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An Optimist’s Account of Artificial Intelligence
A review of Josh Tyrangiel’s “AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things that Matter” (Simon & Schuster, 2026). -
NATO 3.0: A Tagline in Search of a Concept
Force Posture Decisions Have Become Another Coercive Tool in the Trump Administration’s Alliance Management Toolkit -
Will the New Export Controls Shake the Foundations of the U.S. AI Industry?
Washington’s misplaced assumptions around export control and domestic regulations pose strategic risks to national stability. -
Slaughter’s Silence
Trump v. Slaughter’s silence on the civil service raises concerns of executive aggrandizement. -
Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
The U.S. doesn’t need a new agency—it needs existing ones to work. Upgrading Treasury’s financial intelligence office offers a start. -
Can Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Pause?
Anthropic raised the possibility of a coordinated, verified AI development pause. Antitrust law might prevent that. -
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Agency actions and court decisions make it easier to understand how insidious, and how illegal, the EO will turn out to be. -
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