In his recent book Political Automation: An Introduction to AI in Government and Its Impact on Citizens (Oxford University Press, 2025), Professor Eduardo Albrecht explores the tension between technology and government. Rather than treating artificial intelligence as a tool to be regulated within existing democratic frameworks, he approaches it as a structural force that is quietly reconfiguring political power itself.
AI policy research paper selected by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) for the 2025 Global Conference on AI, Security, and Ethics in Geneva.
The operation in Venezuela is less about domestic regime change and more about whether the United States can still act unilaterally without triggering retaliation. The response—or lack thereof—will signal whether United States military primacy remains uncontested.
Recent U.S. tariff actions in Latin America function primarily as short-cycle bargaining tools rather than components of a unified hemispheric trade framework. Increased U.S. activity in Latin America aligns with a transactional foreign-policy operating model rather than a reallocation of strategic focus away from other regions.
A historic moment for Lebanon: from collapse to recovery, if it seizes the chance. This analysis traces the road to collapse and outlines the narrow path to sovereignty, stability, and reform."
How the EU’s fragmented COVID-19 response revealed deep structural limits, and why future coherence in diplomacy and security depends on learning the right lessons about trust, sovereignty, and institutional reform.
An analysis of New York’s Naloxone-based response to the opioid crisis, framed through SDG 3.5 and the WHO health systems framework. The piece highlights how localized harm reduction can inform broader public health strategy and global health policy alignment.
