America’s Digital Defenses Are Failing—but AI Can Save Them; Europe Needs More Cooperation With America—Not Less; To Hasten a Democratic Transition, Apply Long-Term Pressure to the Maduro Regime
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Researching AI and cybersecurity in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 2025

The End of Cybersecurity

America’s Digital Defenses Are Failing—but AI Can Save Them

By Jen Easterly

 

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A production line of a semiconductor company, Hamburg, Germany, June 2024

Europe Is Losing the Chips Race

The Continent Needs More Cooperation With America—Not Less

By Chris Miller and John Allen

 
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

Will the War in Gaza Really End?

A Conversation With Shira Efron, Khaled Elgindy, and Daniel Shapiro

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A Containment Strategy for Venezuela

To Hasten a Democratic Transition, Apply Long-Term Pressure to the Maduro Regime

By Christopher Sabatini and Ryan C. Berg

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