Dystopian but necessary: “To protect against AI-generated voice cloning, election officials should establish practices… One common low-tech best practice involves incorporating private passphrases known to election officials and which change on specified time intervals.” @foreignaffairs.bsky.social

Artificial Intelligence’s Threat to Democracy

How to safeguard U.S. elections from AI-powered misinformation and cyberattacks.

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End of the year book lists are the best part of the season. If you have a list or book you want to share, please add it here!

The Best of Books 2023

This year’s top picks from Foreign Affairs’ editors and reviewers.

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Henry Kissinger, a foreign policy thinker and statesman whose influence rivaled that of presidents, has died at 100.

Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100; Shaped Nation’s Cold War History

The most powerful secretary of state of the postwar era, he was both celebrated and reviled. His complicated legacy still resonates in relations with China, Russia and the Middle East.

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“…Information, on the other hand, is centrifugal, with very destructive effects on social cohesion. If we want to comprehend what kind of society we are living in, we need to understand the nature of information.” From this interview with philosopher Byung-Chul Han www.noemamag.com/all-that-is-...

All That Is Solid Melts Into Information | NOEMA

The torrent of accelerated time without narrative is disorienting our society and fragmenting community, says philosopher Byung-Chul Han. Art can help put the pieces back together.

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An excellent read on Foreign Affairs, which also appeared on Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver over www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r... @foreignaffairs.bsky.social

“The growing tendency of artists to pronounce on everything from microaggressions to macropolitics shows that we need a fundamentally different understanding of the role played by artists and their institutions.” —Nina Power on the role of Art in a time of war compactmag.com/article/the-...

The Fog of Art

Compact Magazine, a radical American journal

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This by Keren Yarhi-Milo on “Why Smart Leaders Do Stupid Things” is stellar “All leaders, after all, think their theories, ideas, and choices are consistent, logical, and well supported—and there is rarely an objective test that can prove otherwise.” [paywall-free] @foreignaffairs.bsky.social

Why Smart Leaders Do Stupid Things

Is foreign policy rational?

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