Richard Haass: Will Ukraine Survive?

with Dani Rodrik, Slavoj Žižek, Yun Sun, and more The Sunday Newsletter [View this message in a web browser]( [PS on Sunday]( FEBRUARY 11, 2024 This week at [Project Syndicate]( Richard Haass worries what the Ukraine war's third year will bring; Nouriel Roubini wonders whether artificial intelligence will get the chance to overcome human stupidity; Carla Norrlöf examines the implications of US President Joe Biden's new sanctions on Israeli settlers committing violence in the West Bank; and more. Politics & World Affairs [Will Ukraine Survive?]( [Richard Haass]( takes stock of the country's successes and challenges as Russia's war of aggression heads into its third year. Innovation & Technology [Artificial Intelligence vs. Human Stupidity]( [Nouriel Roubini]( explains what to bear in mind when navigating the debate about new technologies and their potential. Keep Your SSN off the Dark Web Every day, data brokers profit from your sensitive info, selling your phone number, your date of birth, and even your social security number to the highest bidder. And who’s buying it? Best case: companies seeking to target you with ads. Worst case: scammers and identity thieves. It's time you [check out Incogni](. It scrubs your personal data from the web, confronting the world’s data brokers on your behalf. Unlike other services, Incogni [helps remove your sensitive information]( from all broker types, including those tricky People Search Sites. [Sign up now]( for a special 50% discount off an annual plan and help protect yourself from identity theft, spam calls, and health insurers raising your rates. Sponsored by Incogni Politics & World Affairs [Settler Sanctions and the Liberal International Order]( [Carla Norrlöf]( explains the importance of new US measures against individuals committing violence in the West Bank. Economics & Finance [America's Emulation of China Calls for New Rules]( [Dani Rodrik]( thinks both countries would benefit from recognizing that their economic policies are converging. [PS Longer Reads: The Rise of Consumer Crypto]( [The Rise of Consumer Crypto]( [Steve Kaczynski]( and [Scott Duke Kominers]( detail a wide range of business uses for non-fungible tokens and other blockchain-based technologies. Economics & Finance [The Danger of Forgetting the 2023 Banking Crisis]( [Raghuram G. Rajan]( and [Viral V. Acharya]( worry that smaller banks’ troubles remain unresolved, and that the episode perpetuated moral hazard. Politics & World Affairs [Lenin’s Lesson for Israel and Ukraine]( [Slavoj Žižek]( sees in the Bolshevik leader's principled pragmatism a political legacy that is relevant in many places today. [PS Big Picture: Defensive Democracy]( [Defensive Democracy]( [Joseph S. Nye, Jr.]( [Daniela Schwarzer]( [Jan-Werner Mueller]( and more assess efforts to ban candidates and political parties from democratic elections. Economics & Finance [Will Turkey Remain Committed to Economic Reform?]( [Selva Demiralp]( cautions that, while the country has begun to enjoy the fruits of normalization, inflation is proving persistent. Politics & World Affairs [Why China Won't Fight the Houthis]( [Yun Sun]( says that Chinese policy toward the Middle East is shaped primarily by the great-power rivalry with the US. [PS Say More: Robert Skidelsky on Keynes, AI, the future of work, and more]( [Robert Skidelsky on Keynes, AI, the future of work, and more]( [Robert Skidelsky]( says the best way to secure supply chains, highlights three grave risks posed by artificial intelligence, and more. Politics & World Affairs [Are Pakistan and Iran on the Brink of War?]( [Shahid Javed Burki]( worries about the implications of recent cross-border strikes by both regional powers. Economics & Finance [What Is the Fed Thinking?]( [J. Bradford DeLong]( worries that the central bank is keeping monetary policy too restrictive for the macroeconomic situation. [PS. Sign up for PS newsletter to stay up to date on the most important global issues.]( 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.org](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](