The Weekly Leaf
This week, the U.S. pushed back against Russian influence operations in the 2024 presidential election through indictments, sanctions, and the seizure of internet domains; international mediators attempted to finalize a new cease-fire proposal in the wake of the killing of six hostages by Hamas; and President Xi Jinping hosted more than 50 African leaders in Beijing.
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This Week's Content Highlights
Features from Aspen Strategy Group Members
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. for Project Syndicate: “U.S. Foreign Policy in 2025”
Condoleezza Rice interviewed in a Special Report by Bret Baier for Fox News
Chris Brose, Phoebe Greentree, David Byrd, Masashi Murano, and moderator Kenneth R. Weinstein at the Hudson Institute: “AUKUS Pillar 2: New Partners and Opportunities”
Elizabeth Economy quoted by The Wire: “China Policy: What Comes Next?”
Michael Froman and presider Margaret E. Richardson at the Council on Foreign Relations
Jane Harman interviewed by Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz for Bloomberg Balance of Power: “Harman on Wartime Shakeup Amid Kuleba's Resignation”
David Ignatius for The Washington Post: “No Manhattan Project for AI, but Maybe a Los Alamos”
Nicholas Kristof for The New York Times: “Is Europe a Model for America? Or a Warning?”
Susan Rice and moderator Ryan Hass at the Brookings Institution: “Lessons in Leadership at Home and Abroad”
David E. Sanger, Ronen Bergman, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman, and Julian E. Barnes for The New York Times: “With Hopes Frayed in Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Mediators Plan a New Push”
Frances F. Townsend and Mark D. Wallace for the Counter Extremism Project: "CEP Statement on Executions of Hostages by Hamas"
Tweet of the Week
Rising Leaders Program Highlights
Features from ASG Rising Leaders
Jeff Alstott (‘21) interviewed by Gregory C. Allen for the CSIS AI Policy Podcast: “The Past, Present, and Future of Technology Forecasting”
Liana Fix (‘23) and Heidi Crebo-Rediker for Foreign Affairs: “China’s Double Threat to Europe”
Daniel Lippman (‘22) interviewed by Times Radio
Helen Toner ('21) included in this year's TIME100 Most Influential People in AI
Things to Know
Content Relevant to Aspen Security Forum Discussions
Julian E. Barnes. Glenn Thrush, and Steven Lee Myers for The New York Times: “U.S. Announces Plan to Counter Russian Influence Ahead of 2024 Election”
Nicholas Burns interviewed by Ravi Agrawal for Foreign Policy: “The China Challenge”
Guy Chazan for the Financial Times: “The Choice Facing Germany’s Far Right: Radicalism or Power”
Alex de Waal for The Times: “Africa’s Forever War: How Sudan Descended Into Hell — Again”
Keith Johnson for Foreign Policy: “The Arctic Great Game Won’t Be Won in U.S. Shipyards”
Lynn Kuok for Foreign Affairs: “America Is Losing Southeast Asia”
Becky Peterson and Micah Maidenberg for The Wall Street Journal: “SpaceX Pulls Employees From Brazil, Discourages Travel There, as Musk Battles Court Over X”
Michael Schuman for The Atlantic: “The Challenge of Negotiating With Xi Jinping”
Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang for The Washington Post: “China Pledges $50B and 1M Jobs in Renewed Outreach to Africa”
A.G. Sulzberger for The Washington Post: "How the Quiet War Against Press Freedom Could Come to America"
Benjamin Tallis for the German Council on Foreign Relations: “The End of the Zeitenwende”
From the Archives
Revisit our conversation on AI, export controls, the future of U.S. policy toward China, and more from the 2024 Aspen Security Forum.
Stephen Biegun, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Alan F. Estevez, Under Secretary of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Eric Schmidt, Chair, Special Competitive Studies Project; Former CEO of Google
Moderator: Demetri Sevastopulo, U.S.-China Correspondent, Financial Times
Book of the Week
By Christine Rosen
“We embraced the mediated life—from Facetune and Venmo to meme culture and the Metaverse—because these technologies offer novelty and convenience. But they also transform our sense of self and warp the boundaries between virtual and real. What are the costs? Who are we in a disembodied world?
In The Extinction of Experience, Christine Rosen investigates the cultural and emotional shifts that accompany our embrace of technology. In warm, philosophical prose, Rosen reveals key human experiences at risk of going extinct, including face-to-face communication, sense of place, authentic emotion, and even boredom. Considering cultural trends, like TikTok challenges and mukbang, and politically unsettling phenomena, like sociometric trackers and online conspiracy culture, Rosen exposes an unprecedented shift in the human condition, one that habituates us to alienation and control. To recover our humanity and come back to the real world, we must reclaim serendipity, community, patience, and risk.”
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