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Month: December 2024
Tracking War Crimes in Sudan (Sanjana Varghese)
The perpetrators Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary — both armed by foreign powers — have spent almost two years at war, and their battle has laid waste to the country. Many tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. Close to 12 million people have been displaced. There is famine. The U.S. and the …
En lon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport much worse (Alan Rusbridger)
The X owner’s commitment to free speech absolutism contributed to a whirlwind of false reporting around the perpetrator’s identity. Why does he seem to care so little about the truth? Protests turned violent outside Downing Street. Image: Vuk Valcic / Alamy Stock Photo It’s unlikely that Elon Musk has ever heard of Southport, far less …
An American massacre—1,200 dead (Alex J. Kay)
After Wounded Knee, before My Lai, the US Army slaughtered over a thousand men, women and children in the PhilippinesHow can a nation perpetrate atrocities yet retain the conceit that it is acting as a force for good in the world? This is the “simple question” that Kim Wagner, professor of global and imperial history …
Francis Fukuyama, What is Development? (Stanford CDDRL)
Fukuyama, in defining the state using Max Weber’s definition, still believes that the government’s function is providing order, as Thomas Hobbes did. Yes, maintaining order is one of the government’s functions, but what they do not get right is that it is a secondary, not a primary function. The government’s primary function is enabling society …
At RAI Public Pensions Conference, Scholars Envision New Approaches to Reform ( Center for Revitalizing American Institutions State and Local Governance Initiative)
After getting walloped in the years after the Great Recession, US state and local employee public pension funds are slowly climbing their way back to healthy funding levels. Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – After getting walloped in the years after the Great Recession, US state and local employee public pension funds are slowly climbing their …
Hoover Institution Convenes Leading Scholars Of Executive-Judicial Branch Relations (Cener for Revitalizing American Institutions)
Scholars of political science, law, and government gathered at the Hoover Institution under the auspices of the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions (RAI) on June 6–7 to discuss the relationship between the executive and judicial branches of the US federal government. Stanford, CA – Scholars of political science, law, and government gathered at the Hoover Institution under …
Revitalizing the House: Bipartisan Recommendations on Rules and Process (Former members, former staff and other experts)
Executive Summary: Change the Rules to Give Substantial Bipartisan Majorities Greater Access to the Floor. Read More
The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda (Daron Acemoglu)
Judging by the current paradigm in the technology industry, we cannot rule out the worst of all possible worlds: none of the transformative potential of AI, but all of the labor displacement, misinformation, and manipulation. But it’s not too late to change course. BOSTON – These are uncertain and confusing times. Not only are we …
The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It (Yanis Varoufakis)
Western power is as strong as ever. What has changed is that the combination of socialism for financiers, collapsing prospects for the bottom 50%, and the surrender of our minds to Big Tech has given rise to overweening Western elites with little use for the last century’s value system. ATHENS – A motley crew of …