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August 10, 2026: Blame Russia for Everything
Russia Decoded This week, Vesti devoted its Europe report to a single accusation: that a failing European political class blames Moscow for every crisis that it has created itself, from migrants surging into Ceuta to vineyards burning in France and Germany’s self-imposed energy shock. All of it, the program insists, is unfairly laid at Russia’s
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The Neutrality Trap (w/ Isaac Stone Fish)
Three Questions The era of corporate activism is fading. On most issues, this shift toward political neutrality is welcome, but not when the issue is China. Virtually every major global firm now carries dependencies on both Washington and Beijing, and in a genuine crisis, both governments will move to leverage those dependencies to their own
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August 3, 2026: So Many Ways to Go Wrong
Russia Decoded The Russia-Ukraine war is no longer contained to Ukraine, and the number of theaters now capable of pulling in one another, from Kyiv to Tehran, is growing faster than anyone’s ability to manage them. Was Ukraine’s recent strike on an Iranian vessel intended as a message for Donald Trump, and why did it
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July 27, 2026: Rallying Around the Flag
Russia Decoded This week’s Vesti Nedeli broadcast focused not on victory but on hardship. Russian correspondents fanned out from Volgograd to Vladivostok to report on fuel shortages, ten-day blackouts in Crimea, and the sixth successful Ukrainian strike on the warehouses of Russia’s largest online retailer. After four years in which most Russians have experienced the
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The Cost of Second Place in the AI Race (w/ Jamil Jaffer)
Three Questions For years, American labs held an uncontested lead in artificial intelligence. That is no longer obviously true: Chinese open-weight models have closed much of the gap, and by some measures have pulled ahead. The stakes are not merely commercial. Whoever leads sets the terms for what the world runs on, who gets access
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