My article, “artificial intelligence, and the problem of surprise” is now out in International Security @ doi.org/10.1162/ISEC.a.399. It’s the first to explore the limitations of artificial intelligence in strategic decision-making and in preventing strategic surprise.
Social science and intelligence: The good, the bad, and the ugly —
My review of Peter Grace’s new book, The Intelligence Intellectual: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA, here, lays it out: tandfonline.com/eprint/W4JFU….
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If President Trump decides to direct the military to conduct cyber operations on U.S. domestic networks against his enemies, he would face few legal roadblocks. @Jason_Healey and @RosenzweigP explain what these operations would look like and what the ramifications would be.
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BREAKING: Nikki Haley just admitted Kamala Harris has a large lead among women voters because Donald Trump and JD Vance have been undeniably offensive in policy and rhetoric. Retweet to make sure all Americans see Nikki Haley bash Trump and Vance.
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There was a self-congratulatory tone to this year’s Munich Security Conference as Americans & Europeans praised the fact that they had stayed united when it was thought that Putin would divide them & weaken the resolve to defend Ukraine. Yet that success was bought at a cost 1/5
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Chinese social media users report Huawei phones automatically deleting* videos of the protests that took place in China, without notifying the owners.
*Not sure if it’s from the cloud or device level
Our sci-fi movies have not even imagined this level of dystopia…
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Now that Germany has shown it can build LNG terminals with lightning speed, after decades of complacency, can a concerted effort be made to accelerate production of arms and ammunition? Even if it sounds ominous: we need „Kriegswirtschaft“(war economy) in order to assist Ukraine
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Putin's announced mobilization of 300,000 "reservists" was jaw-dropping to me this morning, but not for the reason some might suspect.
Why? Because know how Russian soldiers are trained, in basic training & in their units.
A brief 🧵 on some fun facts. 1/
The appeasers are at it again, under a new name: politico.com/news/magazine/2…. Kupchan’s premise that the U.S. is supporting Ukraine with no strings attached is false. We say we do, but so do the Germans and the French, who are desperate to make a deal. Meanwhile we trickle in arms…
7/ to compel Ukraine to accept Russian control, let alone sovereignty, of Ukraine’s eastern oblasts would ratify the end of the central tenet of the UN Charter: that international borders may not be changed by force of arms. Of course, he and others will be the first to cloak …