It’s Meg King….or Maybe It’s a Deepfake

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“Deepfakes could save the world,” says Meg King, director of the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program. The same generative adversarial network (or GAN) technology used by bad actors to craft deceptive political videos also may be a positive force in healthcare, intelligence gathering, and structural modeling. What threats and opportunities do deepfakes pose in 2020 and beyond?

Challenges and Opportunities for Euro-Mideast Diplomacy

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“The problem with all the Middle East peace initiatives, whether they were U.S. initiatives, European initiatives, local initiatives, regional initiatives,” says The Honorable Nasser Judeh, former Foreign Minister of Jordan, “is that they never cross the finish line.”

End of an Era? Uruguay’s Unexpectedly Close Election

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Will Uruguay’s Frente Amplio (Broad Front) progressive coalition lose power in October’s general election? A panel of experts on Uruguay’s politics and economy assessed what the Frente’s poor performance in June primaries may hold in store in the coming weeks of electoral campaigning.

The Northern Northern Border: Homeland Security Priorities in the Arctic

Congressional Testimony In testimony before the House Homeland Subcommittee on Transportation & Maritime Security, Polar Institute Director Mike Sfraga observed that “we often hear the Arctic is an emerging issue. I disagree. The Arctic has emerged…. It is no longer an isolated or remote region; rather it is a critical component of our global political, economic, social, physical, and security landscape.”

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