While supported abroad for counterterrorism operations, the use of drones in the US remains limited and an issue of debate.
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Favela children reach for the stars
In Rio’s City of God, children are reaching for the stars with the help of NASA and Mars Academy project.
Obama Vs. Bush: Protection and Perception
Public opinion in the U.S. is divided about the performance of the C.I.A. and N.S.A. during the Bush and Obama presidencies.
Worry about privacy, less about surveillance
U.S Intelligence may overstate its capability to predict terrorist events, but citizens should not be concerned about the government’s interest in their private affairs, claims Carl Ford.
Stopping Ocean pollution at the source
Controlling the distribution of pollutants starts on land. We must design better packaging to replace the waste in our oceans.
Protecting privacy in the digital age
An international consensus is emerging that laws must apply to cyberspace. UN members states want a resolution on the right to privacy.
Repression and the Rule of Law
Russia’s Justice Ministry wants to shut down Memorial, the country’s best-known human rights organization. Will Memorial become memory?
No Place Like Home?
Nasa’s Kepler mission has discovered small habitable-sized planets . Has to time come to create new “homes” in our universe?
Sexual Violence: Punish Perpetrators, Not Victims
Gender-based violence, sexual slavery and assault are crimes committed with impunity in many armed conflicts around the world.
Imagining a world without violence
Violence is the key issue that needs to be addressed within the context of the United Nation’s post-2015 development agenda.
Afghanistan after America
The U.S-led combat mission in Afghanistan is complete, yet large challenges lie ahead for the Afghan security forces.
U.S–Cuba: Traps to normalization
Canada’s former Ambassador to Cuba looks at the challenges the U.S and Cuba will face as relations begin to thaw.
A cry against impunity
Outrage over human rights issues, impunity and widespread corruption by state security forces is resulting is mass protests in Mexico.
Portrait of a foreign fighter
What attracts foreign recruits to join terrorist groups such as ISIS and other genocidal organizations? Is it a search for increased status ?
A hostile climate
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces the release of the DoD’s most comprehensive Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap to date.
Breached by data
Increasingly large corporations are having their data compromised by attacks which are almost impossible to detect. We are all vulnerable to gullibility.