To bring an end to the dollar hegemony one doesn’t need one common competing currency, but a number of national ones, according to former Ronald Reagan official and renowned American economist Dr
In an exclusive interview with Axios, Jake Sullivan, departing as White House national security adviser, issued a stark and urgent warning about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). With only days left
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, found himself at the center of controversy on Friday after Democratic senators accused him of using his substantial donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund to gain favor
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In a landmark ruling on 17 January 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which effectively bans the
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My last piece for Persuasion argued that large numbers of small, autonomous platforms—airborne and naval drones—would become an increasingly large part of 21st century warfare, and that their spread would be blocked by our current addiction to
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Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing means of navigating them. Then social problems arise that persist or worsen inside such societies because
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Like most Americans, I applaud the recent ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that was approved today by the Israeli security cabinet, and I was glad to learn that the incoming Trump
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The nation, engulfed in hatred and resentment, appears incapable of learning or thriving. In the heart of Bangladesh, a sinister force has emerged, casting a dark shadow over its once-glorified history and
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Scott Bessent, nominated by Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Treasury Secretary, told U.S. senators in a heated confirmation hearing on Thursday that failing to extend the tax cuts introduced during
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The Biden regime is the most corrupt regime in American history, and Biden knows it. That is why he talks of large numbers of “preemptive pardons.” A preemptive pardon is an invention of the
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Ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone late Friday, according to a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry. The conversation marks an
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