The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, July 6, 2023: A discussion of the future of NATO – will Sweden be in it?
Also, campaigning for Spain’s general election begins and Japan Airlines launches a clothing rental service. And the latest technology news.
Tag Archives: Ukraine
News: Ukraine Nuclear Plant Threats, China & U.S. Semiconductor Standoff
The Globalist Podcast, Wednesday, July 5, 2023: Threats to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Russian workers are told to evacuate.
Why are China and the US limiting exports of each other’s semiconductors? Plus, the mail-order catalogue that changed perceptions of masculinity in the US.
Opinion: A Humbled Putin, Environmentalism Harms The Poor, The Better Flags
‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (July 3, 2023) – A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist: The humbling of Vladimir Putin, how misfiring environmentalism risks harming the world’s poor (10:20) and some tips to design better flags (18:55).
The humbling of Vladimir Putin
The Wagner mutiny exposes the Russian tyrant’s growing weakness. But don’t count him out yet
The last pretence of Vladimir Putin to be, as he imagines, one of his nation’s historic rulers was stripped away on June 24th. A band of armed mercenaries swept through his country almost unopposed, covering some 750km (470 miles) in a single day, seizing control of two big cities and getting to within 200km of Moscow before withdrawing unharmed.
How misfiring environmentalism risks harming the world’s poor
The trade-off between development and climate change is impossible to avoid
Thank goodness for the enthusiasts and the obsessives. If everyone always took a balanced view of everything, nothing would ever get done. But when campaigners’ worldview seeps into the staid apparatus of policymaking and global forums, bad decisions tend to follow. That, unfortunately, is especially true in the world of climate change.
How to design better flags
Some tips to avoid having an embarrassing emblem
Have you ever met a vexed vexillologist? This is someone who frets when flags are badly designed. Sadly, too many flags flutter to deceive: they are cluttered with imagery, a mess of colours and all too easily forgettable. Yet flags matter. Witness Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow banner, which now serves as a potent symbol around the world (not to mention on this newspaper’s covers).
REVIEWS: ‘Warfare After Ukraine – Battlefield Lessons’ (The Economist)
Like the first world war, but with high technology
The war shows how technology is changing the battlefield. But mass still counts, argues Shashank Joshi
The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams
Jamming is knocking drones and missiles out of the sky
News: Riots Rattle France, Wagner Troops In Africa
The Globalist Podcast, Monday, July 3, 2023: Riots continue to rock France and threaten to impede preparations for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, Russia expert Jenny Mathers examines the fate of Wagner troops in Africa.
Also, the future of local news in Canada as Meta and Google block content. Plus: film critic Karen Krizanovich on the latest in Hollywood and new space technology is put under the microscope.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday, July 1, 2023: The week’s news, newspapers and culture with Georgina Godwin, artist and journalist Siân Pattenden, and Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco and Robert Bound.
Preview: New York Times Magazine – July 2, 2023
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (July 2, 2023) –
In this week’s cover story, Lynsey Addario takes us to a Ukrainian town where an 11-year-old is navigating a childhood transformed by war. Plus, a profile of the Christian pop star Marcos Witt and an investigation into how federal law targets thousands of women on anti-addiction medications.
A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines
In a Ukrainian town, an 11-year-old navigates a childhood transformed by war.
In a town near the Eastern front lines of the Donbas region of Ukraine, an 11-year-old boy named Yegor’s days were as predictable as they could be, given the unpredictability of war.
A.I. and TV Ads Were Made for Each Other
A string of uncanny videos show what generative A.I. and advertising have in common: They chew up the cultural subconscious and spit it back at us.
By Mac Schwerin
Even if I didn’t work in advertising, I would be a connoisseur of commercials. You’re probably one, too. Think of all the tropes you’ve ingested over the years — the forest-green hatchbacks conquering rugged Western landscapes, the miles of mozzarella stretched by major pizza chains. These are the images that let you know what kind of pitch you’re watching, so you won’t be confused when the brand shows up.
News: US Supreme Court Reverses Affirmative Action, Riots In France
The Globalist Podcast, Friday, June 309, 2023: We speak to NYU professor and ACLU president Deborah Archer about the US Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, the latest from France as riots rock major cities and an update on the EU Council summit in Brussels.
Plus: Andrew Mueller unpacks a whirlwind week in Russia.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – July 1, 2023
The humbling of Vladimir Putin
The Wagner mutiny exposes the Russian tyrant’s growing weakness. But don’t count him out yet
Can Ukraine capitalise on chaos in Russia?
Ukraine’s counter-offensive is going slowly
The Wagner mutiny has left Putin dangerously exposed
Factions close to the Russian president are thinking about life after him
News: Wagner Camps In Belarus, ‘Bidenomics’ Plan
The Globalist Podcast, Thursday, June 29, 2023: Wagner sets up camp in Belarus – but what will they do next and who will they be fighting for? Why do so many people not like the way Joe Biden is handling the economy?
Plus: Japan prepares to release wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific and the latest headlines from the UAE.
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