Peace operations, as well as humanitarian and development actors, are increasingly using technological means, which raises the question of how much of a “human touch” is still essential.
Tag: technology
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The strategy offers valuable insights and raises important questions, without clear answers, that speak to core challenges that member states and multilateral organizations will ultimately need to tackle head-on.
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Computer simulation should be seen as a tool. As with every tool, it can only be used efficiently if those using it know how to do so.
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Giulio Coppi, Humanitarian Innovation Fellow at Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, discusses technology and innovation in the humanitarian sector.
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Informal dialogues showed that the candidates want to say as little as possible and risk offending no influential member states as they campaign for the UN’s top job. They are not trying to use social media to make arguments, something the incumbent is judged by many to have done poorly.
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In experimental studies, researchers are harnessing high-resolution satellite imagery and geographic information systems (GIS) to map, measure, and control the spread of mosquitoes that may carry Zika, dengue fever, and other harmful diseases.
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In the ever-escalating compendium of cyber incidents and intrusions, an enormous US government breach–perhaps the largest ever–came to light earlier this month with news of a federal hack affecting “nearly every government agency.”This incident, which exploited a zero-day vulnerability (a previously unknown flaw in software), exposed and put at risk the personal information of four million […]
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In 2012, the latest date for which relatively comprehensive information is available, one out of every three people violently killed each year around the world—outside ongoing war zones—was either Brazilian, Colombian, Mexican, or Venezuelan.
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Satellite imagery has proven to be a valuable conflict prevention and management tool, and one with enormous potential. However, the recent uptick in largely uncritical media coverage suggests that a realistic assessment of its limitations is needed.
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The latest video released by the so-called Islamic State on Sunday showed the aftermath of the beheading of a fifth Western hostage, aid worker Peter Kassig. Apparently less choreographed and more rushed than the group’s previous video portrayals, it represents yet another gruesome piece of propaganda that has grabbed the world’s attention once more.Since it […]
