This episode is a co-release with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast: https://substack.com/@seekingtruthfromfacts

The theme of this episode derives from Lenin:

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen.” ― Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Steve and Alf discuss:

(00:00) - Introduction
(01:32) - China Victory Day Parade and new military technology
(12:27) - The SCO summit and its implications
(20:24) - Modi's presence and the prospect of a Sino-Indian rapprochement
(25:00) - Trump's South Asian blunder?
(32:14) - The Alaska Summit and the chances of peace
(40:01) - Israel's loss of popular support on both the left and the right
(46:12) - Bipolarity or multipolarity?

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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.