Artificial intelligence and the security dilemma
By Chris MeseroleRecent breakthroughs in machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.) have prompted breathless speculation about their national security applications. Yet most of that work has...
View ArticleGlobal Research Network on Terrorism and Technology: The inaugural conference
As social media and smartphones have spread across the globe, so too have new and more virulent forms of terrorism. From Syria and Sri Lanka to Christchurch and Pittsburgh, jihadi groups and far-right...
View ArticleTerrorist definitions and designations lists
By Chris Meserole, Daniel L. BymanIntroduction Terrorist groups pose a profound challenge for technology companies. The ‘blitzscaling’ model pioneered by YouTube, Instagram and others has enabled...
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Exporting digital authoritarianism
By Alina Polyakova, Chris Meserole Executive Summary Digital authoritarianism — the use of digital information technology by authoritarian regimes to surveil, repress, and manipulate domestic and...
View ArticleIran spent years building a cyber arsenal. Will it unleash that arsenal now?
By Chris MeseroleIn 2007, a computer virus crippled centrifuges at Iran’s uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, setting back its nuclear program by years. The Stuxnet attack — not uncovered until a...
View ArticleExamining Xinjiang: Past, present, and future
In recent months, media reports have described in detail the systematic nature of Chinese government directives to clamp down on ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang. China’s actions in Xinjiang have generated...
View ArticleWelcome to Brookings TechStream
By Chris Meserole With the coronavirus pandemic still spreading, technology has never been more essential. Collaboration apps and online shopping have kept the economy afloat, while video chats and...
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COVID-19 and the future of ‘techlash’
By Chris Meserole The speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the public conversation about technology is extraordinary. Just two months ago the New York Times was running scathing...
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Technology competition between the US and a Global China
By Lindsey Ford, Chris Meserole, Tom Stefanick In this special edition of the Brookings Cafeteria Podcast, Lindsey Ford, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Foreign Policy, interviews two scholars on some...
View ArticleIntroducing Techstream: Where technology and policy intersect
By Chris Meserole, Fred Dews On this episode, a discussion about a new Brookings resource called Techstream, a publication site on brookings.edu that puts technologists and policymakers in...
View ArticleWebinar: Global China — Assessing China’s technological reach in the world
China’s rapid technological advances are playing a central role in contemporary geopolitical competition. The United States, and many of its partners and allies, have acute concerns about how Beijing...
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Introducing TechStream: Where technology and policy intersect
By Chris Meserole, Fred Dews Chris Meserole is the deputy director of the Brookings Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative and a fellow in the Foreign Policy program. Here, he...
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Zuckerberg’s dilemma: How to moderate Facebook amid violent unrest
By Chris Meserole Late last week, as protests over George Floyd’s killing began to boil over, President Trump took to Facebook and Twitter. Rather than de-escalating the unrest, he instead fanned the...
View ArticleIntroducing the Brookings TechStream newsletter
By Chris Meserole Since we launched Brookings TechStream in late April, our goal has been to put technologists and policymakers in closer conversation. From debates over contact-tracing applications...
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