The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has been devastating in the battlefield, but with its repercussions escaping the borders of the conflicting countries to impact every other country in the world. Ukrainian wheat, Russian oil and gas have been causing severe problems for countries who rely on imports to satisfy their needs. The ban […]
Impact
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has tested the U.S. geopolitical caliber and superiority as a globally renowned powerhouse. With Russia’s condemning intrusion on Ukraine’s sovereign dominion, the U.S. played the field through economic sanctions against Russia to force some influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yet, in March, it appeared that the U.S. decided to […]
The COVID-19 pandemic altered the dynamic on a global scale, hitting all sectors and industries, be it public or private sectors. The overtake of the pandemic entered the world in a digital revolution no one had forecasted. Digital transformation directed the societies and industries towards a hasty adaptation of the new norm, altering every dynamic […]
The world’s Big Tech giants, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft have played a vital role in tailoring the public’s opinion that the crisis between Russia and Ukraine was ignited. When the world was comprehending the sudden Russian invasion of Ukraine, the American tech industry’s leading tech companies were preparing to fight with Russia on […]
Engineering is at the core of technological advancements. Without the efforts of engineers around the world, no breakthroughs and innovations would have been possible. The latest sciences and engineering indicators report indicates that the number of women in sciences, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) represented 34 percent of the total workforce. In 2021, 14 percent […]
With the alarming greenhouse gases concentrations in the atmosphere, the drive towards reducing carbon emissions has not been that serious. Technology and artificial intelligence have been employed heavily in trying to modify daily practices to become more environmentally friendly. The construction industry has been at the center of decarbonization endeavors with changes in building practices […]
The world has been plagued with severe problems of inequality. Although awareness has been rising up worldwide, several events including conflicts, wars and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the dark reality that inequality is still a major issue. Poor countries, vulnerable populations have clearly been at the center of the sanitary cyclone that ravaged […]
The emerging new technologies are a commercial and economic issue while also being a security and foreign policy one. Those technologies manipulate international competition and cooperation, shaping geopolitics in unpredictable ways. Geopolitics of technology can be defined by saying that technology has a vital role in specifying the nature of geopolitics between countries. The fact […]
The market witnessed a shift in research orientations around the relationship between technology and democracy since 2006, with the focus directed on the threats technology and social media posed to democracy, especially on epistemic grounds. It also meant less emphasis on the possibilities of social media and technology to move democracy forward, especially global movements for […]
Technology plays an influential role in shaping the political landscape. In many ways, technology influences politics: it is a tool for political actors on the campaign trail, considering it a divisive political topic and a possible landmine that can take political aspirations. The impact of technology on politics is a tool for political actors such […]