Tag: China
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Are we torturing more people than ever before?
Electric shocks, rape, simulated drowning, mock executions and beatings. We associate torture with medieval dungeons and brutal dictatorships, yet it remains part of the modern world. Scientific progress has given humanity extraordinary powers without ensuring that those who exercise power treat others humanely. Could more people be suffering torture today than at any previous point…
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“Secret” reasons Europe is lagging in AI
There are basically only two competitors in artificial intelligence: the United States and China. Europe is nowhere to be found. This is not a rhetorical flourish. It is a measurable fact. EU member states account for just 5 percent of global AI computing capacity, while the United States controls approximately 75 percent and China roughly…
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Development of the Xi Jinping–Putin relationship: From admiration to contempt
When Xi Jinping came to power in China, Vladimir Putin looked like a remarkably useful political partner. He had already spent more than a decade consolidating power, marginalizing domestic opposition, weakening independent media and presenting himself as the leader who had restored Russia after the instability of the 1990s. Xi was beginning a similar concentration…
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Nobel Peace Prize for the US Army? Yes and no
The Nobel Peace Prize has produced its share of controversial winners. Politicians still wage wars after receiving it. International organizations have been criticized for political bias. Even former U.S. President Barack Obama received the prize before many of his most important foreign policy decisions had unfolded. Yet one proposal sounds so absurd that most people…
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When stealing accelerates progress: The AI race between the US and China
Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining technologies of the twenty-first century. It may transform medicine, education, science, transportation, manufacturing, finance, communication, and warfare. It may also change how people work, how governments exercise power, and how companies create wealth. Therefore, the race for leadership in artificial intelligence carries enormous economic and political importance.…
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USA’s and China’s AI Race. NATO buys scrap from the USA
Artificial intelligence will shape the twenty-first century. Anyone who still doubts that reality ignores the biggest technological revolution of our time. AI will transform the job market. It will reshape education. It will redefine healthcare. Above all, it will revolutionize warfare. That is exactly why the United States and China compete so fiercely. The race…
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We hate human rights and NGOs? Go and live in Russia or China
People in my country increasingly hate NGOs. They applaud every budget cut, every political attack, and every resignation of an NGO leader. They want the government to stop funding civil society and redirect every available crown to sports. That sounds attractive until someone asks a simple question: who will help the people whom the state…
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China vs Europe: Two models of lobbying power
At first glance, China and Europe organize influence in fundamentally different ways. On the one hand, China integrates lobbying into the state. On the other hand, Europe distributes lobbying across institutions and member states. Therefore, the contrast does not lie in whether lobbying exists. Rather, it lies in how power structures absorb or disperse it.…
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China as one mega-lobbyist, America as a battlefield of lobbies
China does not lobby like the West. Instead, it absorbs lobbying into the state. As a result, the boundary between state, corporation, and strategy begins to fade. At the center stands the Chinese Communist Party. It coordinates direction across sectors. Moreover, it enforces alignment when needed. Importantly, it does not eliminate interest groups. Rather, it…
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Does Trump shows how to avert WW3 with military superiority?
Of course, he can also get closer to it. But this article talks about military superiority. The strike on Iran was not just about Iran. It was a message. And the real audience was not Tehran. It was Beijing and Moscow. When Donald Trump authorizes a strike that removes a top Iranian leader within hours,…