Christopher SoelistyoJan 7, 20236 min readKicking away the Chinese ladderSince early 2018, the United States has imposed a series of tariffs and sanctions on China in a bid to rectify the yawning trade...
Christopher SoelistyoJan 6, 202316 min readArtificial Intelligence: The Technology of Social Control?Introduction The rapid spread of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 brought a massive shock to societies and economies across the world. As...
Christopher SoelistyoJan 2, 20236 min readYemen, or the British arms sales we prefer to ignoreAs American police fought to quell the nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, on June 2, Emily Thornberry gave the...
Christopher SoelistyoJan 2, 20236 min readMilitants: Pakistan's Catch-22This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in December 2019: https://uclpimedia.com/online/militants-pakistans-catch-22 It has...
Christopher SoelistyoJul 12, 20215 min readMilitarised AI: A New Frontier of Warfare?This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in April 2019 under the title "Militarised AI: A Sinister Deus Ex Machina":...
Christopher SoelistyoJun 14, 20215 min readNuclear Weapons: The Logic of Strategic Superiority(This is a re-post of an article that I wrote in February 2019, heavily influenced by Matthew Kroenig's book "The Logic of American...