The Republic is a journal published by The Palantir Foundation, featuring commentary and essays on technology, national security policy, and international affairs.
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Deterrence Deferred. For Now.
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Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every…
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AI Workforce Policy as an Economic and National Security Imperative A procurement request triggers a chain of events. Within seconds, one AI agent begins drafting requirements while a second queries suppliers, a third negotiates pricing, and a fourth flags regulatory…
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The question has become inescapable: What happens to the American worker when AI stops augmenting and starts replacing? To answer it well requires we ask a preceding — and likely more difficult — question: What first principles should govern human…
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A charismatic Shi’ite leader seizes power in Iran by harnessing fervent popular movements and channeling rage at a decaying old regime. Once in control, he imposes Twelver Shi’ism on the population, purging dissenters and persecuting religious minorities with spectacular cruelty.…
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Writing for Foreign Affairs in 2024, Daniel Drezner gave a famous lament with his piece “Everything Became National Security,” arguing that every dimension of strategic, economic, and social weal was being erroneously linked back to concepts of national security in…
