Podcasts
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Europe’s Defense Reality Check (w/ Joshua Huminski)
Europe’s Defense Reality Check (w/ Joshua Huminski | RSS.com Over four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western intelligence agencies have begun issuing public warnings about the threat of a Russian escalation against NATO before the end of the decade. With Washington seeking to reduce its conventional forces on the continent and weapon delivery
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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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