Our picksWhite nationalism’s deep American roots; suing gun manufacturers; AI arms race, and more
· Russia’s next land grab won’t be in an ex-Soviet state. It will be in Europe.
· White nationalism’s deep American roots
· What will really determine the winner of the U.S.-China rivalry over A.I.?
· This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.
· Trump’s biker threat came from the Putin playbook, but tweet deleted after mosque massacre
· Connecticut Supreme Court issues stunning decision allowing Sandy Hook families to sue gun manufacturer
· Russia racing to complete national AI strategy by June 15
· Shady contractors benefit from Trump’s mass detention policy
Russia’s next land grab won’t be in an ex-Soviet state. It will be in Europe. (Mikheil Saakashvili, Foreign Policy)
First he came for Georgia, then for Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s next target is likely to be a non-NATO nation in the EU.
White nationalism’s deep American roots (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic)
A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it
What will really determine the winner of the U.S.-China rivalry over A.I.? (Anne-Marie Slaughter, Slate)
The answer goes far beyond access to data.
This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned. (Sean Illing, Vox)
Deeyah Khan, a Muslim woman, met her enemies — and came away more hopeful than ever.
Trump’s biker threat came from the Putin playbook, but tweet deleted after mosque massacre (anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast)
Oops. Trump threatened biker violence against leftists, then deleted the tweet after the New Zealand mosque massacre manifesto praised him as a ‘symbol of renewed white identity.’
Connecticut Supreme Court issues stunning decision allowing Sandy Hook families to sue gun manufacturer (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
On Thursday, the Connecticut Supreme Court put the gun industry on notice: If you advertise your weapons as alluring tools for mass slaughter, you will face consequences—at least in this state.
Russia racing to complete national AI strategy by June 15 (Samuel Bendett, Defense One)
That’s just one of several high-tech deadlines Putin set recently.
Shady contractors benefit from Trump’s mass detention policy (Mallory Miller and Kendyl Salito, National Interest)
It is time for Congress to amend existing legislation that creates accountability of the government’s business partners, making contractors adhere to the constitution and to protective human-rights laws, just like federal employees must do.
