International Affairs

Posted September 2, 2024 Written by Claire

In 1865, Jules Verne’s book, From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes, fascinated […]

Posted August 5, 2024 Written by Claire

Even AI Understands the Space Race. And it knows the U.S. may be losing to China. An article from July […]

Things You Should Know But Don’t: Caveman in the Moon

Posted July 22, 2024 Written by Claire

In an installment of fiction becoming fact, I was fascinated by a recent report that scientists have found underground caves […]

Posted July 8, 2024 Written by Claire

On June 25, after a 53-day mission, China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft returned to Earth with five pounds of rocks and […]

Posted April 24, 2023 Written by Claire

Can laws keep up with the rapid advances in technology and artificial intelligence (AI)? This is something that most nations […]

Things You Should Know But Don’t: China in the Sky

Posted February 20, 2023 Written by Claire

As a novelist, I sometimes enjoy reading the diatribes of conspiracy theorists. They’re often great grist to conjure up fictional […]

Posted April 25, 2022 Written by Claire

Time and time again, the advancements made in technology have been applied in warfare to increase efficiency and get an […]

Things You Should Know But Don’t: One Pixel Away

Posted March 28, 2022 Written by Claire

A chilling statement in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists presents yet another example of the dangers of pursuing technology […]

Posted February 14, 2022 Written by Claire

In past blogs, I’ve written about the ramifications of the International Space Station’s scheduled decommissioning in 2031 when it will […]

Posted January 31, 2022 Written by Claire

A comment in The Economist on January 7, 2022 caught my eye. It read, “An airstrike on a UN refugee […]