While no one expects ideological convergence any time soon, both sides are inching (centimetering?) towards each other.   European leaders are trying to avoid placing too many restrictions on AI to encourage innovation, while American regulators are quietly borrowing some European ideas on transparency and accountability.  If there will be convergence, it will be through trade, as American products will be made according to stricter guidelines...

Last week, New York City's Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani visited the White House, and pundits on both sides were predicting an epic ideological showdown between, depending on who you follow, the unbridled opportunities of capitalism and the abject poverty of socialism, or vice versa.  Of course, nothing happened, except Trump oddly fawning over Mamdani, but that’s for another article.

On Monday, UK Home Secretary Shabina Mahmood announced planned updates to the UK’s asylum system. Already, the debate is fracturing into its familiar trenches. On the left, some argue that it's inhumane. On the right, others claim it does not go far enough. Both miss the core point: the public has lost confidence in the current system. Any government refusing to make the system fit for purpose would be kicked out at the next election or, worse, completely wiped out.   A YouGo