Leonid Bershidsky

Bershidsky: Trump loses by punishing Germany on defense

March 20, 2017 at 4:22 p.m.

After meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Donald Trump has again usurped the agenda with a couple of outrageously ignorant tweets, saying that Germany "owes vast sums of money...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco on March 25, 2015.

Bershidsky: Facebook plans to rewire your life — be afraid

February 17, 2017 at 10:38 a.m.

Facebook is turning into something of an extraterritorial state run by a small, unelected government that relies extensively on privately held algorithms for social engineering.

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaks to journalists on Feb. 13 in Nice.

Bershidsky: France’s election is becoming a mud fight

February 13, 2017 at 1:11 p.m.

The final round of the French presidential election is just three months away, but the race is already dirtier than the one in the U.S. last year.

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Bershidsky: Why poker-winning artificial intelligence is not a threat to humans

February 4, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

I didn't worry too much when computers beat humans at checkers, chess or Go. It was only a matter of time before someone built a powerful computer with a vast...

Prime Minister Theresa May, with her husband Philip looking on, speaks with the press as they arrive at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday in London.

Bershidsky: Why women are winning at the politics game

July 16, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

Angela Merkel, Theresa May ... Hillary Clinton? The glass ceiling in politics can probably be declared broken, and it's time to consider what kind of change this brings to the...

Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, right, celebrates with members of Iceland's delegation at the end of the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between England and Iceland, at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, on June 27. Grimsson said the "Norwegian option" for the U.K. appeared to be a foregone conclusion. (Pavel Golovkin, Associated Press)

Bershidsky: Brexit without tears, Norway-style

July 2, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

There are a limited number of models for the U.K. to follow once it finds the resolve to start the secession talks.

People light candles in London on Friday in remembrance of Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed on the street a day earlier.

Bershidsky: How killings might affect voting in U.S., U.K.

June 18, 2016 at 8:17 a.m.

The shocking murder of British parliament member Jo Cox and the Orlando shootings were both hate crimes that defy political labels, whatever the professed motives of the killers. Nobody can...

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Bershidsky: The campaign that broke the U.S. two-party system

June 10, 2016 at 4:18 p.m.

U.S. democracy would be better served if politicians started acting as if there were more political parties -- which might be the case after this year's election.

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