September 21, 2016
This Citizen Lab report provides detailed evidence regarding the use of the services of Canadian company Netsweeper, Inc. to censor access to the Internet in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Read the report Read about this research in the news: Associated...
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August 25, 2016
This Citizen Lab report describes how a government targeted an internationally recognized human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor, with the Trident, a chain of zero-day exploits designed to infect his iPhone with sophisticated commercial spyware. Read the report Read more about...
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August 23, 2016
The Internet Voting Project, led by Centre for e-Democracy Director Nicole Goodman, PhD, and funded by SSHRC, surveyed voters, candidates, and election administrators in 47 of the 97 municipalities that offered Internet voting in the October 2014 municipal elections in...
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August 2, 2016
This Citizen Lab report describes an elaborately staged malware operation with targets in the Syrian opposition. The operators have used a range of techniques to target Windows computers and Android phones with the apparent goal of penetrating the computers of...
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This compliance report monitors 10 priority commitments selected by the promises made by the G20 leaders at the Antalya Summit. It covers only the period from November 16, 2015, to April 6, 2016. Assessments are based on publicly available information...
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June 27, 2016
This paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG) examines a dilemma that many large Canadian cities face: how should they pay for growing expenditure challenges and deteriorating infrastructure with a tax base that has remained largely the...
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June 22, 2016
By John J. Kirton Kirton offers a comprehensive, systematic examination of China’s G20 approach, diplomacy and influence since the G20’s start as a forum for finance ministers and central bankers in 1999. This comprehensive reference tool works its way through...
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June 6, 2016
Within the health sector, pharmaceuticals stands out as sub-sector that is particularly prone to corruption. Jillian Kohler is the lead on this research report, which outlines how corruption in the pharmaceutical sector endangers positive health outcomes. Whether it is a pharmaceutical...
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May 27, 2016
This Citizen Lab report describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried out by a sophisticated operator, which the authors call Stealth Falcon. The attacks have been conducted from 2012 until the present, against Emirati journalists, activists, and dissidents. Authors...
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May 1, 2016
Today, the world’s biggest challenges-from financial (in)stability to immigration, health, the environment, terrorism and food safety- are global in nature, and their solutions demand global thinking. Authors Alan S. Alexandroff and Donald Brean argue that modern summitry is one of the best ways...
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