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A Wall Street Journal Bestseller 'IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY' FINANCIAL TIMES Three of
our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human
society - and what it means for us all. An AI learned to win chess
by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI
discovered a new antibiotic by analysing molecular properties human
scientists did not understand. Now, AI-powered jets are defeating
experienced human pilots in simulated dogfights. AI is coming
online in searching, streaming, medicine, education, and many other
fields and, in so doing, transforming how humans are experiencing
reality. In The Age of AI, three leading thinkers have come
together to consider how AI will change our relationships with
knowledge, politics, and the societies in which we live. The Age of
AI is an essential roadmap to our present and our future, an era
unlike any that has come before.
This book describes the impact of nuclear weapons on U.S. foreign
policy and attempts to modify assumptions about war, diplomacy and
the nature of peace. It sets the considerations on which policy and
strategy may be based and the pitfall of traditional concepts about
the nature of security.
In this book Professor Kissinger examines the framework of our
foreign policy, the stresses to which that framework is being
subjected, and the prospects for world order in an era of high
international tension. The three essays were written before
Professor Kissinger took leave from Harvard to serve as Assistant
to President Nixon for National Sec
Concern about the threat posed by nuclear weapons has preoccupied
the United States and presidents of the United States since the
beginning of the nuclear era. Nuclear Security draws from papers
presented at the 2013 meeting of the American Nuclear Society
examining worldwide efforts to control nuclear weapons and ensure
the safety of the nuclear enterprise of weapons and reactors
against catastrophic accidents. The distinguished contributors, all
known for their long-standing interest in getting better control of
the threats posed by nuclear weapons and reactors, discuss what we
can learn from past successes and failures and attempt to identify
the key ingredients for a road ahead that can lead us toward a
world free of nuclear weapons. The authors review historical
efforts to deal with the challenge of nuclear weapons, with a focus
on the momentous arms control negotiations between U.S. president
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. They offer specific
recommendations for reducing risks that should be adopted by the
nuclear enterprise, both military and civilian, in the United
States and abroad. Since the risks posed by the nuclear enterprise
are so high, they conclude, no reasonable effort should be spared
to ensure safety and security.
Former Nixon and Reagan cabinet member George Shultz offers his
views on how to govern more effectively, get our economy back on
track, take advantage of new opportunities in the energy field,
combat the use of addictive drugs, apply a strategic overview to
diplomacy, and identify necessary steps to achieve a world without
nuclear weapons. If we can successfully handle each of these
issues, Shultz explains, we in the United States and people in the
rest of the world will have the prospect of a better future.
Years before he was Secretary of State and winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize, Henry Kissinger wrote "A World Restored" to understand
and explain one of history's most important and dramatic periods-a
time when Europe went from political chaos to a balanced peace that
lasted for almost a hundred years.
After the fall of Napoleon, European diplomats gathered in a
festive Vienna with the task of restoring stability following the
French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire. The central figures at the Congress of Vienna
were the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Viscount
Castlereagh and the Foreign Minister of Austria Klemens Wenzel von
Mettern Metternich. Castlereagh was primarily concerned with
maintaining balanced powers, while Metternich based his diplomacy
on the idea of legitimacy-that is, establishing and working with
governments that citizens accept without force. The peace they
brokered lasted until the outbreak of World War I.
Through trenchant analysis of the history and forces that create
stability, "A World Restored" gives insight into how to create
long-lasting geopolitical peace-lessons that Kissinger saw as
applicable to the period immediately following World War II, when
he was writing this book.
But the lessons don't stop there. Like all good insights, the
book's wisdom transcends any single political period. Kissinger's
understanding of coalitions and balance of power can be applied to
personal and professional situations, such as dealing with a
tyrannical boss or coworker or formulating business or
organizational tactics.
Regardless of his ideology, Henry Kissinger has had an important
impact on modern politics and few would dispute his brilliance as a
strategist. For anyone interested in Western history, the tactics
of diplomacy, or political strategy, this volume will provide deep
understanding of a pivotal time.
Additional Contributors Include T. E. Utley, Don K. Price And
Others.
Additional Contributors Include Denis Healey, Robert Strausz-Hupe,
Herbert Von Borch, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include O. H. K. Spate, Morton Grodzins, T.
R. Fyvel, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Jacques Leclercq, Arthur J.
Brodbeck, Eric Weil And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Bruno Fonzi, W. W. Rostow, Lewis
Galantiere, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include David Cavers, E. W. F. Tomlin,
Samuel K. Allison, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Shields Warren, Dominique Dubarle,
James G. Beckerley, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Leo Silberman De Villiers, Guido
Calogero, Morton White, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Russell Kirk, D. V. Gundappa,
Milton Katz, Norberto Bobbio, And Others.
Additional Contributors Include Vittorio De Caprariis, Byron
Dexter, Bertrand De Louvenel, And Others.
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