Iran’s plot to kill John Bolton, future-proofing the labor force, and Germany’s murky energy and economic situation.
| Germany is now the fulcrum for Vladimir Putin’s pressure Due in part to cuts in natural gas supplies, Germany could be heading toward a severe recession and possibly even an economic crisis. Constanze Stelzenmüller writes that Russia is trying to get Germany to bend on energy consumption and explains how Berlin is responding to the situation. Read more |
| Preparing for the (non-existent?) future of work In a new working paper, Anton Korinek and Megan Juelfs analyze how to set up institutions that future-proof society for a scenario of ever-more-intelligent autonomous machines that substitute for human labor and drive down wages. Read more |
| Observations on Iran’s plot to kill John Bolton Earlier this week, the Department of Justice released a criminal complaint against Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, alleging that he attempted to orchestrate the murder of former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton. Despite failing, the plot is disturbing, and its implications deserve careful consideration by the Biden administration, argues Daniel Byman. Read on Lawfare |
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