Author: Colin Henderson

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The wrong prescription for liberal democracy’s ills

Colin Henderson

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu’s call for a ‘working-class liberalism’ fails to address the underlying cause of liberal democracy’s woes: a lack of productivity. ~MARC LEVINSON SEPTEMBER 25, 2026~ Empty highway in the direction of Munich on a car-free Sunday during the oil crisis. What Happened to Liberal Democracy? Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity, Daron Acemoglu, Profile Books, £25 With a congressional election looming in November, Sarah Longwell, an American political consultant who is a voice for Republican opponents of Donald Trump, recently offered some unwelcome advice. Those who hope to deprive the president of his congressional majority, she … Continue reading The wrong prescription for liberal democracy’s ills

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Populists Are Losing Their War on Globalization

Colin Henderson

 Summarize ​ A decade after Brexit and Trump’s election, the global economy is more integrated than it was before the populist backlash began. Shawn DonnanOctober 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM EDT llustration: Iman Raad for Bloomberg The populist revolution in the Anglo world is about to turn 10, as we near a decade since the US election of Donald Trump. And the world hasn’t been quite the same since. The rise of the populists that started in June 2016, with the UK’s rebellion against its European Union-hugging elites and a vote for Brexit, was supposed to hasten the death of … Continue reading Populists Are Losing Their War on Globalization

Canada, Europe, Geopolitics, Military, NATO, UKLeave a comment

Kate Forbes: SNP can no longer afford to duck the defence debate

Colin Henderson

 Summarize Kate ForbesSaturday October 10 2026, 8.24pm BST, The Sunday Times ​ With warnings over Russia growing louder, Scotland must use its industrial strengths and confront hard questions on military readiness and nuclear deterrence Saturday October 10 2026, 8.24pm BST, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.” Those words are inscribed on the Kohima war memorial — the scene of one of the bloodiest engagements of the Second World War where the Allied forces halted the Japanese invasion of India. The memorial is dedicated to the soldiers of the 2nd British Division, including the Cameron Highlanders. The … Continue reading Kate Forbes: SNP can no longer afford to duck the defence debate

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Deep Dive Abdul Malik al Houthi

Colin Henderson

Abdul Malik al-Houthi had never met an international diplomat as he waited patiently outside his modest house in Yemen’s isolated north. It was April 2011, as Yemen was on the brink of all-out civil war with anti-government protests spreading across the Middle East. The United Nations envoy to the country at the time, Jamal Benomar, eventually arrived to meet the little-known commander of the Houthis, dismissed by many as ragtag militia. “The guy you meet is a gentleman, speaks with a soft voice, extremely polite,” recalled Benomar, who said he was the only diplomat known to have met al-Houthi in person. Fifteen years later, he … Continue reading Deep Dive Abdul Malik al Houthi

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“James Marriott

Colin Henderson

“James Marriott Monday October 5 2026, 7.54pm, The TimesTucker Carlson’s viral YouTube debate with Jacob Rees-Mogg — recommended to anyone looking for an entirely unedifying way to spend an hour online — pitted two styles of eccentric conservatism against each other. Rees-Mogg’s pantomime of establishment hauteur (enhanced by the interview’s “at home” setting, with its pink damask wallpaper, porcelain objets and gilt picture frames) versus the smarmy country club conspiracism that has made #Carlson one of the most popular broadcasters in America. The encounter will remind viewers how much stranger right-wing politics has grown over the past decade. Rees-Mogg was … Continue reading “James Marriott

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The Real Measure of an AI Factory: Productive Intelligence at Scale

Colin Henderson

 Summarize ​ By Chris Kawalek, Director of Product Marketing, NVIDIA Enterprises are putting AI to work in products and services, software development and business operations. According to a Gartner® survey, “75% of survey respondents said they were piloting, were deploying or had already deployed some form of AI agents into their organization.”1 AI has become a day-to-day resource that companies must manage effectively. Many are turning to AI factories: specialized production environments for intelligence. Like other factories, they transform raw materials—energy and data—into useful output. Their success depends on five interdependent layers: energy, chips, infrastructure, models and applications. Build the AI Factory … Continue reading The Real Measure of an AI Factory: Productive Intelligence at Scale

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Google’s James Manyika: The AI Industry Can’t Police Itself Alone

Colin Henderson

The longtime tech executive says AI’s risks are real, regulation is necessary and responsibility has to be shared across industry, government and society. October 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM EDT ​  ​From left: Manyika, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Hassabis. Photographer: Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images The longtime tech executive says AI’s risks are real, regulation is necessary and responsibility has to be shared across industry, government and society. October 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM EDT Amid growing concern over AI risks, top tech executives were summoned to the White House this week and agreed to President Donald Trump’s preferred alternative to federal regulation. … Continue reading Google’s James Manyika: The AI Industry Can’t Police Itself Alone

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“What this arrangement would look like is unclear. It has no legal framework yet. It could include allowing Canadians to live, study, and work in Europe visa free; Canadian businesses access to the European Investment Bank; and countries to form new defense partnerships with the North American nation.

Colin Henderson

But the details are almost secondary. Americans — including any closeted anti-Trump Republicans in Congress hoping for things to get back to normal once he leaves office — should see it and realize the damage is already done. The U.S. has rapidly transformed from a dependable guarantor of global security into a threat. Follow us on Apple News In his second term, Trump has put NATO in jeopardy, promising to pull the U.S. out of the alliance if other members don’t increase defense spending. He has used tariffs (or the potential of tariffs) to influence other countries’ domestic politics. He … Continue reading “What this arrangement would look like is unclear. It has no legal framework yet. It could include allowing Canadians to live, study, and work in Europe visa free; Canadian businesses access to the European Investment Bank; and countries to form new defense partnerships with the North American nation.

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Strategy and Contradiction: Towards a Theory of Strategic Judgement

Colin Henderson

M.L.R. Smith Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those derived from personal academic reflection. They do not represent or reflect any views or positions, either formal or informal, of any branch of the Commonwealth of Australia. Strategy is often understood as the intellectual process through which political purposes are related to the means available for their achievement, usually under conditions of uncertainty and opposition.[1] It is this understanding that provides the starting point for most strategic thought.[2] Conceiving strategy in these terms, however, invites an earlier question. Before political ends can be related to available means, before courses … Continue reading Strategy and Contradiction: Towards a Theory of Strategic Judgement

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“His comments are a reaction to an incident in which hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and hacked Hugging Face, the open-model platform Nvidia agreed to buy for $12.9 billion.

Colin Henderson

Huang calls that a containment failure, not a sign of bots gone wild.” If a product isn’t ready, he says, don’t ship it. And if labs can’t keep their experiments contained, they should shut down. He rejected calls from AI lab employees for regulation to help them slow down, arguing companies already have every incentive to act responsibly. Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue isn’t worried either. Mocking an ex-Anthropic researcher’s warnings, he posted on X: “Asking [him] about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change.” View on the original site.” Excerpt From “Nvidia’s Jensen Huang … Continue reading “His comments are a reaction to an incident in which hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and hacked Hugging Face, the open-model platform Nvidia agreed to buy for $12.9 billion.