Now that Donald Trump has bent the knee to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, the threat that his administration poses to American democracy and transatlantic unity and security can no longer be credibly denied. Can the West survive his presidency?
Growing fears that automation and artificial intelligence will destroy jobs and create a “surplus population” are understandable. But whether the future of work will serve the many instead of the few is not up to the robots; it is up to us.
shows why the new populist government's domestic rhetoric and policies jeopardize the entire bloc.
saw tolerance and openness prevail over populism and toxic nationalism at the tournament this year.
argues that we should be much more worried about bad policymaking than automation and artificial intelligence.
argues that a misreading of global power dynamics is undermining the effort to save multilateralism.
explain why the neoliberal model of the past half-century is looking increasingly anachronistic.
talks to PS Associate Editor Greg Bruno about the future of global economic governance.
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