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New McCain Institute Report Highlights Lessons in Protecting Democracy in Europe
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2025) – The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) released a report titled, “Addressing the Shrinking…
Press Releases
Amb. Roger D. Carstens Joins McCain Institute as Distinguished Senior Fellow
Former special presidential envoy for hostage affairs announced as inaugural John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners distinguished senior fellow WASHINGTON,…
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McCain Institute Panel at SXSW® Highlights Youth Leaders Fighting Authoritarianism
  Pro-democracy activists spoke out about how young people are fighting authoritarianism in Hong Kong, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, and the United…
Blog
Psybernomics: Latent Human Potential and The Role of AI in Society
In the season one finale of Westworld, Dr. Ford confronts an AI host, Dolores, revealing that her autonomy is not…
Blog
Psybernomics: From Enigma to AI: Decoding Patterns That Shape Our World
In 1942, the Enigma machine stood as the beating heart of Germany’s war effort, its coded messages a lifeline to…
Blog
Psybernomics: The Ethics of Optimization: What Do We Lose When AI Prioritizes Efficiency?
Agent Smith, in The Matrix, describes the first Matrix as a perfect world—a simulated utopia designed for human contentment. It…
Press Releases
McCain Institute Launches Artificial Intelligence Blog Series
Blog series calls for transparency and accountability in AI development WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2025) – The McCain Institute at…
Press Releases
VIDEO: McCain Institute Honors Second Annual Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day at US State Department
Pedro Pizano, assistant director of the John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative and Global Democracy Programs at the McCain…
Blog
Burma’s Doh Ayay Rings On: Four Years Since the Coup
May Soe Min in 2005, 2 years old, New Delhi, India Before I could take my first steps, my parents…
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: What is Good Governance?
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operation are cutting government institutions and agencies to carry out the…
Op-Ed
ICYMI: McCain Institute’s Laura Thornton Op-Ed in Civil Georgia: “How Can the Protestors Win?”
McCain Institute Senior Director of Global Democracy Programs Laura Thornton compares democracy protest movements in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Bangladesh…
Op-Ed
Op-ed: Supporting Freedom and a Foreign Aid Freeze are Incompatible — But Perhaps the Point? A Case Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 13, 2025) — McCain Institute Senior Director of Global Democracy Laura Thornton wrote an op-ed published by Just Security…
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