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Business and Trump
American business should not empower a criminal, says Reid Hoffman
No rational CEO would want a capricious strongman in the White House, argues the entrepreneur
Policing tech giants
A whack-a-mole approach to big tech won’t do, says Europe’s antitrust chief
Margrethe Vestager insists that openness need not come at the expense of security
Putin, the West and the rest
Yuval Noah Harari on how to prevent a new age of imperialism
Non-Western powers have a stake in bringing peace to Ukraine, argues the historian
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI board members respond to a warning by former members
The firm is a leader in safety as well as capability, insist Bret Taylor and Larry Summers
Technology and society
A tech ethicist on how AI worsens ills caused by social media
The only cure is to impose change on AI firms’ incentives, argues Tristan Harris
Artificial intelligence
AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board
For humanity’s sake, regulation is needed to tame market forces, argue Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley
The future of Europe
Emmanuel Macron has done Europe a favour, reckons Germany’s opposition leader
But Friedrich Merz insists that the continent has “no time to die”
European security
Olaf Scholz on why Vladimir Putin’s brutal imperialism will fail
Germany’s chancellor says Europe needs more military muscle
Israel, America and the ICC
Powerful states are finding it harder to dodge legal challenges, says Marc Weller
The law professor believes the ICC’s creeping jurisdiction is part of a broader trend
Mexico’s presidential election
The probable next president outlines her plan to make Mexicans safer
The country needs reforms like those in the capital, says Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Mexico’s presidential election
The main opposition candidate on how to fight organised crime in Mexico
New leadership and outside help are needed, says Xóchitl Gálvez
Culture war and peace
Chigozie Obioma laments the West’s growing ideological tribalism
It is grounded in a fear of ideas, says the Nigerian novelist