How close Iran is to waging war on Israel? Ian Bremmer discusses with Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. Remember that famous line from Bill Clinton’s campaign staffer, James Carville, back in 1992?: “It’s the economy, stupid!” As Israel’s …
The Middle East crisis will have severe repercussions for Israel, its neighbors, and U.S. foreign policy. Israel’s response to Hamas’s attacks is expected to continue to provoke anger across the Middle East, potentially fueling jihadist movements and escalating conflicts with other groups, contributing to regional …
“I don’t believe in the ‘soft landing’ story,” said historian and author Niall Ferguson in a conversation with Andy Serwer at Barrons on Sept. 12, 2023. He discusses the risks to the West, U.S. politics, what happens if Trump wins, what if he was a …
This documentary of the British presence in Palestine from 1917 to 1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions that defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The …
With dramatic shifts in geopolitical alignments, Mexico is poised to be a key player in the future economy of The West. Mexicans of all economic classes are likely to benefit from these new realities. Big thanks to the History of Mexico Podcast. Check them out …
John Mearsheimer At the 2023 CLSA CITIC Securities Investors’ Forum, political scientist John Mearsheimer talks about how the USA, Russia, and China now dominate a multipolar world order. He concludes that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue for the foreseeable future, and the best that can …
Naval Ravikant THE ANTI-NEWSLETTER I’m creating the “Anti-Newsletter” — A Publication with only timeless information (the opposite of news). Why? The “Lindy Effect” states that the longer an idea has been around, the longer it will still be around. Thus the older the idea, the …
Monica Sheehan At the Author’s request, here is a much more moving and beautiful video that also incorporates messages visually, last but not least, it shows the book at the end. The illustrations and the captions are from the book “Be Happy: A Little Book …
Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how chaos theory can answer a question that mankind has asked for millennia – how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life? It’s a mind-bending, counterintuitive, and for many people a troubling idea. On Little …
The Poetry of Reality What came before the Big Bang? Why is natural selection so inherently cruel? What is life? How does one find meaning? Join Richard Dawkins in this special Q&A episode with Taryn Southern, where he answers all your burning questions. 0:49 – …