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AI’s Corporate Shell Game Must End

CAMBRIDGE: As AI advances and increasingly penetrates our lives, it is unlikely either to create a technological utopia or to wipe out humanity. The more probable outcome is somewhere in the middle – a future shaped by contingency, compromise, and, crucially, the decisions we make now about how to constrain

Hostages to War

Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza began as a justified response to the massacre of some 1,200 Israelis by Hamas on

COP30 Must Make Good on Past Climate Commitments

The United Nations Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Bonn – the mid-year negotiations intended to lay the groundwork for

Realizing the Potential of Country Platforms

Though often launched with noble intentions and great enthusiasm, many of these concepts fade quickly, leaving little lasting impact. Will

The Sino-American Battle for Brains

A few years ago, any comparison of US and Chinese higher education would have been no contest. For decades, US

Brazil’s Moment to Lead on Forest Conservation

To avert climate catastrophe, the world must make rapid and significant progress on protecting forests and building a sustainable, inclusive

China Is Winning Trump’s Trade War

Despite US President Donald Trump’s efforts to tout the stopgap measures as a “deal” that benefits America, China reads the scoreboard

China’s Unbeatable New Export

China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new production model powered by automation, AI, and state-guided

The Cost of Capital Is a Public-Health Emergency for Africa

WASHINGTON, DC:  May’s 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) – the annual meeting of the World Health Organization’s member states –

What Europe’s AI Strategy Should Look Like

In the European Union, the share of small enterprises that use at least one AI tool is still below 12%, compared