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EMERGENCY POD: Biden and Shakespeare
How can Shakespeare help explain the dynamics we're seeing around Biden today?
We get into King Lear, Richard II, Macbeth and Coriolanus to illustrate…
1 year, 8 months ago
A National Vision for Competitiveness
What will it take for the US to remain competitive in 21st-century technologies? Is high state capacity a thing of the past?
To discuss, ChinaTalk int…
1 year, 8 months ago
Scale's Alex Wang on the US-China AI Race
How could AI change the global balance of power? What could the US and allies do to preserve national moats?
To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed the CEO…
1 year, 8 months ago
Taiwan War + Grand Strategy for Cold War II
Is Cold War II upon us? What should America do to prevent it from becoming a hot war?
To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Dmitri Alperovitch. Dmitri em…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Best Chinese Songs of 2024 - with Concrete Avalanche
Jake Newby is the author of Concrete Avalanche, a free newsletter about music from China. Today, he's here to play you some of his favorite tracks fr…
1 year, 9 months ago
Shakespeare and Power
Are politicians and actors two sides of the same coin? Can you become a better public speaker by studying soliloquies? What can Shakespeare teach us …
1 year, 9 months ago
Why America Didn't Invade Taiwan: WWII Lessons for Xi's Invasion
One does not simply invade Taiwan — but George Marshall once thought long and hard about it. In 1944, in the middle of the island-hopping campaign, A…
1 year, 9 months ago
Preventing an Invasion of Taiwan
Taiwan’s government agencies are battered by 5 million cyberattacks every day. China is holding invasion drills at a replica of Taiwan’s presidential…
1 year, 9 months ago
Sovereign AI
Good AI is good and bad AI is bad, but how do lawmakers tell the difference? Will AI bring the world together or balkanize the internet beyond repair…
1 year, 9 months ago
AI Roundup: GPT4o, SCSP AI Expo, Open vs Closed
Nathan Lambert of the Interconnects substack and Allen Institute joins for a roundup where we get into:
What DC should understand about the Bay Area …1 year, 10 months ago