Artificial Intelligence Isn’t an Arms Race
The United States and China must find their way to dialogue and cooperation on AI. A practical, nuanced mix of competition and cooperation would better serve U.S. interests than an arms race approach.
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed “Summit for Democracy” is a vital opportunity to reimagine American engagement on democracy issues at home and abroad.
The United States needs a renewed spirit of service that brings Americans from all backgrounds and all walks of life into national security service and unleashes the talent the country already has.
America’s alliances have been one of its greatest strategic assets, helping unleash unprecedented geopolitical stability, economic development, and increase in human dignity worldwide over the last 75 years.
The United States and China must find their way to dialogue and cooperation on AI. A practical, nuanced mix of competition and cooperation would better serve U.S. interests than an arms race approach.
The whistle-blower complaint and declassified call notes related to President Trump’s July 25 phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has rightly prompted serious questions about Mr. Trump and his administration’s conduct of foreign affairs, official record-keeping and use of national security systems to safeguard sensitive information.
Trump may not have put the multilateral system on life support, but he is trying to pull the plug on it.
The nature and instruments of warfare in a particular era are shaped—simply but fundamentally—by whatever it is that the major protagonists choose to contest at that time.