Alan S. Kahan

Dec 8, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Henry Farrell |Abraham L. Newman |Sergey Radchenko |Alan S. Kahan

The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers. In a revelatory book, Farrell and Newman describe how the United States has turned its control over information networks into a hidden tool of economic domination—and warn of the risks of Washington’s weaponization of data power for ordinary people, as well as for the global financial system.

Aug 20, 2024 | americanaffairsjournal.org | Gregory Conti |Darrin M. McMahon |Alan S. Kahan |Gianna Englert

REVIEW ESSAYEquality: The History of an Elusive Ideaby Darrin M. McMahonBasic Books, 2023, 528 pagesFreedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalismby Alan S. KahanPrinceton University Press, 2023, 528 pagesDemocracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrageby Gianna EnglertOxford University Press, 2024, 224 pagesToday, many self-described liberals in the professions—including in my world of academic political philosophy—inhabit what the histo­rian Darrin M.

Jul 25, 2024 | link.aps.org | Alan S. Kahan |Ciudad Universitaria |Cecilia Cormick

Dissipative quantum systems can under appropriate conditions exhibit bi- or multipartite entanglement at the steady state. The presence and properties of these quantum correlations depend on the relevant model parameters. Here, we characterize the steady-state entanglement in connection with the spatial structure of a small chain of three ions dispersively coupled with a pumped optical cavity.

Sep 12, 2023 | lawliberty.org | Alan S. Kahan |David Osborne |Mark Pulliam

Alexis de Tocqueville was a lawyer. Although by all accounts he was not a courtroom star, his brief legal career (he spent 4 years as the equivalent of an assistant public prosecutor) left a strong mark on him. Wherever he travelled, and whatever he wrote, he paid considerable attention to the judicial system.