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Realism and Restraint

is R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. This essay is adapted from a chapter in his latest book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities (2018) and is used by permission. Its Serbian-language edition will be published by CIRSD in the months ahead.

Waging War On The World

James M. Lindsay is Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations. You may follow him on Twitter @JamesMLindsay. This essay draws from their recent book The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership (2018).

Artificial Intelligence and the Risk of New Colonialism

Ussal Sahbaz is the CEO of Istanbul-based think tank EDAM—the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies. You may follow him on Twitter @ussalEN). Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to machines that perform cognitive tasks like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making. There is lively debate around the business and societal opportunities and risks that AI […]

The Continuing Decline of U.S.-Russia Relations

a former Director for Russia at the U.S. National Security Council, is a Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. You may follow him on Twitter @jeffaedmonds.