OpenAI continues to attract tons of venture capital, its accumulated take reportedly hovering at $6.5 billion most recently. And a valuation that now exceeds $150 billion might appear to give the Microsoft and Softbank-backed startup an insurmountable advantage in the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) space. But emerging players like Paris-based Mistral AI and Tokyo-based Sakana … Read more
He doesn’t just break, he breaks new ground. Victor Montalvo, or “B-Boy Victor,” already the highest-ranked American male in the sport of breaking, accomplished a new feat last week, becoming the first U.S. athlete to win a medal in Olympic breaking, which debuted at the Paris Games. The 30-year-old brought bronze back to the United … Read more
Sister Wives star Kody Brown and his ex-wife Christine Brown still share something in common besides their six kids. Each found themselves nominated for prestigious awards after 18 seasons of their TLC series. Sister Wives: Kody Brown Became Notorious On Reality TV While Kody Brown and Christine Brown are up against some memorable names from … Read more
With all eyes on the ocean during the final day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Monday afternoon, a surprise guest made an appearance: a whale. A safe distance from athletes Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica, who were competing in a semifinal match, a whale breached and … Read more
This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. When one thinks of Latin America from outside the region, they seem to be faced with a group of homogeneous countries, with similar language, culture and history. However, despite the links that unite them, the interests of … Read more
This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. One of the founding fathers of geopolitics, Mackinder (1904), emphasizes the importance of Central Asia for the command in the world because of its location in the center of Eurasia. Similarly, Brzezinski (1997) highlights the geopolitical role … Read more
This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. For decades, scholars have written on the decline of the United States (US), the rise of China, and the seemingly inevitable hegemonic competition between the powers as the international system morphs from a period of post-Cold War … Read more
This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. The rise of China and the US response to it is probably the most important issue of our times from the perspective of global politics. In this collection of articles, we plan to make a modest contribution to … Read more