Timothy Garton Ash
Historian of contemporary Europe at the University of Oxford who writes about Europe, Germany, Ukraine and free speech in his newsletter History of the Present.
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Europe's central response to Russia's hybrid attacks should be to redouble its support for Ukraine.
Their wordsWhile we in the rest of Europe must prepare as best we can to defend ourselves against every kind of hybrid attack, the central thrust of our response should be to redouble our support for Ukraine.
↗The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukrainetimothygartonash.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsSome in Asia might question that large claim, but certainly Russia is the most dangerous country for Europe.
↗The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukrainetimothygartonash.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Germany has a unique historical responsibility to help defend a free and sovereign Ukraine.
Their wordsIn the first year of this war, I argued that Germany “has a unique historical responsibility to help defend a free and sovereign Ukraine”.
↗The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukrainetimothygartonash.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI’ve no idea what the p(doom) is, but I’m sure the p(somedisaster) is over 90%.
↗Are we heading for an AI Hiroshima?timothygartonash.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsUnlike with nuclear weapons, there’s also no obvious logic of ‘mutually assured destruction’ to tame the fierce geopolitical competition between the United States and China.
↗Are we heading for an AI Hiroshima?timothygartonash.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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A single AI disaster is unlikely to be enough to make humanity act together to control AI.
Their wordsIt therefore seems unlikely that just one disaster will be enough to bring us humans to our senses, acting together to control the superhuman power we are creating.
↗Are we heading for an AI Hiroshima?timothygartonash.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece