The Case for a New Federal Elections Governance Agency [ > Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy — 2020 ]
Russian ‘Black PR’: Examining the Practice of Ruining Reputations “BLACK PR” — the Russian practice of using dishonest and manipulative public relations tactics to besmirch business or political rivals — is in widespread use in the UK, according to a new report. [ > Henry Jackson Society — 2020 ]
Who’s watching who? Biometric surveillance in Kenya and South Africa African countries with weak regulation could become testing grounds for emerging biometric technologies. [ > ENACT — 2020 ]
Integrating Climate Adaptation: a Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners – An assessment of how climate change affects cities. . – An overview of how urban planning policies can be used to adapt to climate change. . – A suite of nine project case studies where climate adaptation was combined with urban planning in C40 member cities. . – Tools and resources for a workshop where city planning and adaptation staff can come together and start integrating climate change adaptation into urban planning policies. . [ > Global Platform for Sustainable Cities — 2020 ]
What’s Wrong With the Clean Network Initiative? China Can’t Join It Spearheaded by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, the Clean Network Initiative was launched to little fanfare in early August. At this stage, it is more rhetorical than real, mostly focused (justifiably) on keeping Huawei out of U.S. and allied 5G networks by cajoling allies to use non-Chinese suppliers as they build out their networks. What the initiative lacks are the tools to make it a reality. [ > Council on Foreign Relations — 2020 ]
Towards an EU Charter of the Fundamental Rights of Nature This study aims to set a framework for the legal recognition of the Rights of Nature in the EU legal order, as a prerequisite for a different and improved relationship between human beings and Nature. This aim should be possibly accomplished through the development of a EU Charter on Fundamental Rights of Nature. [ > European Economic and Social Committee — 2020 ]
