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View article: China's AI-Powered Surveillance State
China's AI-Powered Surveillance State Open
With an increasing number of drones swarming the skies over Chinese cities and police operations led by AI, Chinese party officials appear to strengthen control over their population. This essay argues that while AI surveillance can reduce…
View article: Identifying potential emerging human rights implications in Chinese smart cities via machine-learning aided patent analysis
Identifying potential emerging human rights implications in Chinese smart cities via machine-learning aided patent analysis Open
In this work, we investigate smart city technologies primarily through an examination of trends in patent filing. We apply machine learning methods both to explore the increasing rates of patent filing globally for smart city technologies,…
View article: Managing Inhomogeneity in the Control Point Network during Staking Out Cadastral Boundaries in Austria
Managing Inhomogeneity in the Control Point Network during Staking Out Cadastral Boundaries in Austria Open
The coordinate system of the Austrian cadastre is physically realised through control points provided by the national institution for surveying. Due to historical development over the centuries and changes in measurement technologies, inho…
View article: Making sense of technological spheres of influence
Making sense of technological spheres of influence Open
The deterioration of Sino-American relations and the rise of novel forms of statecraft have given way to a worrying new feature of the international system: technological spheres of influence. In this Strategic Update, Valentin Weber expla…
View article: Linking cyber strategy with grand strategy: the case of the United States
Linking cyber strategy with grand strategy: the case of the United States Open
The aim of this article is to study whether U.S. cyber strategy is integrated into U.S. grand strategy. In consideration of cyber strategy documents, three case studies and elite interviews find that a link between the two strategic layers…