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India, the United States and South Asia: potential strains and complications
After several incidents occurring close together, there is the possibility of strains appearing in India-US relations if the trend is not arrested.
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What should we do about China?
Former US Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis C. Blair examines the changing role of China in the international system and the challenge it poses for policy makers. He highlights in this Centre of Gravity paper how China's concerns about Taiwan are reducing, while its regional assertiveness and economic slowdown provide some caution. This paper...
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Open educational resources and collaborative content development
Introduction and Purpose“At the heart of the movement toward Open Educational Resources is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general, and the Worldwide Web in particular, provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and re-use knowledge.”— The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation...
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To protect and serve with Big Data
This paper reviews the evolution of law enforcement use of Big Data in the United States and captures some key lessons learned. Law enforcement methodology has evolved tremendously in the past few decades to embrace quantitative analysis and statistics with the rise of data-driven policing. Now, law enforcement strategy is poised to take another leap...
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Energy aid in Caribbean and Pacific small island developing states (SIDS)
Small Island Developing States have narrow resource bases and are extremely reliant on fossil fuel based energy for electricity generation. These island economies are also particularly vulnerable to the impacts of peak oil and climate change.