May 15, 2021 | Nikkei Asian Review
Just over a year ago, international borders closed as part of the unprecedented emergency response to the pandemic. Governments began to experiment with technological solutions to managing the movement of people, specifically at borders, but also more broadly for the...
Mar 13, 2021 | Longreads, Nikkei Asian Review
Published in Nikkei Asia on Sunday, March 13, 2021. In the #MeToo era, it is now clearer than ever that sexual assault is not some irregular occurrence, but is actually a function of the structural dominance of men over women. It is a consequence of a world in which...
Sep 19, 2020 | Nikkei Asian Review
One of the central themes of our COVID-19 world has been the fortification of borders in the name of containing the virus, further solidifying the nexus between the tech industry and government. As borders in the digital century have become more dependent on bytes and...
Aug 15, 2020 | Nikkei Asian Review
[UPDATE: Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigned on 11 September 2020] When Anglo-Australian mining multinational Rio Tinto blew up two 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelters in May, most people could be forgiven for believing it was not a conspiracy but a horrendous...
Jul 31, 2020 | Nikkei Asian Review
When Singapore took the lead in developing a contact tracing app to help curb the spread of COVID-19, many other nations were quick to follow, using the health crisis to justify increased surveillance. But the moment gave citizens a chance to observe their governments...
