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When the Internet Displaces the Town Square

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, form a shield wall at the National Gendarmerie Training Center in St. Astier, France, June 19, 2015. The Marines trained to operate through dense smoke and riot-control gas while maintaining tightly organized formations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon/Released)

Urbanisation, tech, and culture amid revolution

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Fear and Loathing in Dhaka and DC

Former US Secretary of State Antony Binken meets with Bangladeshi Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus in New York City, September 26, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Yunus and Trump have more in common than you think

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Securing India’s Cities

Managing traffic in front of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Credit: Flickr/US Department of State.

Defeating extant and new urban threats is a geopolitical imperative