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Carl Bildt marvels at the US president's shift from America First neo-isolationism to capricious adventurism. project-syndicate.org/commentary/tru…

Natural disasters caused around $320 billion in economic losses in 2024, with the Asia-Pacific among the most affected regions, notes @amro_asia's Yasuto Watanabe. bit.ly/3PiGkd4

In Iran, @realDonaldTrump has rejected a principle understood by strategic thinkers from Sun Tzu to Carl von Clausewitz, writes Stephen Holmes: military strength is often best served by not expending it, so that it is available to shape what comes next. bit.ly/4tawzfR

AGI may well automate intelligence. But the process of invention depends on something more, @carlbfrey explains. bit.ly/3NIVmZb

From peacemaking to economic productivity, women’s perspectives have often proven to be game-changers. This #WomensHistoryMonth, explore The Female Voice, a collection of commentaries broadening our understanding of crucial issues and offering novel solutions. bit.ly/46Kecpf

In addition to theorizing the public sphere, Jürgen Habermas was also active within it, serving as a relentless provocateur who shaped nearly every major debate in postwar German public life, @PeterVerovsek writes. bit.ly/4sqkX8k

The greatest long-term threat to American hegemony is not China’s military buildup or Russian aggression, but the gradual fragmentation of the alliance system that has underwritten US leadership since World War II, @CarlaNorrlof warns. bit.ly/4lAJ9lC

The @GOP will have no way of distancing itself from @DonaldTrump unless it can convince Americans that things they all witnessed actually never happened, Jan-Werner Mueller writes. bit.ly/4buNemX

Instead of coordinating a collective response through the US alliance system, several American allies are exploring independent arrangements with the very state that the US has gone to war against. @CarlaNorrlof considers the implications. bit.ly/4lAJ9lC

We are ceding to private corporations unprecedented power over the information infrastructure of the future, and as with social media, we are doing so without even demanding independent oversight, warns Marc Faddoul. bit.ly/4sRW4SO

Given that maternity leave accommodations and breastfeeding-friendly practices have led to increased productivity and talent retention, menopause-friendly policies should do the same, @elcolmex's Laura Juárez and Fernanda Márquez-Padilla argue. bit.ly/4rF6sfH

Carl Benedikt Frey thinks Silicon Valley’s vision for AI rests on a number of false or flawed assumptions. project-syndicate.org/commentary/agi…

Ekrem İmamoğlu proposes a blueprint for restoring international cooperation on the basis of shared rules and commitments. project-syndicate.org/commentary/how…

Yasuto Watanabe highlights how a confluence of climate and energy-market trends are threatening macroeconomic stability. project-syndicate.org/commentary/ene…

If adopted uncritically, the narrative that Africa is a source of “climate solutions” will only reinforce structural arrangements that sustain the continent’s continued exploitation, argues @martgbek of @DevTransform_. bit.ly/4dA4zxg

The US Supreme Court’s principled ruling against @realDonaldTrump’s tariffs quickly generated even greater uncertainty about US trade policy and foreign relations, including with its historical allies, @PennyG_Yale notes. bit.ly/4cVd2Lk

Peter J. Verovšek reflects on the life of the postwar West’s leading philosopher and public intellectual. project-syndicate.org/commentary/jur…

Through opaque "safety filters," AI model developers could create the infrastructure for systematic censorship, and we wouldn’t even know it, Marc Faddoul explains. bit.ly/4bw1DiC

Smarter autocrats than @realDonaldTrump know that the occasional scapegoating of an underling, or even an apology once in a while, can be an effective long-term strategy, notes Jan-Werner Mueller. bit.ly/4buNemX

Shang-Jin Wei highlights recent research that casts doubt on the independence of stock-index gatekeepers. project-syndicate.org/commentary/new…