Month: November 2024

Trump Must Not Betray “America First”: The Case for a Foreign Policy That Eschews Primacy and Embraces Restraint (Dan Caldwell and Reid Smith)

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Donald Trump has achieved a political comeback with no parallel since the Gilded Age, when Grover Cleveland won reelection to the presidency in nonconsecutive terms. On his way to this latest victory, Trump provoked a popular backlash against both major political parties’ establishments. This realignment underscores a shift in the GOP’s constituent demographics and illuminates …

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The National Security Imperative for a Trump Presidency: How His Administration can Shore Up the Foundations of American Power. (Kori Schake)

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Most U.S. allies are sure to be worried by the choice Americans made on November 5. Many observers are confounded by voters’ willingness to roll the dice and reelect the intemperate Donald Trump as president. But Americans have long had an outsize risk tolerance, a characteristic that is integral to both the dynamism of the …

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Generative AI and Political Power (Eugene Volokh)

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As people come to rely on AI tools to answer questions, they will likely use those tools to answer political questions as well. The answers that the AI companies choose to provide, the author argues, may thus subtly but substantially influence public attitudes and, therefore, elections—especially to the extent Big Tech has been shifting from …

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Ours to Solve, Once–and for All: Securing the outcomes our students need (Hoover Institution)

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In the fall of 2023, the Hoover Institution formed the Education Futures Council to review and analyze the state of public education in America. We on the Council recognize that the future of our country—its security, prosperity, and social cohesion—rests on the certainty of providing every child with access to a high-quality education. The Council …

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Global Threat Report 2024 (Elastic Security Lab)

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Introduction: With the best technologies, the most widespread information distribution, and the greatest public awareness of threats all in motion, the security environment is stronger than ever. Yet, almost in spite of these things, threat ecosystems are thriving like never before. Read More

The End of US Democracy Was All Too Predictable (Jason Stanley)

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Since Plato’s Republic 2,300 years ago, philosophers have understood the process by which demagogues come to power in free and fair elections, only to overthrow democracy and establish tyrannical rule. The process is straightforward, and we have now just watched it play out. NEW YORK – Like others, since late Tuesday night, my phone has …

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