Reaching into uncharted political waters, Google recently prototyped a program designed to direct potential ISIL recruits away from the terrorist organization. This effort, termed the Redirect Method, funnels users to a carefully curated list of YouT...
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Reaching into uncharted political waters, Google recently prototyped a program designed to direct potential ISIL recruits away from the terrorist organization. This effort, termed the Redirect Method, funnels users to a carefully curated list of YouT...
Professor Jonathan Kirshner is a Professor of International Political Economy at Cornell University. His research focuses on classical realism, the international political implications of the financial crisis, and the politics of mid-century cinema. ...
Professor Jonathan Kirshner is a Professor of International Political Economy at Cornell University. His research focuses on classical realism, the international political implications of the financial crisis, and the politics of mid-century cinema. ...
With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this year. The success of the movie manifests China’s growing presence within the global film industry. Blockbust...
With $40.9 million in ticket sales on its first day, the Chinese film “The Mermaid” broke global box office records in February of this year. The success of the movie manifests China’s growing presence within the global film industry. Blockbust...
Last month, President Xi Jinping of China took a choreographed tour of the country’s largest media organizations, and, with the authoritarian voice of a general among soldiers, demanded absolute loyalty. In a move bearing uncanny resemblance to Mao...
Last month, President Xi Jinping of China took a choreographed tour of the country’s largest media organizations, and, with the authoritarian voice of a general among soldiers, demanded absolute loyalty. In a move bearing uncanny resemblance to Mao...
Earlier this month, International Women’s Day created a platform for activism and protests around the world. In Beijing, however, hopes for a progressive dialogue were thwarted when five women’s rights activists with ties to the nonprofit...
Earlier this month, International Women’s Day created a platform for activism and protests around the world. In Beijing, however, hopes for a progressive dialogue were thwarted when five women’s rights activists with ties to the nonprofit...
In Cuba, it costs $4.50 for one hour’s worth of Internet access at a speed two times slower than the rest of the world. Only five percent of Cubans have access to unrestricted Internet. But in Havana, things might be starting to change. Kcho, the i...
In Cuba, it costs $4.50 for one hour’s worth of Internet access at a speed two times slower than the rest of the world. Only five percent of Cubans have access to unrestricted Internet. But in Havana, things might be starting to change. Kcho, the i...
Thoroughly mixed into the cultural Kool-Aid of the United States, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating system — consisting of “G,” “PG,” “PG-13,” “R” and “NC-17” — is one of the most effective tools of censo...
Thoroughly mixed into the cultural Kool-Aid of the United States, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating system — consisting of “G,” “PG,” “PG-13,” “R” and “NC-17” — is one of the most effective tools of censo...
Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four months later, in February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued his infamous fatwa against Rushdie for the book...
Nine days after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in 1988, India banned the importation and sale of the book. Four months later, in February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued his infamous fatwa against Rushdie for the book...
Turkish citizens today have not-so-distant memories of government officials and police breaking into their homes, looking under beds and in sock drawers to collect and burn banned books. For the developed nations of the Western world, the fact that t...
Turkish citizens today have not-so-distant memories of government officials and police breaking into their homes, looking under beds and in sock drawers to collect and burn banned books. For the developed nations of the Western world, the fact that t...
Five weeks ago, Francis Torres wrote an article for BPR explaining the dangers that journalists face internationally. Among many indicators regarding the protection that journalists receive in different countries, the World Press Freedom Index stood ...
Five weeks ago, Francis Torres wrote an article for BPR explaining the dangers that journalists face internationally. Among many indicators regarding the protection that journalists receive in different countries, the World Press Freedom Index stood ...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
The Internet, a virtual space existing somewhere beyond the physical world, has become an engine for actual, tangible change. From Cairo to Moscow, bloggers, Facebook-users and Tweeters have exposed corrupt officials, initiated political discourse, a...
The Internet, a virtual space existing somewhere beyond the physical world, has become an engine for actual, tangible change. From Cairo to Moscow, bloggers, Facebook-users and Tweeters have exposed corrupt officials, initiated political discourse, a...