To the public, AI has two faces: “Good AI” and “Bad AI”. Concerns about AI range from labor displacement to social manipulation to existential threat. Others see it as key to solving pressing global challenges. Without a better understanding of AI, popular anxiety may lead to policies...

Against romanticising democracy -- Wealth: the path to freedom? -- Voters are not stupid, but we do not know much -- Politicians are people, not angels -- For and against democratic peace -- Conclusion: Fukuyama's 'the end of history?' in social scientific retrospective.

In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...