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Will AI Yield Abundance Without Purpose?

OXFORD—In Kurt Vonnegut’s 1952 novel Player Piano, machines have automated most industry, leaving just a few engineers and managers to oversee things. Everyone else is fed and housed by the state, with nothing to do. Was Vonnegut prescient? Whether AI will render a large share of the workforce redundant is of

The Strategic Logic of the AI Arms Race

Where, then, does that leave us? As a quote often attributed to the science-fiction writer William Gibson puts it, “the future

From Connectivity to Cooperation: Nepal and China Deepen Engagement

As Nepal and China move forward, the challenge will lie less in political affirmation and more in converting high-level assurances

Cognition for Sale

. In a global economy where AI can package, replicate, and distribute knowledge at near-zero marginal cost, the ability to

What if Europe Loses Access to Its Climate Data?

To remain a leading scientific and industrial force in climate policy, renewable energy, and sustainability, the EU must secure access

A New Chapter with India: Water Resources, Sovereignty, and Nepal’s…

Nepal can move beyond the limitations of the past and build a future in which its water resources serve first

The Gulf’s Post-OPEC Order

However disruptive the UAE’s departure from OPEC may be to oil markets, lower prices and greater volatility are ultimately manageable.

The Global Water Cycle Is Critical Infrastructure

As we look toward a more uncertain, insecure water future, it is incumbent on governments and financial institutions to ensure

American Jews’ Netanyahu Problem

Israeli officials would say that this was a defensive maneuver because the Democrats were drifting away from Israel. But this

A New Security Architecture for the Middle East

Reviving the Alliance of Civilizations—launched by Turkey and Spain in 2005 and later institutionalized within the UN—could provide an ideal