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Trump’s Anti-Moral Morality

MELBOURNE – Two days after the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela, which killed 100 people and led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was asked whether the US was running Venezuela. Miller’s reply captured Trump’s governing

Europe Enters the Slop War

Not so long ago, social-media companies billed themselves as tools for connecting with real people and keeping up with the

Grok Is Testing Whether AI Governance Means Anything

Governments worldwide increasingly agree on a basic premise of AI governance: systems deployed at scale must be safe, controllable, and

The High Cost of Trump’s Amateur Diplomats

Trump, now engaged in a brazenly neo-imperialist project in Venezuela, has handed China a golden opportunity to portray itself as

Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage

American policymakers ignore this shift at their peril. By narrowly focusing on winning the race for better models and chips,

Does Venezuela Herald a No-Rules International Order?

The danger now is not that states will openly defect, but that they will quietly adapt to a rogue US.

Trump’s Travel Bans Threaten US National Security

Now, those who fail to produce adequate offerings for Trump are punished, while those who prove themselves useful to him

Three Shocks that Shook the World in 2025

The first was Russia’s impending victory in Ukraine over Europe’s combined leadership. For almost four years, the European Union and

A New Framework for Financing Global Security

International cooperation is at a turning point, with the Global North far more committed to funding defense than defending development. A

How Global AI Governance Could Work

But what should this look like in practice? India’s experience with digital public infrastructure offers many lessons. The country’s platforms