August 14, 2026 | View in Browser
This week’s highlights:
- After Putin by Julian G. Waller
- The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China by Michael B. G. Froman
- America’s Fatal Attraction to War by Emma Ashford
- The AI Growth Paradox by Kenneth S. Rogoff
- Podcast: Odd Arne Westad discusses how the past shadows China’s future
- God From the Machine by Sebastian Mallaby
- China’s Hunger Games by Caitlin Welsh and Brian Hart
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After Putin
Russia’s Coming Succession Crisis
By Julian G. Waller
The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China
How Overcapacity Ends
By Michael B. G. Froman
America’s Fatal Attraction to War
The Perverse Incentives for Presidents to Use Military Force
By Emma Ashford
The AI Growth Paradox
Why High Productivity Could Still Lead to a Crash
By Kenneth S. Rogoff
New Podcast Episode
From the Archive: How the Past Shadows China’s Future
A Conversation With Odd Arne Westad
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God From the Machine
AI and the Future of Humanity
By Sebastian Mallaby
