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Feb. 18, 2025 |

‘Ô Signe des Temps (Iueke Dub Remix).’ In 1986, the Québécois artist Bernardino Femminielli put together a cover of Prince

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Feb. 16, 2025 |

111 MHz: ‘When We Swam Together.’ The Lebanese composer and producer Fadi Tabbal is back with 

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Feb. 07, 2025 |

Coming soon. Next Friday, The Signal will debut the member’s despatch, a weekly digest on current affairs. The despatch

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| Michael Bluhm & Nicholas Kumleben

‘Gold rush’

How is AI changing global energy consumption? Nicholas Kumleben on the sudden transformation of the power industry—and its implications for climate change.
12 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson & Francis Fukuyama

Men in gray

What’s the Trump administration doing to the U.S. federal bureaucracy? Francis Fukuyama on the real drivers of waste in the American civil service and the democratic peril in attacking it politically.
11 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & Darrell Driver

It’s a sabotage

What’s behind the wave of clandestine Russian attacks in Europe? Darrell Driver on the psychological campaign to change European hearts and minds about Ukraine.
9 minute read
| Daniel Bessner & Gustav Jönsson

Imperial presidency

Is there really an autocratic threat coming from inside American democracy? Daniel Bessner on the growth of U.S. presidential power and the resiliency of the remaining checks on it.
9 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & Stephan Haggard

Crisis in Seoul

How resilient is democracy in South Korea? Stephan Haggard on increasing social polarization, economic inequality, and political violence.
10 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson & Hugh Wilford

The fourth branch

What exactly do U.S. President Donald Trump and his inner circle have in mind when they say they’re taking on the “deep state”? Hugh Wilford on the specter of an unelected government behind the American government.
11 minute read
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