June 25, 2020
In theory, a fully functional quantum computer could break the cryptographic protocols that underwrite cybersecurity everywhere, which would be disastrous for national security, global trade, and civil society. Quantum cryptography, conversely, promises an unprecedented level of security, yet this benefit...
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June 25, 2020
The quantum threat to cybersecurity is an example of a self-denying prophesy: the more credible the threat narrative, the more concerted the effort to counter it. Quantum computing poses a security threat because digital encryption currently depends on the computational...
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June 25, 2020
The land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains have distinct operational characteristics. Specialization in the means of using or threatening force is not just a technical issue because choices to use different kinds of military instruments have political consequences. Conventional...
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June 25, 2020
Public and academic knowledge of cyber conflict relies heavily on data from commercial threat reporting. There are reasons to be concerned that these data provide a distorted view of cyber threat activity. Commercial cybersecurity firms only focus on a subset...
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June 25, 2020
Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay’s Information Technology and Military Power gives...
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June 25, 2020
By Jonathan Hall and Joshua Madsen Behavioral interventions are a popular tool for encouraging socially desirable behavior and are expressly designed to seize people’s attention. However, little consideration has been given to the costs of seizing attention. We estimate these...
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June 18, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic brings into focus a long-standing need to establish a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, a “one-stop-shop” for comprehensive, comparable, and actionable information on the state of Canada’s cities and city-regions. Part repository, aggregator, clearing house, and knowledge broker,...
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June 18, 2020
Canada faces a shortage of home care options that will intensify as the proportion of older adults in the country continues to increase—especially in rural and remote regions. In Ontario, the number of older adults (>65) is expected to grow...
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June 18, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown into relief a range of health, social, and economic challenges for municipalities in the Greater Toronto region. These challenges – such as lack of affordable housing, income inequality, the need to spur economic development, and...
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June 16, 2020
The Canada-UK Colloquium (CUKC) was established by the two governments in 1971 as an annual forum to promote in-depth discussion of public policy issues considered critical and timely for both countries. Each year, it brings together some fifty Canadian and...
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