AI, Science and Society Conference – AI ACTION SUMMIT – DAY 2 (AP Paris)

AI, Science, and Society: Connections, Collectives, and Collaboration,” aims to foster dialogue at the intersection of technological innovation, interdisciplinary scientific inquiry, and societal evolution. As key part of the AI Summit, scheduled for February 10th and 11th, 2025, in Paris, this conference will serve as a critical prelude, setting the stage for high-level discussions that …

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How Talent Fuels Growth. (Gita Bhatt)

Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies Every great leap in human progress—from the printing press to the steam engine to the semiconductor—has been driven by ideas. But ideas do not emerge in a vacuum; they come from people. And among them, it is often the most talented …

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Trump US Attorney for DC Abuses His Power by Telling Georgetown Law, Teaching DEI is “Unacceptable” (Glen Kirschner, Justice Matters)

In a breathtaking display of abuse of power, abuse of office, and prosecutorial misconduct, interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, wrote a letter to the Dean of Georgetown University School of Law saying, ” It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. …

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The End of Globalization as We Know It (Dalia Marin)

Since 2008, rising economic, geopolitical, and climate risks, together with progress on automation, have fundamentally changed firms’ calculations regarding global value chains. While firms have reason to keep some production on foreign soil – if it cannot be automated at home – the reshoring trend is set to accelerate. MUNICH – As US President Donald …

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Trump promised to make America great. Instead, he may bring about its destruction (Randall Kennedy)

Donald Trump and his cronies are smashing up democratic norms, government institutions and the postwar international order. There are no signs yet that anyone will stop them. Fearful of divine retribution for slavery, Thomas Jefferson remarked that he trembled for his country when he imagined that God is just. Some observers today are also trembling. …

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The Future of Democracy in America: A Conversation with The Atlantic (American Academy in Berlin)

A conversation representing or showing the state of democracy in the United States – as confused as it can be. How are America’s democratic institutions adapting to a time of intense polarization and change? The Atlantic staff writers Anne Applebaum and George Packer join the magazine’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg—all leading voices in journalism …

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How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo? Amid Western Inaction, Kigali Is Carving Up Its Neighbor and Reigniting a Regional War (Michela Wrong)

In 1963, nearly three dozen newly independent African nations met in Addis Ababa to establish the Organization of African Unity. Among the core principles they embraced was the inviolability of existing, colonial-era national borders. Failure to uphold them, they agreed, would open the way for one irredentist claim after another and threaten to tear the …

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