Western governments and technology platforms have imposed several policy and technical sanctions against Russia. The scale and severity of these sanctions might unintentionally accelerate calls for technology nationalism and undermine global efforts to govern digital… [Read more]
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Ethical Data and Iranian Liver Transplants: The 2019 World Health Summit
The World Health Summit is an annual global health policy conference that was held this year in Berlin on October 27-29. Addressing a global theme of “The Impact of Climate Change on Health”, the Summit… [Read more]
Tehran Taxi: Iranian hope and desperation in the light of U.S. Sanctions
American sanctions on Iran have not weakened the regime but achieved the opposite. They have harmed ordinary people and cemented the conservative Revolutionary Guards’ grip on power. The U.S. would be well advised to pursue… [Read more]
Making it worse: How new US Sanctions might tighten Iran’s grip on its people
New US-sanctions targeting the Nuclear Deal with Iran must not block Iranians’ access to US app stores and social media. Iran’s people are in need of tools to evade government surveillance and censorship, and need… [Read more]