The Octavian 2021 Book List
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Our picks for the books you need to read in 2022, featuring Fareed Zakaria, Dara Horn, BHL, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others.
November 26, 2021
How the U.S. and E.U. Can Win Against China
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The Technology and Trade Council, launched this week, may just show the way forward to a real industrial strategy in the face of China's rise.
October 1, 2021
Elliot Ackerman on Our Exit from Afghanistan
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Elliot Ackerman -- decorated solider, best-selling novelist and National Book Award Nominee -- talks about our exit from Afghanistan.
September 17, 2021
Masih Alinejad, the Gulf's "Greenshift," and More
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We talked through the kidnapping plot against Masih Alinejad, the Gulf's coming climate change paradigm shift, Yemen, and more with Norman Roule.
July 15, 2021
Why We Have to Adapt to Climate Change
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Leading economist Matthew Kahn tells us why and how we can use incentives, tech, and revolutionary thinking to deal with the hotter future coming our way.
June 23, 2021
The Lab Leak Hypothesis, the U.S. China Bill, and More
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We spoke with FDD's Emily de La Bruyère about the latest news around China, including the historic (or not-so-historic) shift to a three-child policy.
June 8, 2021
After the Ceasefire, What Next?
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We spoke with Elliott Abrams about how he sees events playing out post-ceasefire and the strange erasure of Palestinian politics.
May 25, 2021
What's Next for Israel and the Palestinians?
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We spoke with the CFR's Steven Cook about how he sees the conflict playing out.
May 19, 2021
What's Next in the India COVID Tragedy
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We spoke with the Wilson Institute's Michael Kugelman to find out how India got here and what it can do to beat back its tragic current wave.
May 5, 2021
The Iran Deal in a Post-Pandemic World
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We spoke with Norman Roule about Iran's strategy, ours, the nuclear deal, and the attack on Natanz.
April 21, 2021
