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By Andrew Chakhoyan
In September, a video featuring Ukrainian anti-corruption detectives spread online. A sensational bust—US$140 million in cash, packed into refrigerator boxes—was revealed during a search of the apartment belonging to th...
What three years have wrought.
The topic of this podcast is obvious, so I didn’t write extended show notes. But Dan did, should you want them:
October 6, 2026
(Yes, it’s October 7. I figured a night’s sleep and a proper proofreading would do this newsletter no harm.)
Claire—I had a chat with David yesterday. He wasn’t crazy about my attempt, last Friday, to merge POLYCRISIS WATCH with GLOBAL EYES. He thought it was unwieldy, over-long, and unfocused. I agree with him. So I’m going to separate them.
I’...
Benjamin Kerstein joins the symposium to discuss Jewish elites, assimilation, and the struggle over Zionism.
This coming Sunday, October 11, Benjamin Kerstein will join the symposium to discuss his new book, Jews of Privilege: Elites, Anti...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Claire Berlinski edits the Cosmopolitan Globalist, a publication for everyone who's worried about the new Caesarism, the survival of liberal democracy, and the gathering storm of global war. She lives in Paris. https://t.co/vICCy69f43
Husband, brother, uncle, friend; investor; traveler, trekker; reader, writer. Oh, and gourmand. (Eater, really, but gourmand sounds better.)
Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer and author of 12 books, including The Case for Mars. He describes himself as for human liberty and the western alliance. You can follow him @zubrin.bsky.social
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