We do not have a comprehensive understanding of authoritarian resilience or the quality of
governance globally, because we lack research analysing deepening autocratization in …

The internet has fundamentally transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories
of mass or interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital world …

Under Xi Jinping's leadership, China has actively promoted “Internet sovereignty” as a
means to reshape the discourse and practices of global cyber governance. By analyzing …

China has adopted a proactive and strategic approach to embrace the age of artificial
intelligence (AI). This article argues that China's bold AI practices are part of its broad and …

With the growing challenges brought by Artificial Intelligence (AI)'s rapid development,
multiple global AI governance initiatives have been developed to set up AI norms and …

The digital Silk Road, which involves the internationalization of Chinese internet firms across
countries that are party to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has remained underexplored in …

There has been a recent surge of political actors and groups challenging the legitimacy of
established political institutions and mass media. We argue that this wave is no accident; …

Building on research on organizational transparency and surveillance, mediated visibility
and Foucauldian dispositional analytics, we develop the concept of transparency matrices …

This article explores the role big data plays in the national security decision-making process.
The global surveillance disclosures initiated by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden …

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is likely to bring about significant changes to human
society for better or worse. Despite concerns about the negative impact that AI may bring …