News tagged with foreign affairs

Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites

Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 12

The inevitable rise of China - hype or reality?

A cover article in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs by the University of Sydney's Dr. Salvatore Babones outlines why predictions by economists that China will continue to experience rapid growth throu ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 35

Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created through diesel and solid biomass ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Foreign Affairs goes online

Foreign Affairs, the magazine which has hosted articles about international affairs by US foreign policy luminaries for decades, is going online.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Internet politics, policies have rapidly become integral to US international affairs

Internet governance policy has rapidly risen from a relatively marginal issue for the United States' foreign policy establishment to a significant component of the country's international affairs and national security strategy, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today's fear and loathing of fat bodies rooted in ancient Western civilization

Our modern love-hate relationship with fat dates to antiquity, says a University of Kansas researcher who writes about the cultural history of fat in Western civilization.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus

The oldest agricultural settlement ever found on a Mediterranean island has been discovered in Cyprus by a team of French archaeologists involving CNRS, the National Museum of Natural History, INRAP, EHESS ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Record for Swedish Crown Princess Victoria

Political leaders such as Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt may be popular among Swedes. However, they are not as popular as Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, according to the results of the latest ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

America's clean energy policies need a reality check

America's approach to clean energy needs to be reformed if it is to meaningfully affect energy security or the environment, according to two new articles by Stanford writers.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 89 | with audio podcast

Where international climate policy has failed, grassroots efforts can succeed: researchers

The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called “short-lived climate pollutants” and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Twitter chief meets with US secretary of state

Twitter chief Dick Costolo met on Friday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Internet age technologies play growing roles in world affairs.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The future of power

What is power, and how can the United States effectively project power in the information or cyber age? This was the focus of a recent lecture by Joseph Nye as part of a seminar series on U.S. foreign policy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Egyptians want democracy, but not U.S. efforts to promote it: researcher

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Egyptian trial of employees of four American groups that were promoting democracy was abruptly postponed earlier this week. But the crisis in U.S.-Egyptian relations continues, for reasons, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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