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We’ve Had Killer Drones for Years. Now the Pentagon Wants Robot Generals, Too.

September 2, 2020

Strategists are seriously arguing that battlefield assessment — including for nuclear warfare — should increasingly be delegated to machines.

The Beginning of the End for Oil?

April 29, 2020

Deadly, disruptive, and economically devastating as COVID-19 has proved to be, in retrospect it may turn out to have had at least this one silver lining.

Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Eye on China

June 12, 2019

The Pentagon may be burned by the war on terror, but it's obsessively preparing for a high-intensity conflict with China or Russia.

“Alexa, Launch Our Nukes!”

December 19, 2018

Within a few short years, crucial warfighting decisions — even whether to launch a nuclear weapon — could be made by autonomous machines.

The New Cold War Is a Lot More Dangerous Than the Old

November 1, 2018

Three superpowers now face off along multiple fronts, even as they dismantle the tools that prevented escalation in the past.

The Pentagon Is Planning a Three-Front ‘Long War’ Against China and Russia

April 4, 2018

If you thought the "global war on terror" was a significant overreach for a single power, just wait.

Trump’s ‘America Third’ Foreign Policy

February 15, 2017

Despite Trump's tough talk, his crude and narrow vision of foreign policy has created huge opportunities for China and Russia.

The Old Oil Order Is Collapsing

May 5, 2016

If even Saudi Arabia is ready to move away from its reliance on petroleum, we're indeed entering a new world — one in which the titans of oil production will no longer hold sway over our lives.

Let Them Eat Carbon

June 2, 2014

Like Big Tobacco, Big Energy targets the developing world for future profits.

Surviving Climate Change: Towards a Climate Revolution

November 22, 2013

Is a green energy revolution on the global agenda?