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The Future of China’s Internet: No One Will Be Left Unscored

March 22, 2018
Master's candidate at the CEU School of Public Policy, Svetlana Zens writes about the social scoring system: the new pastime in China’s society. With the government in charge as of 2020, it could turn into a torment.

America’s Cyberspace: A Return to Isolationism

March 21, 2018
William Jordan writes about the US cybersecurity implications of the 5G revolution. Jordan is a Master's candidate at the CEU School of Public Policy and he's taking the CMDS practicum course run by CMDS director Marius Dragomir at the CEU School of Public Policy.

Markos Kounalakis comments on free speech in The Sacramento Bee

January 21, 2015
In his article "Ideas are worth defending against dictators and theocrats", CMDS fellow Markos Kounalakis comments on the attack against Charlie Hebdo, and what the defence of ideas and free speech means in the 21st century.

Participation, Civics and Your Next Coffee Maker

December 27, 2014

This is the prepublication version of Phil Howard's response to the article by Ethan Zuckerman “New Media, New Civics?” published in Policy & Internet (2014: vol. 6, issue 2).  Final version, with Zuckerman’s essay and other responses, here.

 

Markos Kounalakis in The Sacramento Bee

December 26, 2014
In his op-ed for The Sacramento Bee, entitled "Caracas and cars, energy and democracy", CMDS fellow Markos Kounalakis writes about the international implications of gas prices and the global energy future.