Jim O'Neill, Nina L. Khrushcheva, Daron Acemoglu, and more in Behind the Headlines

Also featuring Otmar Issing, Simon Johnson, Ottoline Spearman, and more [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Behind the Headlines]( JUNE 14, 2023 [Russia’s New Rasputin]( [Russia’s New Rasputin]( [Nina L. Khrushcheva]( suggests that Yevgeny Prigozhin's escalating attacks on the country's elites reflect the regime's decadence. [Can the ECB Escape Its Own Trap?]( [Can the ECB Escape Its Own Trap?]( [Otmar Issing]( examines the policy dilemma facing central banks as they try to shrink their bloated balance sheets. The Great AI Debate There is no doubt that new artificial-intelligence technologies create both risks and opportunities. This week at PS, Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoglu, and Sylvia Barmack highlight looming dangers, and Jim O’Neill offers a dose of optimism. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Will Democracies Stand Up to Big Brother?]( [Simon Johnson]( [Daron Acemoglu]( and [Sylvia Barmack]( urge policymakers to head off the rapid worldwide expansion of AI-enhanced surveillance. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Poverty of AI Pessimism]( [Jim O’Neill]( questions the increasingly popular sentiment that the technology will be economically destabilizing. [PS. Subscribe to PS Premium to receive your copy of PS Quarterly: At Arms.]( [The Ukraine-Russia Culture War]( [Yuriy Gorodnichenko]( and [Ilona Sologoub]( survey the heated battles that have been playing out far from the physical battlefield. [All Talk, No Dialogue on Asian Security]( [Richard Maude]( considers the implications of the complete collapse of defense diplomacy between the US and China. [PS Insider Interview: The View from Poland]( [The View from Poland]( [Adam Michnik]( is interviewed by [Irena Grudzińska Gross]( about recent domestic and geopolitical developments that will shape the country's future. [Sexism and Statelessness]( [Ottoline Spearman]( calls attention to the human-rights violations and hardships caused by gender-discriminatory nationality laws. [Seats of Power]( [Jan-Werner Mueller]( surveys how the design of legislative chambers represents – and facilitates – the political regime. [PS. Subscribe to PS Digital now.]( [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](.