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The Myth of Eurasia

Why Russia Can’t Shed Its Imperial Delusions

By Ayşe Zarakol

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Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

Manson tells the story of one of Washington’s first military AI endeavors: Project Maven.

Reviewed by Lawrence D. Freedman

The Doom Loop: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling Into Disorder

With nuance and verve, Prasad explains the concurrence of a backlash against globalization, the erosion of democracy, the decline of U.S. leadership, and intensifying geopolitical conflict.

Reviewed by Barry Eichengreen

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“A Must Read for Anyone Interested in How AI Will (or Will Not) Transform Our Society.”

The first comprehensive political economy of the AI Revolution. Menaldo traces AI to the Creative Destruction Paradigm-bipartisan reforms, including to IP and antitrust. He explains the AI stack’s industrial organization, how AI is fragmenting into competing US, Chinese, and EU governance regimes, and its impact on living standards and jobs.

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The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear

Hung offers a fascinating intellectual history of how the West has imagined, admired, and feared China since the time of the Mongol Empire.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Economy