The Best of Foreign Affairs
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Foreign Affairs on Artificial Intelligence
The AI Power Paradox
Can States Learn to Govern Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late?
«Given the radical uncertainty about the scale and irreversibility of some of AI’s potential harms, AI governance must aim to prevent these risks before they materialize rather than mitigate them after the fact.»
The Race to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
Why Europe has an edge over America and China.
Foreign Affairs on China
The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order
China is maneuvering for international leadership as the United States falters.
Foreign Affairs on Economy
The End of Globalization?
What Russia’s war in Ukraine means for the world economy.
«The fetishizing of domestic manufacturing over advancing cross-border trade in services and networks»
The End of China’s Economic Miracle
Beijing’s struggles could be an opportunity for Washington.
Foreign Affairs on Geopolitics
Foreign Affairs on Politics
Foreign Affairs on Russia
What If Russia Loses?
A defeat for Moscow won’t be a clear victory for the West.
«A global attempt to isolate Russia could backfire by walling off the outside world, leaving Russians to base their national identify on grievance and resentment.»
What If Russia Makes a Deal?
How to end a war that no one is likely to win.
«The Roman statesman and scholar Cicero argued that an unjust peace is better than a just war.»
Foreign Affairs on Society
American Democracy Is Still in Danger
American democracy must be protected from enemies foreign and domestic.
Foreign Affairs on Ukraine
Foreign Affairs on War
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Russia’s Repeat Failures
Moscow’s new strategy in Ukraine is just as bad as the old one.
Spirals of Delusion
How AI distorts decision-making and makes dictators more dangerous.
How to Save Democracy From Technology
Big Tech threatens democracy. Few have considered a practical solution: taking away the platforms’ role as gatekeepers of content.
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