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Are We Ready for AI Creative Destruction?

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Are We Ready for AI Creative Destruction?

Daron Acemoglu | Rather than blindly trusting elegant theories about the nature of historical change, we urgently need to focus on how the next wave of disruptive innovation could affect our social, democratic, and civic institutions.

The World's Moral Failure in Gaza

The World's Moral Failure in Gaza

GRAÇA MACHEL | The still-deteriorating situation in Gaza cries out for a broad coalition of countries that are committed to a just and permanent peace in line with international law. Without immediate action to alleviate the suffering and stay Israel’s hand, the worst may be yet to come.

The Case for Israel Remains Valid

The Case for Israel Remains Valid

IAN BURUMA | The surge in anti-Semitic violence around the world following the outbreak of the war in Gaza has reignited the debate over whether Israel's existence puts diaspora Jews at risk. Disentangling Jewish identity from the Jewish State is not that simple.

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Is the US Complicit in Israel’s “Plausible” Genocide?

Daniel Warner | The prohibition of genocide, complicity in genocide, and the duty to prevent genocide are fundamental norms of customary international law from which there are no exceptions. Being aware of the risk of genocide obliges states to prevent genocide occurring.

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The Rift between the United States and Israel Is Still a Simple Family Feud; a Significant Separation Is Urgently Needed

Daniel Warner | If relations between individuals are like relations between states, we are witnessing a simple family feud between the US and Israel, when a significant personal and political separation between the two individuals and countries is needed.

The Problem with Human Rights

Daniel Warner | While human rights are now ‘mainstreamed’ within the United Nations system, their regular operationalization on the ground is lacking. What is the point of having lofty principles and legal treaties when they are so often violated?

Peace between Israel and the Palestinians: It Is Time to Revive the ‘Geneva Initiative’

Raymond Saner | A six-point roadmap to find a solution to the conflict, help the region escape the vicious cycle of recurring bloodshed, and reconstruct Gaza, building on the Geneva Initiative's network of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.

The War for the West

Ivan Krastev interviewed by Sławomir Sierakowski Sławomir Sierakowski: As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, few now believe that Russia can be defeated. What fate do you see in store for Ukraine? Ivan Krastev: I think your question is too gloomy. The events of the last two years

Europe and the World Need Ukraine to Prevail

Dmytro Kuleba & Josep Borell | Ukrainians, Europeans, and others around the world all have an interest in opposing war of aggression that Russia launched two years ago. Failing to support Ukraine now would invite a return to the dark past of military aggression, imperialism, and colonialism.

Europe is Home Alone

Europe is Home Alone

Joschka Fisher | For a long time, the EU could coast on the success of its single market and common rules. But with the imperial threat emanating from Russia and the prospect of Trump returning to the White House, Europe has any choice but to become a military and political power in its own right.

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