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What AI’s nightmare November means for politics, power and business

November 13, 2026

Analysis: Bronwen Maddox, David Lubin, and Alex Krasodomski assess the converging political and market shocks hitting the U.S. artificial intelligence sector following the 2026 midterms. They highlight how grassroots resistance to energy-intensive data centers and the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang over an alleged Chinese espionage affair expose deep vulnerabilities in Washington’s tech-industrial base. This matters because domestic political friction and supply-chain counterintelligence risks could erode U.S. technological hegemony in its strategic competition with China.

What the U.S. and Israeli Elections Mean for Europe

November 13, 2026

Analysis: Featuring Rym Momtaz, Dan Baer, and Aaron David Miller, this episode examines how major electoral shifts in both Washington and Israel alter Europe’s strategic calculus. The underlying message underscores Europe’s declining ability to rely on a predictable American security partner or traditional Israeli coalition dynamics, even with a reshaped U.S. Congress. This matters because European policymakers must accelerate autonomous defense and diplomatic frameworks as U.S. domestic politics and Israeli internal crises deepen global multipolarity.

Are New U.S.-Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Doomed to Fail Again?

November 12, 2026

Analysis: This episode evaluates whether the Trump administration’s latest diplomatic push—following coercive measures against Kyiv such as disabling Starlink satellites and concessions to Moscow including a diesel deal—can produce an aerial ceasefire or lasting settlement. The discussion probes whether Vladimir Putin is genuinely seeking an off-ramp or merely using the Abu Dhabi negotiations to buy time for continued military pressure on Ukraine. It matters strategically because introducing broader European security architecture into the talks could reshape NATO-Russia deterrence and redefine Washington’s role in a multipolar order.

All eyes on Eisenkot: Israel’s could-be prime minister

November 11, 2026

Analysis: As former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot attempts to assemble a parliamentary majority, Israel faces an acute structural governance crisis brought to a head by prolonged multi-front warfare and domestic political exhaustion. The mandate tests Benjamin Netanyahu’s resilience against an ideologically fragmented opposition bloc that must balance security hawkishness with reliance on external support from Arab-led factions. This fragile political inflection point directly impacts Israel’s strategic calculus, determining whether Jerusalem pursues diplomatic off-ramps and institutional defense reforms or remains trapped in unsustainable cycles of indefinite territorial containment.

The Coming Battles Over American Foreign Policy

November 7, 2026

Analysis: Drawing on insights from veteran strategists Kori Schake and Thomas Wright, this discussion examines how shifting legislative balances constrain executive unilateralism while managing active hostilities in the Middle East and strategic friction with Beijing. The underlying assessment highlights an accelerating erosion of bipartisan consensus, revealing the tangible limits of American deterrence as systemic global commitments collide with domestic polarization. This dynamic matters directly for international statecraft because growing legislative friction in Washington will accelerate multipolar fragmentation, compelling traditional allies to hedge through independent strategic initiatives.

The fight for the Red Sea, Sudan and the Nile

November 4, 2026

Analysis: Examining the converging crises in Tigray, Sudan, and the Red Sea littoral, the discussion highlights how fragmented regional governance and militarized maritime corridors are dismantling traditional diplomatic deterrence across East Africa. The underlying message underscores that unilateral infrastructure projects and external Gulf patronage—notably competing Emirati and Egyptian strategic footprints—are transforming localized frictions into an expansive transnational theater. This matters critically for international strategic planners as weaponized maritime choke points around the Bab el-Mandeb directly imperil global energy routes and maritime commerce amid a fracturing multilateral order.

The Pentagon-Silicon Complex and the Rise of the Neo-Primes

November 4, 2026

Analysis: Hosted by Jonathan Panter with Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists editor-in-chief Sharon Weinberger, this episode examines the strategic vulnerability created when the US military depends on dual-use commercial technologies it neither owns nor fully controls (War on the Rocks). Drawing on recent Pentagon friction with SpaceX and AI developer Anthropic, the discussion demonstrates that Silicon Valley’s historical pivot away from—and recent return to—military contracting was driven by venture capital incentives rather than ideological pacifism (War on the Rocks). This shift matters because the emergence of venture-backed defense “neo-primes” is redistributing sovereign operational leverage over battlefield AI and satellite communications from state defense ministries to private corporate boards (CSIS).

