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Blockchain in shipping, more than a buzzword
Blockchain could considerably lighten the administrative load of the maritime transport industry, in addition to preventing devastating cyberattacks. However, companies are hesitant to adopt the technology because of the legal uncertainty that surrounds it. The current lack of comprehensive regulations is perceived as a security liability, but there are also fears of overregulation during the next term of the EU Commission.
Cyberwarfare, the privateering of today
Germany’s Ministry of Defence is creating a unified cyberwarfare command, adding what amounts to a fifth service to the four traditional operational areas – land, sea, air and space. Minister Ursula von der Leyen has appointed a physicist and former McKinsey consultant, Katrin Suder, to supervise the process. The reorganisation ...
West’s sanctions on Russia or arming Ukraine
Russia annexed Crimea and is supporting the brutal separatists in the Donbass with weapons and soldiers. It is without doubt involved in Ukraine’s civil war, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. The US and the European Union have responded to this breach of the European security framework and other agreements by ...
