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A city street with multiple people walking, each person highlighted by blue digital rectangles, some showing facial recognition tags, representing surveillance and identification technology.

Artificial Intelligence, Authoritarianism, China, Digital, Geopolitics, Infrastructure, Policy Brief, Society, Technology, Telecom

The Scanning Empire: How China is Building a Global Web of Digital Control Learn More

by Mark Kennedy, Lea Thome

February 20, 2025

A man sits at a desk waving at a monitor, where a digital human figure on the screen appears to wave back. Computer code and a brain illustration are visible on dual monitors in a modern, dimly lit room.

Alliances, Artificial Intelligence, Authoritarianism, China, Defense, Digital, Europe, Innovation, Security, Society, Speech, Standards, Strategic Competition, Technology

Preserving the Ideals of the Enlightenment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Learn More

by Mark Kennedy

February 11, 2025