Major technology companies rush to comply with the European Union (EU) Digital Services Act, which makes online platforms responsible for moderating harmful content; questions mount about the Russian private military company Wagner Group after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is reportedly killed in a plane crash; the Taliban enters its third year in power since the U.S. military evacuated from Afghanistan; and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visits Saudi Arabia as the former rival countries to normalize relations.
Mentioned on the Podcast
“Israeli-Saudi Peace Deal, With Steven A. Cook,” The President’s Inbox
Tatiana Stanovaya, “Putin’s Age of Chaos,” Foreign Affairs
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