December 27, 2019 | Astute News

US-India: Why 2+2 May Not Always Be 4

December 27, 2019 Opinion

To what extent External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s cancellation at the last minute of the scheduled meeting on Thursday with a Congressional panel in Washington, DC, was with an eye on Nagp…

Is China Beating America to AI Supremacy?

December 27, 2019 Opinion

Beijing is not just trying to master artificial intelligence—it is succeeding. AI will have as transformative an impact on commerce and national security over the next two decades as semiconductors, c…

The Revelations About Afghanistan Are Really About Us

December 27, 2019 Opinion

The WaPo revealed secret Pentagon reports telling us what we should already know. But they give us a vital lesson that journalists will never mention. Let’s learn, so that this shock can put us on the…

A Criminal State Under Investigation

December 27, 2019 Opinion

Reports from Israeli press outlets this weekend show that the Jewish State fears the ICC’s (International Criminal Court) decision to move forward with an investigation into whether Israel committed w…

An End to the World as We Know It?

December 27, 2019 Opinion

At the end of the nineteenth century, Lord Palmerston stated what he thought was obvious, that “England has no eternal friends, England has no perpetual enemies, England has only eternal and perpetual…

Is Donald Trump the Second 9/11? Or Is He the Third?

December 27, 2019 Opinion

Here's the question at hand -- and I guarantee you that you’ll read it here first: Is Donald Trump the second or even possibly the third 9/11? Because truly, he has to be one or the other. Let me expl…

Deep Truths of Deepfakes – Tech That Can Fool Anyone

December 27, 2019 Opinion

In order to develop a high-quality deepfake of an individual, developers need to accumulate tens of hours of video footage associated with the person whose face/voice is to be cloned, as well as a hum…

Inside the Battle for Another World

December 27, 2019 Opinion

A succession of social upheavals over the last decade has radically realigned political power throughout the world. As a result of these tectonic shifts, what had once been on the furthest fring…