Editors’ Picks
The Dalai Lama Dilemma
In October, the Dalai Lama was slated to attend the 14th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Cape Town, South Africa. Yet for the third time in five years, the South African government barred the Dalai Lama from entering their country. Conference organizers had no choice but to cancel the event.
An Interview with Patrick Murck, Executive Director of The Bitcoin Foundation
Patrick Murck is a founding member and Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation. His expertise as an executive in a number of digital currency companies extends across the legal and regulatory issues governing the use of bitcoin, decentralized financial systems,…
Commemorating WWI’s Fallen Soldiers: An Interview with Jay Winter
Jay Winter is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University. He has written or co-written a dozen books, including Rene Cassin et les droits de l’homme, co-authored with Antoine Prost, and The Great War in European Cultural…
Politics, Meet Big Data: Demystifying the World of Political Modeling
This fall’s election night will not only pit Democrats against Republicans and pundits against analysts: models will also be going head-to-head.