Vietnam’s natural endowment of water has been closely linked with their economy and to the Vietnamese way of life. Vietnam was the world’s fifth largest producer of...

Cyber-espionage intrusions into national utilities and industries have taken on a more normalized role for the military forces of the world’s leading powers. Technical and practical concerns are compounding in the current political climate to push the tactic further toward enabling a major military provocation...

Data privacy services have become a new battleground for technology giants like Apple to attract customers. Rivaling with smartphone market competition, Apple announced in early June 2019 that it plans to advance customer data protection by...

Despite the ways in which high-tech industry has driven economic growth in the United States and in Asia, continental Europe (mainly France and Germany) has lagged behind in terms of building similar environments that foster technology-related innovation...

South Africa’s state-owned energy monopoly Eskom has been accused of driving the country into a persistent energy crisis. Scheduled blackouts labeled as ‘load shedding’ and deepening debt have troubled South Africa’s politics, economy, and citizens...

Raytheon Corporation has agreed to merge with United Technologies Corporation to form a new company worth over $100 billion in the aerospace and defense industry’s biggest corporate merger. The new company, named Raytheon Technologies Corporation, will...

On May 15, 2019, the EU attempted to renew cooperative efforts with Central Asian countries when it published its New Central Asia Strategy, an updated version of a partnership policy with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan that was first initiated in 2007. The new cooperation strategy highlights...

New polls indicate that the policies of Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, may be leading the country to a more violent future. The militarization of the country's police and greater access to firearms could soon exacerbate Brazil's high crime rates...

Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline mega-project between Germany and Russia that has been a subject of contention for politicians from Europe and the United States. Opponents refer to the Nord Stream 2 as a harmful political project while advocates claim that it is necessary for European energy security...