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Yearly Archives: 2024

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  • 27 Nov 2024
    Šumit Ganguly, Klaus Brummer

    States and Their Nationals Abroad: Support, Co-opt, Repress

    States have an ambivalent relationship to their nationals abroad. In some cases, states actively support and protect their communities abroad, for example when rescuing their citizens from conflict zones or from areas that were struck by natural disasters. In other cases, states co-opt and exploit their communities abroad. They reach out to them in order […]

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  • 27 Nov 2024
    Ruven Fleming

    Hydrogen – The Future of Energy (Regulation)?

    Hydrogen is the next big energy revolution that will help to decarbonize certain sectors of our society, in particular those (heavy industry, heavy duty transport, etc.) that are hard to `green´. There is no shortage of books on hydrogen — the technicalities, physics, chemics and economics behind it. But one of the key bottlenecks for […]

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  • 27 Nov 2024
    Woodrow Barfield

    The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction

    What We Discuss in the Handbook In this century there will be a continuing and even accelerating trend towards increased levels of intelligence embedded within the entities we interact with. Remarkably, it is possible that by mid-century we will even witness a point in time when we reach artificial general intelligence only to be surpassed […]

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  • 26 Nov 2024
    Anna Brytek-Matera

    When the focus on health and eating becomes a preoccupation

    In one of my favourite books by Haruki Miyazaki, Killing Commendatore, the protagonist emphasises that "if you want something with all your heart, you can achieve it". I completely identify with this statement.

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  • 25 Nov 2024
    Yohtaro Takano

    Culture Is Destiny?

    “… I’m afraid there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that Africa will make it. I know because I served in Nigeria. It’s their culture, you know [emphasis added]. It will not allow them to create a modern society. Ever, EVER” (Rosling et al., 2018, p. 167). This comment was made by a European investor […]

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  • 25 Nov 2024
    Scott Williamson

    How Dictators Evade Blame

    In The King Can Do No Wrong: Blame Games and Power Sharing in Authoritarian Regimes, I ask why some dictators are better than others at avoiding blame for their countries’ problems. Dictators are powerful political leaders who do not need to worry about being removed from power through free and fair elections. In the absence […]

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  • 21 Nov 2024
    Lesley J. Gordon

    “Remember the Hero: Writing about Cowardice and War”

    Dread Danger: Combat and Courage in the American Civil War originated with my long-time interest in an anti-heroic, non-triumphant approach to war. Since graduate school, I have been drawn to trying to understand myths and the creation of historical narratives, especially how and why we collectively remember certain tales of the past yet forget others. […]

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  • 18 Nov 2024
    Tokuko Haraguchi, Andrew Eckford, Tadashi Nakano

    Small talk: Exchanging messages at the nanoscale with molecular communication

    The ability to sense and manipulate the body at the level of individual cells has long been a vision for the future of medicine, as well as a staple of science fiction. When it is finally realized, this vision will have a revolutionary impact on human health. For example, consider the treatment of cancer: instead […]

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