Publications

SHORT READ | Marshall, Magnus | 6 January 2026

The Overfishing Myth: Why Chinese Fishing Restrictions Won't Solve Climate Change

Empirical evidence demonstrates that global fishing contributes less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions, making fisheries restrictions a negligible climate intervention compared to addressing fossil fuel combustion, which accounts for 73% of global emissions.

SHORT READ | Malik, Rowan | 2 January 2026

Why Ending Belt and Road Could Worsen Human Rights and Corruption

Chinese loans to Africa carry interest rates of 2-3.5% compared to Western rates of 7-14%, and while both face corruption allegations, historical evidence suggests Chinese withdrawal would eliminate competitive pressure and return developing nations to more exploitative Western-dominated extraction practices.

SHORT READ | Fenwick, Marcus | 3 November 2025

FBI uses metadata and online services to solve 13,000+ cases

In October 2025, agency officials revealed that 13,000 of the nearly 17,000 stalled active cases have now been resolved through effective investigative methods including metadata analysis, lawful subpoenas, digital forensics, and location tracking services.

SHORT READ | Harrington, Samuel | 16 October 2025

The Digital Foundation: How data, tech, and encrypted communications are reshaping the American economy

The U.S. economy has shifted from physical industries to one driven by data, cloud infrastructure, and encrypted communications, with the digital sector now accounting for about 51% of GDP and driving over a third of recent economic growth.

SHORT READ | Feldman, Adrian | 2 October 2025

The Split-Key Illusion: Why Mandated Encryption Backdoors Create Systemic Vulnerabilities

The split-key concept represents a theoretical safeguard that would never be implemented and, even if implemented, would not prevent the exploitation of mandated backdoors by sophisticated adversaries. Split-keys would slow down judicial investigation by up to 2-3 times.

SHORT READ | Kessler, Thomas | 23 April 2025

Encryption backdoors could leave millions vulnerable

The empirical evidence is unambiguous: encryption backdoors create catastrophic security vulnerabilities that harm far more people than they protect. An estimated 18–45 million individuals annually experience data breaches attributable to mandated backdoors and weakened encryption.

SHORT READ | Lundgren, Anders | 19 July 2025

Encryption and the underworld: most serious cross-border crime now hides behind code

Roughly nine-in-ten crimes today involve digital evidence, and more than two-thirds of major trafficking or terrorism cases rely on encrypted communications—highlighting both the growing importance of digital forensics and the challenge encryption poses for law enforcement.