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So the other day I wrote a post about how humanity is inevitably going to be disempowered by the existence of AI. A bunch of people wrote to me and asked me: “What made you change your mind?”. Three years ago, shortly after the release of the original ChatGPT, I wrote a post about how The post Looks like AI is an existential threat after all appeared first on Asia Times.

India’s move to expand its Rafale fleet comes as it weighs recent combat lessons, urgent force-structure shortfalls, and longer-term strategic ties with France in a rapidly shifting regional security environment. This month, the Indian Ministry of Defense and multiple media outlets reported that India has cleared the way for a landmark purchase of 114 French-built The post India doubling down on Rafales despite combat loss appeared first on Asia Times.

Washington’s 2025 strike on Iran, the raid to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early 2026 and its renewed interest in acquiring Greenland have clarified the country’s international priorities. Meanwhile, securing Ukraine’s independence, once a defining rallying cry of the liberal world order, has slipped to a second-tier concern, but remains central for Europe. Equally The post Can Europe reassert itself after Ukraine? appeared first on Asia Times.

Russian state media outlet RT posted on X about the US Treasury Department’s new “Venezuela General License 48,” which allows US companies to provide “goods, technology, software, or services for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in Venezuela,” with two conditions attached. The first is that any contract their partners enter into The post US paving way for India’s shift from Russia to Venezuela oil appeared first on Asia Times.