The OECD reckons that America contributed about one fifth of imports of audiovisual services to other countries in 2021. That's down one third from a decade earlier. At the same time, America's imports of these services has increased more than five fold to over $25 billion. And that gap is not being plugged by one country. We're seeing that lots of countries are exporting a bit of this stuff.
An attack on the Kerch bridge—a pet project of President Vladimir Putin that links Russia with annexed Crimea—has prompted a swift and brutal response. We ask what is likely to happen next. We examine the multipolar nature of popular culture: fears of a globalised monoculture of cool have proved misplaced. And why buying booze in Delhi has again become so unpleasant.
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