China to End the War in Iran on Its Own Terms
On Saturday, September 12, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, the Xinhua News Agency circulated a
Reaffirming the Enemy-State Clause: How Beijing and Moscow Use the UN Charter to Threaten Japan
Beijing and Moscow view with concern the Japanese rearmament effort launched by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to counter China’s growing
Things Seen in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
To gear up for the new season, try Le Grand Continent. Ideas and analyses you won’t find anywhere else. But
Did Max Weber Predict Sam Altman?
This semester, I’m teaching a seminar on Max Weber at Cornell. Max Weber (1864-1920) is a thinker who has fascinated
Dario Amodei Calls for Slower AI Development (Full Transcript)
Dario Amodei, cofounder and chief executive of Anthropic, published today, September 12, on his personal website, an article titled “We
The Worst-Case Scenario Isn’t AI Killing Humans
The title of Aakash Singh Rathore’s book, Will AI Murder Us All?, refers to the Fermi paradox: if the universe
Why is the Tower of Babel Still Standing?
A Telescope and a Microscope Pieter Bruegel’s The Tower of Babel (held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna) depicts a
Why Xavier Niel Doesn’t Want to Be
At School 42 there is no bell marking the end or the start of a class every hour. Yet, like
Claude Used to Develop Missiles and Weapons
In a report published on Thursday, September 10, Anthropic disclosed information about 39 cases of Claude being used for malicious
Houthis Seize Control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
The Houthis launched, on the evening of Wednesday, September 9, a broad offensive in the southern part of Yemen, near