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Ten ways to take down the political temperature

The intensification of political polarization in recent years has raised pressing concerns about the health of democratic discourse and the rise of political violence. Ash Center Senior Fellow Stephen Richer shares ten principles he believes provide a framework for fostering more constructive engagement: encouraging self-reflection, prioritizing substantive dialogue over hyperbole, and creating incentives that reward integrity and ideas rather than division.

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Digital Humanism: The Time Is Now

Digital Humanism: The Time Is Now

Digital humanism highlights the complex relationships between people, society, nature, and machines. It has been embraced by a growing community of individuals and groups who are setting directions that may change current paradigms. Here we focus on the initiatives generated by the Vienna Manifesto.

How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy

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How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy

“… for all the consternation over the potential for humans to be replaced by machines in formats like poetry and sitcom scripts, a far greater threat looms: artificial intelligence replacing humans in the democratic processes — not through voting, but through lobbying.”

Cryptocurrencies and National Security: The Case of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

Cryptocurrencies and National Security: The Case of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

This Article reviews the anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework and its application to cryptocurrencies. Then, it presents case studies demonstrating the important contributions that the AML/CFT toolkit has made to countries’ security.

What does it mean to have a strong multiracial democracy?

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What does it mean to have a strong multiracial democracy?

The Ash Center’s Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Archon Fung discuss how without a more robust commitment to upholding and protecting multiracial democracy, the United States won’t be able to solve its democratic backsliding.

Democracy on the (down) ballot

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Democracy on the (down) ballot

Ash panel unpacks election reforms at stake during the midterms