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How did Ukraine’s virtually non-existent navy sink the Moskva, the most advanced Russian vessel in the Black Sea? Unveiling how Ukraine sunk the Moskva: https://econ.st/3OI3iHZ Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI For more stories from 1843: https://econ.st/3NZFsG2 Read our coverage from the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/3YhCC3V How did Ukraine destroy the Moskva?: https://econ.st/43UkcY9 |
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2024-02-29
Four years ago Belarus’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, stole a presidential election. Belarusians have just voted again, in parliamentary and local polls. This time there was little chance of a repeat of the protests that followed the rigged vote in 2020. How has Mr Lukashenko tightened his grip?
00:00 – Why Lukashenko is called “Europe’s last dictator”
00:57 – How Lukashenko came to power
01:29 – Why Lukashenko is dependent on Putin
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Read more about the region: https://econ.st/3OV7JP1
Belarus prepares for another fraudulent election: https://econ.st/49OehXU
How much power does Alexander Lukashenko have?:https://econ.st/3SVVeUH
Why Belarus is called Europe’s last dictatorship: https://econ.st/3SVVeUH
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2024-02-19
The Economist interviewed Alexei Navalny, who has reportedly died in an Arctic penal colony, in the run-up to Russia’s 2018 presidential election. He discussed the breadth of his political support, his experiences in prison and offered some predictions for the future of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
00:16 – The death of Navalny
00:41 – Navalny in prison
02:00 – Putin’s goals
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Alexei Navalny didn’t just defy Putin—he showed up his depravity: https://econ.st/48mUUE0
What Navalny’s death means for Russia, Putin and the world: https://econ.st/3T366RZ
Russia’s opposition has lost a crucial leader but gained a martyr: https://econ.st/3I2qa0u
Graphic detail: A short history of Russia and Ukraine: https://econ.st/4bLbwZ6
2024-01-18
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speak to The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about what the future of AI will really look like.
00:00 Sam Altman and Satya Nadella talk to The Economist
00:25 What’s next for ChatGPT?
1:33 How dangerous is AGI?
2:32 AI regulation
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Read more of our AI coverage: https://econ.st/3O9fK2v
Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3O7qXk5
Read our write up of the interview: https://econ.st/3HpwbUL
2024-01-11
Guam, an island in the northern Pacific, is just 48km long and has a population of about 170,000. So why is it so important to America’s strategy to defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion?
00:00 – Where is Guam?
00:13 – Why is it so important?
01:00 – What makes it vulnerable?
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Guam, where America’s next war may begin: https://econ.st/47lP9WN
America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states: https://econ.st/47of0xd
How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific: https://econ.st/3tG49RG
Read more of our US coverage: https://econ.st/4aRvOj4
Read more of our China coverage: https://econ.st/3S9G6nC
2024-01-02
As 2024 begins President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to The Economist’s Editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about his political and military goals for the coming year and why he won’t compromise with Vladimir Putin.
00:00 – 2024 military goals
01:35 – Why he won’t negotiate
A New Year’s interview with Volodymyr Zelensky: https://econ.st/48A4Nim
Read our coverage from the war in Ukraine: https://econ.st/41MgGjc
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Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles: https://econ.st/41PnIni
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war: https://econ.st/41MgJLU
A majority of congressmen want more military aid for Ukraine: https://econ.st/3tuWKVl
Ukraine’s army is struggling to find good recruits:
2023-12-31
More than half the people on the planet live in countries that will hold nationwide elections in 2024. In theory it should be a triumphant year for democracy. In practice it will be the opposite
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