A new leader takes office and foreign rivals begin to test the waters. How tough…
Child Marriage Is Legal and Persists Across Canada
Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued…
How Can We Help Victims of Torture?
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, affects many people who are exposed to extreme situations, such as torture. Recent research suggests that chronic pain may make it more difficult to treat trauma. “Trauma-focused…
Ethical Minefields: the Dirty Business of Doing Deals with Myanmar’s Military
Myanmar’s transition from five decades of military rule is a work in progress. Despite the junta’s formal dissolution in 2010, the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,…
Jack Ma: China’s Spat with Billionaire Is Part of Bigger Push to Control Big Tech – Silicon Valley Could Be Next
Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma has allegedly fallen out with the Beijing government. Several recent articles reported that Ma offended the Chinese authorities by delivering a speech in Shanghai in October criticising…
Army Research Leads to More Effective Training Model for Robots
Multi-domain operations, the Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that…
