Nelly Kalu, Author at WPI

DOOMSDAY CLOCK: A Cinematic Ticking Device or a Cautionary Watchdog?

by Nelly Kalu | May 17, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security

If the essence of the doomsday clock is to provoke conversation, we must have these conversations, before it is too late and novelty becomes a disaster.
What then is midnight, it is the end of humanity as we know it. Period.

Policing of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation is Failing Without The U.S and Russia

by Nelly Kalu | May 17, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security

Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, a 75-year-old magazine created by scientists directly involved in the Manhattan Project, a U.S research project in 1942-45 that produced the first atomic bombs. These scientists decided, after being overruled on their suggestion to not use these bombs on a civilian population, that there was value in an organization that informed the public on the state of modern science and what was needed to reduce man-made threats to our existence.

OSINT Methodologies and Intelligence Gathering in Geopolitics

by Nelly Kalu | May 9, 2022 | Government data surveillance, Privacy

The risk of gathering information on the most accessible open source platforms on the internet is the information can be weaponized. Rogue agents infiltrate these platforms with deliberate disinformation, which sometimes spreads organically. Before you trust information, ask these questions about your sources: “Could you know? If you could know, would you know? If you would, would you tell me?”

The Innovations In Funding Journalism

by Nelly Kalu | Apr 29, 2022 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, New Business Models for Journalism in the Digital Age

Journalists are losing jobs in record numbers and the existing business models cannot guarantee a secure future for the profession. There are new and innovative business models replacing the old way every cycle. However, these models are not without critique. Although they all swear by their independence and by all indications they are, the freedom laws in America allow them to be so. There remains the influence of capitalism, the true benefactor, which may continue to determine the leanings and polarity of American media.