Reports

an initiative using human and artificial intelligence to track development, security, and diplomatic activities around the world

Insights, Methods, and Analysis


In addition to collecting valuable data, we regularly publish pieces describing our work. The majority of these pieces are case studies on various subsets of the data, such as Chinese-built ports in the Caribbean or Russian mining in the Central African Republic. Occasionally, we also write about the data-driven methods that we leverage for collecting and analyzing political activities.

[Tearline] China's BRI in Latin America: Case Study - Hydropower in Ecuador

6/15/2021
In contrast to our findings of BRI hydroelectric power projects in Bolivia....

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[Tearline] China's BRI in Latin America: Case Study - Hydropower in Bolivia

6/1/2021
In line with the push for environmentally friendly Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects...

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[W&M Thesis] SCOPE: Building and Testing an Integrated Manual-Automated Event Extraction Tool for Online Text-Based Media Sources

5/12/2021
Building on insights from two years...

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Russia's Engagement in Africa: Case Study - Mining in the Central African Republic

3/19/2021
Russian private military companies are securing mining sites...

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[Tearline] China's BRI in Latin America: Case Study - Sustainable Energy in Cuba

8/14/2020
In contrast to high carbon-emitting Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) energy projects in other countries...

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[Tearline] China's BRI in Latin America: Case Study - Ports

8/14/2020
Across seven BRI port projects in Central America and the Caribbean...

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Introducing the BRIGHT Project

5/29/2020
The Belt Road Initiative Geospatial and Headline Tracking project...

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Introducing the TRACAR Project

5/25/2020
The project on Tracking Russian Activities in the Central African Region...

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Welcome to SCOPE

5/21/2020
The Scientific Collection of Open-Source Policy Evidence...

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