short-run terms. If, instead of ‘Arab Spring,’ we had spoken of ‘Arab revolutions,’ we might have had more realistic expectations. “
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Stephen Walt on the East Asia flashpoint
Good news: World War I is over and will not happen again
By Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy
“It therefore pains me to have to take issue with Rachman’s recent column warning of rising tensions in East Asia, and all the more so because he quotes two respected colleagues, Joe Nye and Graham Allison. His concern is the possibility of some sort of clash between China and Japan, precipitated by the territorial dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands exacerbated by rising nationalism in both countries and concerns over shifting balances of power. These are all legitimate worries, although it’s hard to know just how serious or volatile the situation really is.”
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Tolu Odumosu on technology and surveillance
Technological Somnambulism Revisited: Sleeping through the New Invisible Surveillance Technologies
By Tolu Odumosu
STS.Next.20
“My first appointment to see the sleep physician after six months of using the machine is when I discovered that my new medical device had been spying on me from the day I brought it home. Upon taking the machine in with me (as requested by my doctor’s office), I discovered to my immense shock that my machine was fitted with a small removable data card which the attendant readily removed and relieved of accumulated data shortly before I began my meeting with the doctor. “
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Cristine Russel on the media coverage of Winter Storm Nemo
Captain Nemo
By Cristine Russell
Columbia Journalism Review
“It was all about “The Big Dig” this weekend in snow-blanketed communities from Long Island to Maine that faced a massive effort to uncover cars and roads buried by the punishing nor’easter that struck the Northeast on Friday. People were also digging out from a flurry of media coverage that was as intense as the storm itself.”
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