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Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson

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From Deepfakes to Arms Races, AI Politics Is Here

Two weeks ago, I asked and attempted to answer six questions about the economic and financial consequences of the artificial intelligence revolution....

07.04.2024 10

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

Resistance Is Futile, But Maybe Not With AI

The novelist Neal Stephenson’s prophetic power never ceases to astonish. The Diamond Age (1995), is set in a technologically highly advanced world,...

24.03.2024 10

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

Global Population Crash Isn't Sci-Fi Anymore

We used to imagine humanity populating the universe. In Isaac Asimov's Foundation (1952), mankind has established a vast multi-planetary empire by the...

10.03.2024 30

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

Kissinger and the True Meaning of Détente

Few words are more closely associated with the late Henry Kissinger than “détente.” The term was first used in diplomacy in the early 1900s, when...

27.02.2024 10

Foreign Affairs

Niall Ferguson

America must take the world’s new Axis of Evil much more seriously — or else

China's approval of supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine and with it almost being 2 years since the beginning of the war, it is only a matter of...

24.02.2024 100

New York Post

Niall Ferguson

If You Think World War III Is Unimaginable, Read This

Are we unable to imagine defeat? You might have thought that, having so recently lost a small war, Americans would have no difficulty picturing the...

11.02.2024 70

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

America’s Longtime Sources of Power Have Have Turned Weak

“What is the power that moves peoples?" asks Tolstoy in the philosophical essay at the end of War and Peace. “How did individuals” — he has in...

14.01.2024 20

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

If You Held On for Dear Life, It's a Merry Cryptomas!

It's Merry Cryptomas, everybody! Bitcoin is up 167% year-to-date. Ethereum is up 91%. If a massive crypto rally was one of your predictions for 2023 a...

17.12.2023 100

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

Henry Kissinger Was a Complex Man for a Complex Century

Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at 100, was as multifaceted as the century he lived through and outlived. Having spent nearly 20 years researching...

01.12.2023 1

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

The Meaning of Kissinger

There are reasons other than his longevity why so many world leaders—among them the Chinese President Xi Jinping—continue to seek the counsel of...

30.11.2023 3

Foreign Affairs

Niall Ferguson

In Cold War 2, the US Risks Playing the Soviet Role

What if we had a new cold war — and we were the Soviets? That was the question I found myself asking during this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic...

20.11.2023 7

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

Only Foundational Reforms Can Stop Universities from Playing Politics

Is the worm at long last turning? For years we have marveled at the willingness of trustees, donors, and alumni to tolerate the politicization of...

07.11.2023 2

Newsweek

Niall Ferguson

EU Backs Ukraine But Has Qualms About Israel. That Won’t Work.

One of the hardest things in both business and politics is to know your target market. It is seldom yourself, or even people a lot like you. In the...

22.10.2023 5

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

The US and China Are Waging a Cold War That Is Truly MAD

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10.09.2023 20

Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson

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