The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Foreign Affairs
In October, Mexico will have its first female president in Claudia Sheinbaum. A former liberal activist, she has spent academic years (1991-94) in the San Francisco Bay area and speaks English. She has already spoken at length—sans interpreter– with President Biden. That helps.
“We need to ensure and safeguard a space for proper human control over the choices made by artificial intelligence programs: Human dignity itself depends on it.” That was Pope Francis in an address to the G7 summit in Italy.
Thailand will allow same-sex marriage. It is the third Asian country to do so. The others: Nepal and Taiwan.
Iran’s crackdown—via its oxymoronic “morality police”—on women not adhering to dress codes. What would Allah say? Hopefully, “Are you kidding me?”