Brief: Will diplomacy work between US and Iran before elections?

November 4, 2026

Analysis: This briefing connects Washington’s pre-midterm diplomatic calculus in the eight-month war with Iran to Israel’s deepening internal political crisis following its deadlocked October 27 Knesset election (Al Jazeera). It highlights that Israeli forces have killed at least 1,580 Palestinians in Gaza over the 387 days since a nominal ceasefire was declared—bringing the total death toll past 74,570—while Israeli right-wing factions label historic Palestinian-Israeli voter turnout as “electoral terrorism” to block opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot from forming a government backed by Arab parties (The Take). Strategically, the episode illustrates how domestic electoral pressures in both Washington and Jerusalem are obstructing regional de-escalation and entrenching the structural marginalization of Palestinian citizens (Al Jazeera).

What are the implications of Israel’s elections?

November 2, 2026

Analysis: Examining the fractured outcome of the Knesset vote, this strategic discussion highlights how Benjamin Netanyahu leverages systemic parliamentary paralysis to sustain emergency wartime authorities and deflect legal accountability. The panel dissects the structural barriers preventing Zionist opposition blocs from partnering with surging Palestinian-Arab factions, entrenching permanent right-wing control over security decisions. This domestic political stalemate directly influences broader regional security by ensuring that Tel Aviv prioritizes militarized confrontation across the northern and southern fronts over diplomatic settlement.

A Warrior’s View of Why War Fails: A Conversation With William McRaven

October 31, 2026

Examining decades of strategic overextension, McRaven dissects the recurring illusion that overwhelming military firepower can substitute for coherent political end-states in conflicts from the Middle East to Eastern Europe. The underlying critique highlights a compounding erosion of American global hegemony, wherein coercive force fails to secure lasting stability while straining military-civil relations at home. For strategic planners, this tactical obsession without diplomatic vision accelerates multipolar hedging, demonstrating how unilateral interventionism hastens the strategic exhaustion of the hegemon.

Israel in deadlock: What next for a divided country?

October 30, 2026

Analysis: The discussion delineates how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu utilizes continuous regional security crises and strikes against Iran to preserve interim executive control amidst unprecedented political fragmentation. With Arab factions securing record parliamentary representation while right-wing blocs reject compromise, structural polarization immobilizes domestic governance and precludes coherent diplomatic pathways. Strategically, this protracted stalemate deepens Israel’s diplomatic alienation among traditional Western partners, erodes institutional resilience, and locks the state into an escalatory operational cycle across the Levant.

Sergey Glazyev: The World Economy Is Moving East and the West Can’t Stop It

October 29, 2026

Analysis: From a geoeconomic perspective, Glazyev highlights how the weaponization of the US dollar catalyzed alternative non-Western clearing mechanisms, cross-border digital settlement networks, and bilateral commodity swaps across Eurasia. The underlying strategic message underscores that Western attempts to enforce unilateral hegemony via secondary financial sanctions have permanently decoupled Eastern productive powerhouses from Western institutional dependencies. This development matters decisively because as the Atlantic alliance faces stagflation and speculative financial fragility, the Sino-Russian core is solidifying an autonomous multipolar architecture capable of withstanding coercive external economic warfare.

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What AI’s nightmare November means for politics, power and business

What the U.S. and Israeli Elections Mean for Europe

Are New U.S.-Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Doomed to Fail Again?

All eyes on Eisenkot: Israel’s could-be prime minister

The Coming Battles Over American Foreign Policy

The fight for the Red Sea, Sudan and the Nile

The Pentagon-Silicon Complex and the Rise of the Neo-Primes

Brief: Will diplomacy work between US and Iran before elections?

What are the implications of Israel’s elections?

A Warrior’s View of Why War Fails: A Conversation With William McRaven

Israel in deadlock: What next for a divided country?

Sergey Glazyev: The World Economy Is Moving East and the West Can’t Stop It

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