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My Chat(GPT) with Winston Churchill
AI allows the Prime Minister to offer his thoughts on Joe Rogan, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and artificial intelligence itself.
May 12, 2025
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Richard Hurowitz
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Wise Man: George P. Shultz on Trump, Russia, and America's Greatest Challenges
"Let’s be realists. That doesn’t mean when you see an opportunity you don’t recognize it, but be realistic about what’s going on."
Jun 12, 2025
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Richard Hurowitz
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The State and Art of Storytelling
A Conversation with Deborah Treisman, fiction editor of The New Yorker
Jul 28, 2025
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Richard Hurowitz
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Putin in His Labyrinth: Alexander Gabuev on the View from Moscow
Mar 14, 2022
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Jonathan Tepperman
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The Bear Breaks Down: Andrei Soldatov on Russia’s Self-Destruction
Apr 1, 2022
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Jonathan Tepperman
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Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey
Aug 12, 2021
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Why Russia is Losing: Gen. David Petraeus on the War in Ukraine
Mar 23, 2022
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Jonathan Tepperman
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The Killer in the Kremlin: Samuel Ramani on Putin's Strategy
Apr 8, 2022
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Jonathan Tepperman
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The End of an Era: Jim Grant on Interest Rates
Apr 4, 2022
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Richard Hurowitz
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Specter of 1917: Anne Applebaum on Putin and Soviet Russia
"You might say that Putin and his colleagues still see the world much as Lenin saw it. Lenin's worldview was also paranoid, territorial: the only people…
Dec 23, 2025
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The Outlook for Geopolitics and Global Security: An Interview with Vice President Dick Cheney
"There is a huge vacuum that has been created by the Obama administration. They have withdrawn from Iraq. Terrorists now occupy parts of Iraq that we…
Dec 23, 2025
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Scapegoats: Deborah Lipstdat on how Anti-Semites go Mainstream
"I’m worried now about the direction Israel is moving and the Netanyahu government. I’m a great lover of Israel. Israel is a miracle."
Dec 23, 2025
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Mastermind: Gary Kasparov on the Global Leadership Vacuum
"It was inconceivable 10 years ago that we would see major U.S. parties run primaries dominated by extremists."
Dec 23, 2025
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Macro Thinker: Lawrence Summers on Trump and The Fed
"The proper response to crisis is more greed, more spending, and more borrowing."
Dec 23, 2025
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Dreams of Justice: F.W. de Klerk on Nelson Mandela and South Africa
"We are living in one of the most peaceful eras in human history — despite the continuation of bitter localized wars in places like Syria and Iraq."
Dec 23, 2025
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The Storyteller: Mario Vargas Llosa on Art and Democracy
"Culture is important for creating the kind of citizens necessary for a democracy — those with critical experience who won’t be manipulated easily by…
Dec 23, 2025
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