Brookings is reporting that a new analysis challenges the assumption that artificial intelligence will make the seas as "transparent" as the battlefields above them. It said Bruce Jones and David G. Victor argue in a new report that underwater physics sharply limits AI-driven "kill webs" of interconnected devices, meaning stealth, not connectivity, will define undersea advantage.
Brookings is reporting that voters in three German states turned out in historically high numbers to express deep frustration with national politics. It said Constanze Stelzenmüller and Mathilda Silbiger write that the results may have lowered the curtain on postwar Germany's stability-focused and centrist political culture, ushering in a new era of polarization, volatility and fragmentation.
Brookings is reporting that Taiwan has begun to organize its annual Han Kuang military exercises around the problems most likely to determine whether it could survive the opening stages of a war. It said David F. Helvey notes the shift in the island's defense planning.
Brookings is reporting that Ryan Hass told The Washington Post that China has been hanging rare earths as a "Sword of Damocles" above the American head. It said Hass warned that a full Chinese cutoff of rare earths would have a cascading effect on the health of the U.S. economy.
Brookings is reporting that Elham Tabassi, Kyle Chan and Thomas Wright discussed whether the United States can enact AI safety measures without ceding ground to China as U.S. and Chinese leaders meet. It said the discussion examined whether the two countries can find a way to work together to curb AI risks.
Brookings is reporting that, in the Los Angeles Times, David G. Victor proposed that the AI industry learn from nuclear power after the Three Mile Island accident, when one firm's failure threatened public trust in all of them, and regulate itself before the window closes. It said Thomas Wright wrote in The Atlantic that U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly are the latest sign that world politics is entering an era when might makes right.