Tom’s Pulitzer-Prize hat trick ... Why Beijing is relatively calm about Trump’s reelection ... China hawkism in the AI community ... What’s Trump’s logic re Greenland and Panama? ... On Israel-Palestine, is a two-state solution still possible? ... How a stable ceasefire in Gaza could transform Israeli politics ... Why Trump may be better than Biden on Israel-Palestine ... Bob and Tom debate a possible strike on Iran ... Prospects for peace in Ukraine under Trump ... How America is making a Chinese invasion of Taiwan more likely ...

News bites ... Gaza ceasefire deep dive ... Bob joins to talk about Biden's legacy and Trump's imminent return to the White House ...

Bob and Paul battle for audience sympathy ... Canada as 51st state: y’eh or n’eh? ... How Trump-y is Canada’s likely next leader? ... The humiliation theory of American politics ... Trump, Elon, and the two paths to bullying ... Facebook’s free speech about-face ... Heading to Overtime ...

Tim’s got a new podcast, and NonZero is hiring ... Is large language model progress reaching a plateau? ... Some shortcomings of AI today ... Human cognition compared to AI ... The impressive progress of "multimodal" AI ... Heading to Overtime ...

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The NonZero-American Prestige punk-rock crossover continues ... Is it time to freak out about Trump? ... Are international norms eroding? ... Jimmy Carter’s legacy ... Heading to Overtime ...

Intro ... Toward a non-woolly-minded one-worldism ... Has the unipolar moment passed for good? ... International law vs the “rules-based order” ... Is major UN reform possible? ... AI, US-China, and multipolarity ... Rewriting the sanctions playbook ... Heading to Overtime ...

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The uncertain future of AI ... What would it mean to “lose the AI race” to China? ... The promise and peril of artificial general intelligence ... The international policy challenges of AI ... Can Trump deliver peace between Russia and Ukraine? ... Are there any good arguments for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? ... Bob: With Iran weakened, Israel faces a decision: bombs or diplomacy ... The continuing assault on Gaza ... Antiwar speech codes ... Apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing ... Missed opportunities to turn the temperature down in Israel ... Bob: The international community has little sway over Israel ... The advantages of cognitive empathy ...

Worthwhile Canadian conquest ... Late takes on Luigi Mangione ... Elon’s AI motivation ... Is the successor species sentient? (It matters!) ... Paul’s AI freakout has arrived ... AI buzzword of the year revealed ... Bluesky brutality ... Google’s experimental AI groks humanity ... Heading to Overtime ...

News Round-up ... How progressives should approach Trump's foreign policy ... Anatol Lieven joins to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace talks ...