Kieron O'Hara
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AI: Space Race or Arms Race?
In her Regius Lecture at the University of Southampton, Verity Harding, author of AI Needs You, set up two competing views of the geopolitics of …
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The Witches’ Sabbath Today
While reading Jan Philipp Reemtsma’s interesting book Trust and Violence, published in English translation by Princeton University Press in 2012, I came across his description …
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Who Are the Extremists?
The American Democratic Party is trying to get its act together ready for the mid-terms next year. The headwinds against it are pretty powerful, and …
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Gaza: Genocide or Not?
There is debate about whether the Israeli Defence Forces’ pounding of Gaza should be counted as a genocide or not. A lot hangs on it, …
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How Brexit Was Scuppered By a Lack of Trust
In an extract from my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I describe how social and political trust are essential for cross-party, multi-electoral projects which chart a nation’s …
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Trustworthy Supply of Information
In an extract from my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I describe the characteristics of a trustworthy supplier of information or news. These characteristics don’t seem …
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The MAGA Philosophy in 5 Minutes
For anyone confused by the MAGA philosophy, its foundations were neatly encapsulated over 50 years ago in 5 minutes, 7 seconds of music by the …
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Norms, the Elites and the Defence of the Realm
In my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I try to debunk the excessive pessimism of a recent book review by The Economist’s Free Exchange columnist. The …
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Why Am I Reminded of the Hitler-Stalin Pact?
I’m not sure any country, however troubled, has fallen from democracy to gangster state in such a short period of time. It’s too early to …
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The Rediscovery of Cledwyn Hughes
I am thrilled that the mercurial Anglo-Welsh writer Cledwyn Hughes is being rediscovered; particularly happy as I am his son-in-law. Partly thanks to the efforts …
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Guns Before Butter?
The left is keen to sever connections with the gangsterish new American administration, de Gaulle-style. Indeed – at a minimum, Europe must be able to …
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Peace and Betrayal
The outlines for peace in Ukraine have been clear for a couple of years now – unsatisfactory, but the only sustainable solution. It needed muscle …
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