Bradley Jardine

May 31, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Edward Lemon |Bradley Jardine |Lucas Peters

ABSTRACTThis article analyzes 430 security-related press releases from meetings between officials from China and the Central Asian republics between 1991 to January 2023 to examine how its threat perceptions have evolved. First, China’s focus on the Three Evil Forces (terrorism, extremism, separatism) has won its support and cooperation from regimes across the region. Second, China has advanced a number of new security concepts over the years, most recently the Global Security Initiative.

Oct 26, 2023 | codastory.com | Bradley Jardine

At first glance, Aqkol looks like most other villages in Kazakhstan today: shoddy construction, rusting metal gates and drab apartment blocks recall its Soviet past and lay bare the country’s uncertain economic future.

Oct 24, 2023 | codastory.com | Bradley Jardine |Erica Hellerstein |Caitlin Thompson |Thomas Dworzak

Authoritarian Tech In the right hands, technology can liberate societies. In the wrong hands, it can oppress them. People in power around the world are learning to use artificial intelligence, algorithms, social media and surveillance systems to their advantage, and it’s resulting in injustice and inequality. The far-reaching implications of these tools is one of the most pressing stories in the world right now — and will continue to be for a long time.