Month: October 2024

America Needs a New Strategy to Avert Even Greater Catastrophe in the Middle East: Shuttle Diplomacy Must be Backed by Meaningful Pressure (Andrew P. Miller)

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Nearly a year after Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, the Israeli government’s ongoing escalation of its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon has put the Middle East on the precipice of a regional war—one that could all too easily draw in the United States. Although Israeli leaders believe that intensified military action will cause the militant …

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America’s Strategy of Renewal: Rebuilding Leadership for a New World. (Antony J. Blinken)

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Afierce competition is underway to define a new age in international affairs. A small number of countries—principally Russia, with the partnership of Iran and North Korea, as well as China—are determined to alter the foundational principles of the international system. While their forms of governance, ideologies, interests, and capabilities differ, these revisionist powers all want …

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AI, Society, and Democracy: Just Relax (John H. Cochrane)

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The author argues that law and regulation have never diagnosed and prevented social, political, and economic ills of new technology. AI is no different. AI regulation poses a greater threat to democracy than AI, as governments are anxious to use regulation to censor information. Free competition in civil society, media, and academia will address any …

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