In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons” and produces discourse that not only appears to be what a human could produce but coherently aligns facts, logic and ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis — went home to face his Lord on the morning of Easter Monday, after 12 years on St. Peter’s throne, at the age of 88. From the start of his pontificate, Francis ...

Some are born to greatness; some achieve greatness; some have greatness thrust upon them. And some others encircle the world, dominate the chessboard, scandalize a nation or just plain terrify ...

[This is a response to the piece “On Women’s New ‘Right’ to Have ‘Sex Like Men, ” which Rahul Sur published in Fair Observer on December 17, 2023.] After more than half a century of the sexual ...

Four years ago, I published Subtle Tools, a book on the erosion of American democratic norms in the face of what came to be known as the Global War on Terror. Both ...

Our global society is going through a difficult period that is producing a lot of anxiety, alienation and anger. What underlies these negative feelings is a social transition known as an inflection ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT with two goals: to better understand how AI “reasons” and to use its capacity to better understand how we humans reason. There’s a big difference, which ...

Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing populist political party Reform UK, has capitalized on Britain’s growing discontent with its traditional political class as the country faces one of its most ...

At the end of the former’s administration, US President Joe Biden and then-President-Elect Donald Trump worked together to end the Israel–Hezbollah war in Lebanon, setting the country on a path toward ...

Over the years, China has strategically broadened its soft power initiatives in Indonesia across multiple sectors, including education, media, religion and economic development. Through scholarships, ...

Upon regaining his throne at the Oval Office in January, US President Donald Trump signed a much remarked executive order that “paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State ...

On March 16, the Houthis claimed that the US airstrikes on Yemen have killed over 50 and injured about 100. The Houthis have declared that they would retaliate with their missiles. However, they have ...