The Psychological Battle of Who Has the Edge in the Long War

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Putin said that the deal had only served to increase profits of Western companies. But there are no sanctions against Russian food exports or Russian fertilizer exports, he says. I think what's really going on here is this is all about the psychological battle of who has the edge in the long war - Putin and his government.

Russia’s axeing of the Black Sea grain deal reveals a war machine running out of options. We explore how to get the deal back on track. A month-long mystery surrounding China’s absent foreign minister has grown deeper: now his memory is being scrubbed from official websites (10:15). And literary criticism has lost its claws—gaining a newfound civility that is bad for readers (16:37).

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