DeepSeek Is Reshaping China’s AI Landscape
Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek shocked the world on Jan. 20 with the release of its product “R1,” an AI model on par with global leaders in performance but trained ...
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It’s Now or Never for U.S. Engagement in Syria
Among the powerful images following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was the sight of thousands of political detainees streaming out of Syria’s prisons—a sign of hope and ...
How to Read Trump’s Day-One Trade Actions
In U.S. President Donald Trump’s avalanche of day-one executive orders, he did not drop the gauntlet on the start of the next trade war, much to the temporary relief of markets ...
Why Are Western Companies Still Financing Putin’s War?
In February 2024, Columbia University Press informed me that it had sold the rights to my book on sanctions to a Russian firm that would translate it and sell it ...
Why Is Biden Going After Russian Energy Now?
The outgoing Biden administration threw the proverbial kitchen sink at Russia’s energy sector on Friday with a sweeping slate of sanctions meant to curtail Moscow’s still-resilient energy earnings and potentially ...
Russian Assets Are Europe’s Trump Card
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s ambition to end Russia’s war on Ukraine has raised expectations of a peace deal and set off a flurry of discussions among U.S. allies about potential ...
