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What Would Dr. Strangelove Do With Artificial Intelligence?

I traveled a distance last week to attend an off-the-record lecture on artificial intelligence, delivered by the head of one of the West’s foremost...

01.12.2024 10

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Europe’s Struggle With MAGA Is Unlikely to End Well

In the early 19th century when Britannia — John Bull — ruled the waves and funded all Europe’s struggle against Napoleon, there was a popular...

11.11.2024 30

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The Unyielding Grip of Genocide on Humankind

Another week, another rain of Russian missiles on Ukraine, increasing the toll of tens of thousands of civilians estimated to have perished since...

08.09.2024 7

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Beware the Dangers of Digital Snake-Oil Salesmen

In the western Russian city of Kirov last month, citizens spoke out fiercely in defense of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Olga Akishina, whose...

18.08.2024 40

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Trump Turmoil Is Nothing Compared to 1968’s Siege of Chicago

And so there is again to be a high noon in Chicago. Less than a month hence, the Democratic Party will hold one of the most momentous presidential...

26.07.2024 6

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The Grim Omen of Macron's Electoral Humiliation

Predictions for the outcome of the French election, of which the second and decisive round takes place in six days, make plain that the far right...

01.07.2024 10

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EU Populists Are Blind to the Real Threat to the Bloc

The weekend’s European elections, with just over half of the 373 million eligible voters across 27 countries casting ballots, have rocked the...

10.06.2024 5

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Why We Commemorate D-Day, 80 Years Later

The former Western allies will shortly begin commemorating the 80th anniversary of their greatest World War II achievement, the June 6 landings in...

26.05.2024 30

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Can the Tories Rebuild Their Train Wreck of a Party?

The Conservative Party’s losses in British local elections almost certainly foreshadow a greater calamity for Rishi Sunak’s government in the next...

04.05.2024 20

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Trump’s Hitler Fascination Is an Ominous Echo of the 1930s

Democracy is ailing. Around the world, strongmen seem all the rage. China’s Xi, Russia’s Putin, Hungary’s Orban, India’s Modi and a clutch of...

14.04.2024 20

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Instructions for Surviving the Age of Excess

The news looks terrible: wars, climate change, democracy tottering, tyrants flourishing. Yet, lo, here is an egghead who reminds us that humankind has...

23.03.2024 10

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Oppenheimer and World War II's Enduring Template for Hollywood

This Oscar weekend, consider how weird it is that many of the most garlanded movies released in 2023 were inspired by events nine decades ago. With...

09.03.2024 20

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Europe Isn’t Prepared for an Isolationist America

The US always matters to Europe, but seldom more so than now. An acute fear stalks the continent: that Donald Trump might be America’s president for...

21.01.2024 7

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It’s Not Just Ukraine and Gaza: War Is on the Rise Everywhere

“It’ll all be over by Christmas” has become one of the most derided prophesies in history. It was made by wiseacres in London, Paris, Berlin,...

10.12.2023 10

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