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Also, Daron Acemoglu on the AI safety debate [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Politics]( AUGUST 7, 2024 [Would Trump Escalate the US-China Trade War?]( [Nancy Qian]( explains why high tariffs would be all but inevitable even though they would harm average Americans. [PS Commentary: Ian Bremmer]( [How China Views the US Presidential Election]( [Ian Bremmer]( considers Chinese leaders’ options as they prepare for a new administration in 2025. [The Emancipatory Meaning of the Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony]( [Slavoj Žižek]( interprets the controversial spectacle as a masterful use of irony to depict what modern Europe stands for. [PS Summer Sale: Save 40% on all new Digital and Digital Plus subscriptions.]( AI’s Security Risks --------------------------------------------------------------- [AI Complacency Is Compromising Western Defense]( [Charles Ferguson]( thinks America and its allies are woefully unprepared for a future of autonomous weapons and warfare. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The AI Safety Debate Is All Wrong]( [Daron Acemoglu]( thinks the inordinate attention on sci-fi doomsday scenarios is distracting from more immediate risks. --------------------------------------------------------------- [AI and National Security]( [Joseph S. Nye, Jr.]( offers a broad outline for how diplomats and defense officials should be thinking about the issue. Free to Read [Is the Polycrisis So Bad?]( [Harold James]( suggests that the current moment is neither as unprecedented nor as bleak as many assume. [PS. Subscribe to Premium to access PS Quarterly: Age of Extremes.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.