Studies & Observations
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 19th Congress in October 2017 enshrined the Belt and Road Initiative in its constitution, highlighting how Beijing sees the plan...
States in Asia do not want to choose between the US and China, but rising tensions between the two great powers are making it harder to avoid doing so.
The information campaigns surrounding Brexit/Bremain are about more than accurate data or an unknowable future.
India’s sluggish cybersecurity policy needs timely intervention to preserve its market leadership in global information technology services.
Analysis of national space policies suggests challenges ahead for the management of sovereign data entitlements.
South Korean use of online German reunification archives shifts public information policy amid debate on the status of the Korean peninsula.
The recent silencing of domestic media in Burundi limits data available for robust analysis of emerging patterns of repression and violence.
Media coverage of the South China Sea dispute is weighted heavily toward US-China dynamics and obscures local and regional detail.
Analysis of Russia’s new data sovereignty law reveals concerns over the country’s long term economic and political stability.

This research note is part of an occasional series on AI benchmarking and cross-pollinated methods. The note addresses COSTAR prompting, working with different prompt configurations, modifying COSTAR to prioritise information targets, and the pitfalls of putting the horse before the cart.
This research note is part of an occasional series on AI benchmarking and cross-pollinated methods. The note addresses different prompt configurations for role-context-task (RCT prompting) and prime-persona-privacy-product-polish (5P prompting) tasks.
This research note on governance and infrastructure is the fifth in a series on evidence controls and digital technologies. The series develops points raised at the Danish Institute for International Studies, and research now part of a larger international collaboration on information and communications technology.
This research note on forensic expectations and aesthetics is the fourth in a series on evidence controls and digital technologies. The series develops points raised at the Danish Institute for International Studies, and research now part of a larger international collaborative project on information and communications technology.
This research note on the case of post-war Iraq and the UN Investigative Team for the Accountability of Daesh (UNITAD) is the third in a series on evidence controls and digital technologies. The series develops points raised at the Danish Institute for International Studies, and research now part of a larger international collaborative project on information and communications technology.
This research note on the case of wartime Ukraine is the second in a series on evidence controls and digital technologies. The series develops points raised at the Danish Institute for International Studies, and research now part of a larger international collaborative project on information and communications technology.
This research note introduces and is the first in a series on evidence controls and digital technologies. The series develops points raised in a talk given at the Danish Institute for International Studies event, on the role of digital devices in politically contentious environments. The research is now part of a larger project on information and communications technology, in collaboration with colleagues in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
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From the Archives
Concepts and case studies on the uses of information
Broadcast Signals
Monitoring developments in technology innovation and regulation
Craighead Kellas is pleased to announce that it has been accepted onto the UK’s Analysis for Science & Technology Research in Defence (ASTRID) framework. This reinforces the company’s position as a trusted partner in strategic and applied research for defence and security decision-making.
Craighead Kellas is pleased to announce that it has been accepted onto the UK’s Analysis for Science & Technology Research in Defence (ASTRID) framework. This reinforces the company’s position as a trusted partner in strategic and applied research for defence and security decision-making.
The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in Copenhagen hosted a public seminar on 17 September 2024 on "Conflict, Crisis, and Connectivity: The Role of Digital Devices from Ukraine to the Sahel." CKS director Mike Innes presented observations from his research and from his service in Iraq with the UN Investigative Team for the Accountability of Daesh (UNITAD).
CKS attended an event in Dubai on “AI in the Workplace”, held at the Capital Club in the Dubai International Financial Centre on September 2nd, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Research Notes
Concepts, case studies, and analysis of the uses of information

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC)’s decision not to release information about outflows of capital in January 2016...