The Rise of Malignant AI: From Promise to Peril
Daniel Wagner is CEO of Country Risk Solutions, an Adviser at DOGE-UN, and author of 11 books on current affairs, risk management, and our future. He is currently co-authoring a book about reforming multilateral institutions. You may follow him on X @countryriskmgmt.
A Chinese Perspective on AI Development
Liu Wei is Director of the Human-Computer Interaction and Cognitive Engineering Laboratory at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
A Race for AI: But Which One?
Arthur Barichard is French Deputy-Ambassador for Digital Affairs. This essay reflects the personal views of the authors and is not an official position of the institutions with which they are affiliated.
A Letter to My (AI) Children
Carlos Roa is the Director of the Keystone Initiative at the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary, where he also serves as a Visiting Fellow. He is an Associate Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and a contributing editor at The National Interest. Previously, he was the publication’s executive editor. He also served in the past as associate editor of Horizons. You may follow him on X (Twitter) @CarlosRoa92.
We Were Never Alone
Srđan Šaper is a musician, writer, and creative entrepreneur based in Belgrade, Serbia. A founding member of the legendary Yugoslav band Idoli, he is also the founder of I&F Group, a communications network active across Southeast Europe.
Mind the Gap: Bridging Innovation’s Supply and Demand in the AI Era
Neil Lawrence is the DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield. This essay is partly drawn from his public policy annual lecture, delivered at the Bennett Institute in December 2024.
Why AGI Should be the World’s Top Priority
Jerome C. Glenn is the CEO of The Millennium Project, Chairman of the AGI Panel of the UN Council of Presidents of the General Assembly, and author of the forthcoming book Global Governance of the Transition to Artificial General Intelligence (2025).
Charting a New Flight Path
Ussal Şahbaz is Managing Partner at Ussal Consultancy, a government affairs firm specializing in business diplomacy and technology. You may follow him on X @ussalEN.
A Triple Transformation of China’s Climate Tech: Decarbonization, Digitalization, and Reglobalization
Chen Yushi is an Invited Researcher at TianGong Think Tank, Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua University.