Transnational Bodies

Countries Sign Geneva Consensus Declaration

October 28, 2020

Several nations including Brazil, Hungary, Uganda, and the United States cosponsored a virtual signing of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which aims to promote better health for women, preserve human life, strengthen the family as the foundational unit of society, and protect every nation's national sovereignty in global politics.
Mike Lee: U.S. is not a Democracy but a Republic

October 28, 2020

U.S. Senator from Utah Mike Lee explains in First Things that America is not a democracy but best described as a constitutional republic, the goal of which is to promote freedom, prosperity, and human flourishing.
U.S. State Department Suspends Diversity Training Program

October 28, 2020

According to an internal State Department cable obtained by Reuters, The State Department has suspended a diversity training program for employees after President Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to end the “divisive” programs.
Russian Government Increases Cyberattacks as U.S. Election Approaches

October 24, 2020

Federal officials have found that the Russian government is behind a recent campaign of cyberattacks on state and local governments and aviation networks that have stolen data from at least two victims.
U.S. Justice Department Charges Six Russian Officers with Cyber Hacking

October 21, 2020

The U.S. Justice Department charged six Russian GRU intelligence officers with committing cyberattacks targeting a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses.
Review: Michael Anton's The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return

October 19, 2020

In a review of Michael Anton's book, The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return, Nathan Pinkosk takes a deep look at the reasons for the post-constitutional stage toward which America is rapidly heading.
White House Takes Action to Secure "Critical" Tech

October 19, 2020

The White House moves to protect technologies critical to U.S. national security, including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and semiconductors with new guidelines of a government-wide approach, including tightening the country's export control restrictions on items that strengthen the militaries of other countries, such as China or Russia.
U.S. State and Education Department Warn of China's Influence Operations within the U.S. Education System.

October 14, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined forces warning the heads of lower, primary and higher education institutions about China’s influence on learning in the United States, specifically calling out Confucius Classrooms and Confucius Institutes, alleging that they are tools of the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations.
Turkey Resumes Energy Exploration in Greek Claimed Waters

October 13, 2020

The Oruç Reis, a large vessel owned by Turkey's General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration resumed its energy exploration efforts in waters claimed by Greece and Cyprus without a resolution after Turkey agreed to withdraw last month in order to negotiate with Athens.
FORBES: The U.S. and Other Nations Ask Tech Companies To Build Backdoors To Encrypted Communications

October 13, 2020

Member nations of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance—which includes the United States, Japan and India published a statement on Sunday calling on tech companies to allow law enforcement to gain backdoor access to communication that uses unbreakable end-to-end encryption arguing that it poses “significant challenges to public safety”, including the safety of sexually exploited children and terrorism.