Archive - NonZero Newsletter

April 2025

Can Trump Make Peace in Ukraine? (Robert Wright & Anatol Lieven)

Listen now | 0:00 The state of play in Russia-Ukraine 3:38 Anatol: Here’s how the war could end 12:11 Which side wants peace more? 19:54 Why hasn’t…

Apr 30 •

1:24:26

Pope Francis, Peacemaker or Appeaser? | NonZero World feat. Michael Brendan Dougherty

Listen now | 0:00 The new NonZero World 1:21 Headlines 4:36 Stories of the week 17:19 Michael Brendan Dougherty on Pope Francis' foreign policy legacy…

Apr 26 •

1:11:43

Trump’s Speech Crackdown Makes a Quantum Leap

Plus: Job-stealing AI, Space Force gets offensive, papal foreign policy, the ‘holier-than-thou’ effect, a novel climate argument, and more!

Apr 25 •

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Trump and Musk retreat as Canadian election approaches (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Listen now | 0:00 Trump and Elon’s bad week = good news for Bob… 5:37 …but bad news for Canada's prime minister? 17:59 Trump’s crackdown on speech…

Apr 24 •

1:44:50

Trump, Modi, and the Authoritarian Playbook (Robert Wright & Pratap Bhanu Mehta)

Listen now | 0:00 Pratap’s bona fides 3:16 How Pratap ran afoul of Modi (and the price he paid) 12:53 Trump vs Modi: compare and contrast 23:50 India’s…

Apr 23 •

1:30:29

KOSMOPOLITIKA#2: Where Do We Belong?

Call-in Show w/ Nikita Petrov & Boris Shoshitaishvili

Apr 21 •

2:02:07

Trump’s Anti-antisemitism Crusade (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas)

Listen now | 0:00 Ron violates retirement dress code 2:21 Trump’s “antisemitism crackdown" 14:04 Is the Israel lobby bad for American Jews? 21:19 The…

Apr 18 •

1:39:47

Untangling Trump’s Tariff Logic (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)

Listen now | 0:00 Sam's theory of (some of) Trump's tariffs17:45 The bad scenario and the less bad scenario22:34 Scott Bessent's radicalism25:34 Will…

Apr 15 •

1:33:34

How Trump could strike a deal with Iran | NonZero World feat. Sina Toossi

Listen now | 0:00 Sina's hopes for this weekend's US-Iran talks 4:01 Trump's two-month clock starts ticking 6:45 Iran's growing nuclear leverage 10:56…

Apr 11 •

1:00:49

Tariffs, Tech, and the View from China

Plus: US-Russia cooperation, thirsty data centers, tariff fears, AI fears, US-Iran conflict fears, and more!

Apr 11 •

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