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Aaron Spitler

Aaron Spitler is a researcher whose work lies at the intersection of emerging technologies and human rights. He has worked at numerous technology policy organizations, such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Internet Society. He received his master's degree from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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AI and Authoritarianism: Lessons from Myanmar

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Myanmar’s December elections are a façade. AI-powered surveillance, facial recognition, and message monitoring have helped the junta crush dissent—locking in rule and offering a blueprint for digital authoritarianism.

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The New Power Centers of Sports Diplomacy: Cities, Capital, and Code

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If power in sport now lives in city halls, boardrooms, and algorithms—not stadiums—how will the U.S. wield cities, capital, and code as it hosts the world’s biggest events over the next decade?
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Four Years On, Ukraine’s War Still Refuses to End

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Four years on, Ukraine’s war drags across 1,200 km, cities in ruins and millions displaced. Russia entrenched, Kyiv defiant, the West divided—how long can a war of attrition outlast political will before exhaustion decides the peace?
Indo-Pacific

How Timor-Leste Uses Tourism to Cement Its ASEAN Role

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After joining ASEAN in 2025, Timor-Leste is leveraging sustainable, high-value tourism to boost soft power, diversify beyond oil, and cement its regional role—positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next authentic frontier, not its next mass market.
Americas

How Far is Cuba From a Total Collapse?

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How close is Cuba to collapse? Energy strangulation, fading allies, and Trump’s oil squeeze after Venezuela’s shift have left Havana isolated and rationing. For the first time in decades, the regime’s survival feels uncertain.
Geopolitics

The Maghreb’s New Architecture: Beyond the Myth of the Algerian Pillar

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Madrid 2026 wasn’t diplomacy—it was redesign. Washington moves past Algeria’s veto politics, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, and seeds a Tunis-Rabat axis built on energy sovereignty, phosphates, and geo-economic integration. The Maghreb’s balance is shifting.

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