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What Are We Governing When We Govern AI?
Everyone agrees AI must be governed. Far fewer have said what governance actually means beyond rules, norms and standards.
By Samuel Abinsinguza20 min read
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Innovation and Supply Chains: How Critical Minerals Shape U.S. Military Power Today and in the Future
U.S. military modernization depends on materials that rarely appear in strategy debates but quietly determine what can be built, fielded, and sustained...
By Bryan Lachica13 min read
Article
Scoring Intelligence: Benchmarks, Evals, and the Buzzwords That Run Artificial Intelligence
What an AI score can tell us—and what a deployment decision still requires
By Samuel Abinsinguza8 min read
Article
They Sounded Crazy - Until the Internet Proved Them Right. What That Reveals About AI Today
The internet’s lessons for AI call for scrutiny, not certainty
By Samuel Abinsinguza7 min read
Article
Coded Consequences: Why AI Governance Matters, How It Fails, and Why Your Future Depends on It.
Accountability matters most where technical choices become human consequences
By Samuel Abinsinguza8 min read
Memo
The Debt Bubble: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
The U.S. debt has quietly soared past $36 trillion. What caused it, what could it break - and can it be fixed before it bursts?
By Muhammad Memon7 min read
Article
Sovereign Citizens: Pseudolegal Tactics, Paper Terrorism, & Homeland Security Challenges
Sovereign Citizens reject U.S. laws and government authority, using pseudolegal tactics that often lead to disruption and sometimes violence.
By Bryan Lachica6 min read
Article
The End of the Nonproliferation Era & The Emerging Age of Strategic Entropy
The post-Cold War nonproliferation order is unraveling, replaced by an era of strategic entropy—a condition where deterrence dynamics are no longer predictable, alliances are no longer immutable, and nuclear restraint is no longer assured.
By Alexander Butler11 min read
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Lithium, Leverage, and Leadership : Countering China’s Economic Influence in Latin America
South America is having its mineral deposits developed rapidly… It may well be that in the future the continent will be called upon to furnish in quantity other mineral products required by the industrial nations of the globe - Benjamin LeRoy Miller (1927)
By Alexander Butler18 min read
Opinion
The AI You Don’t See: Hidden Ways AI Influences Your Everyday Decisions
How to recognise consequential automated choices—and ask better questions about them
By Samuel Abinsinguza5 min read
Review
Weaponized Wildfire: The National Security Risks of Arson-Driven Disasters
Malicious actors, including terrorist organizations, may exploit fire as a low-cost, high-impact weapon designed to destabilize regions, overwhelm emergency resources, and disrupt economies.
By Bryan Lachica5 min read
Review
DeepSeek-R1 Into The Unknown: The Ripple Effect No One Saw Coming
What the January 2025 release challenged—and what it did not establish
By Samuel Abinsinguza4 min read