A New Age of Nations: Power and Advantage in the AI Era | Rand Corporation

*Excerpt from the report:* By the late 1860s, the leaders of Japan began taking seriously trends around their region and the world and recognized that they were in deep trouble. A scientific, technological, economic, and industrial revolution was transforming several leading powers, most especially the United Kingdom. In the nations that led this conversion, groups of scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and…