Due to a misunderstanding of the US legal system (under which the Constitution is supreme) and a misreading of certain laws, some confusion has arisen within the Russian expert community regarding the legality, under US law, of Trump’s attack on Iran. I would like to take the opportunity to…
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The Killing of a Head of State and the End of Old Restraints — Russia in Global Affairs
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead and the international system is entering a far more dangerous phase than many appear willing to acknowledge.
One may hold any opinion about the Islamic Republic of Iran, about its ideology or ruling elite. There are ample…
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China’s Principled Stance amidst Intensifying U.S.-Iran Tensions — Russia in Global Affairs
Following the drumbeats of war in the Middle East for weeks, the U.S.-Israeli missile strikes against Iran and the latter’s retaliation did not come as a surprise, but the survivability of the Iranian regime is now at question. Equally unsure is this whether this…
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What exactly is consciousness? (And does my Venus flytrap have it too?) — Harvard Gazette
The brain is constantly managing a myriad of bodily functions, and most of them happen without our being aware of it. So why do some operations rise to the level of awareness?
That’s the question at the heart of Michael Pollan’s just released new book, “A World Appears: A Journey…
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Why India Won’t Take Orders from Washington — Russia in Global Affairs
A sharp exchange between American and Indian representatives at last weekend’s Munich Security Conference offered a revealing snapshot of how the emerging world order actually functions. Following the line set by his boss, US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of…
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Can a chatbot be a co-author? — Harvard Gazette
Like many scientists, theoretical physicist Andrew Strominger was unimpressed with early attempts at probing ChatGPT, receiving clever-sounding answers that didn’t stand up to scrutiny. So he was skeptical when a talented former graduate student paused a promising academic career to take a…
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How Starmer Survived — And Probably Will Again — Russia in Global Affairs
Unlike our American cousins, the UK dish out consequences to Jeffery Epstein’s associates. Damaging revelations from the Epstein Files showed a problematic friendship with Peter Mandelson, who briefly served as Britain’s Ambassador to the U.S. His former boss,…
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Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts — Harvard Gazette
Tina Grotzer: Once you start to know what your mind can do that’s so much better than AI, it kind of makes sense that some tasks are well-relegated to AI and other tasks are not. That is going to be a constant challenge to figure out those relationships and lines over…
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Avoiding Oblivion… and Rehabilitating Humanity — Russia in Global Affairs
Tariq Marzbaan and Nora Hoppe conduct an interview with Professor Sergey Karaganov on nuclear escalation, US decline, Europe’s crisis, and the search for a post-capitalist model to “rehabilitate humanity.”
H/M: It is a great pleasure to embark on a fourth…
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The US Wants a Deal. Russia Wants a System — Russia in Global Affairs
After last August’s meeting between the Russian and American presidents in Alaska, a new phrase entered diplomatic circulation: the “spirit of Anchorage.” The substance of the talks was never officially disclosed and can only be reconstructed from selective…
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