HeyJaredDown the Hall: The VP Weekly
All about vice presidents (and comparable positions) past, present, and future here in the U.S. and around the world.
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When Veeps Go to China: Relationship Management (opens the original)
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Earlier this week, we looked at the roles Nixon (as VP) and Agnew (Nixon’s VP) played in U.S.-China policy. On one level, it wasn’t much. When Nixon was VP, the U.S. did not have a diplomatic relationship with China. But, Nixon did learn about diplomacy and how the lack of communication between the U.S. and China distorted U.S. foreign policy. It also highlights how an engaged vice presidency can prepare someone to be president. We’ll see that again in this post.Agnew, on the other hand, was the
When Veeps Go To China (opens the original)
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Last week, Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping spent the day together. I’m sure they had a nice time. Trump got the pomp he clearly loves, while Xi enjoyed appearing to own his greatest diplomatic rival. But beyond Xi sending a pair of pandas to the U.S. there wasn’t much movement on the many substantial issues between the U.S. and China.Given the importance of the U.S.-China relationship, I thought I’d take a look at vice presidents and China. We’ve written on the <a href="https://aaron
South Sudan's Game of Veeps (opens the original)
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This was originally posted about a year ago. I’m re-upping because the president of South Sudan just dissolved the government, fired the head of the election authority, and fired all of the vice presidents (they have a bunch—see below). This is bad for South Sudan, which has struggled with tribal divisions to establish a stable government. But it’s also in a rough neighborhood. Nearby Somalia remains rife with insurgency and terrorism. Just to the north, Sudan is experiencing genocide, while Eth
Are we all gonna die? AI Risk and Risk Perception (opens the original)
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Given that a bunch of techlords, who have been pushing AI on us, are now warning that AI could kill us all—I thought I’d re-up this post on technology and risk perception.I predicted a backlash against the tech industry in a 2018 paper that urged tech companies needed to invest in risk communication and build trust. I argued that the “move fast and break things” ethos would eventually break things and hurt people. When that happened, people would lash out at the industry. I used
9/11 Finding Help and Hope (opens the original)
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Last year for 9/11 I re-upped something I wrote three years ago. It’s about looking for hope, which is always something in need. In Plato’s dialogue The Republic, the elder Cephalus quotes the poet Pindar who describes hope as a sweet nurse and trusted pilot for the aged. We all need hope, now and always.I’ll add only this to what I’ve written before. Earlier this year I visited New York and spent time at the 9/11 Memorial and looked over the lists of names: the firefighters and cops, the names
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