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How should the UK protect itself from growing cyber threats while maintaining a free and open digital economy?

The UK is now a digital society sitting on privately run networks and global technology stacks. Cyber crime generates estimated losses of £14.7 billion annually — and a catastrophic cascade failure is a credible risk. How far should the state push baseline standards? How do we share burdens between firms, citizens and government? And how do we build an online "security state" — not a surveillance state?

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Culture

The ‘National’ Pastime?

The ‘National’ Pastime? In this 250th anniversary year of U.S. independence, Opening Day of our national pastime is March 25. But before that, March 5–17, baseball fans are getting to enjoy the seventh World Baseball Classic. This coincidence offers a timely opportunity to explore what the “All-American Game” means in our current geopolitical climate. Begun in 2006, the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an international tournament featuring professional ballplayers competing on national teams. ...

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