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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to The Great Conversation. Leadership transitions rarely affect just one country — especially when that country plays a major role in regional and global politics. Today, we explore what Iran looks like after Ayatollah Khamenei — not just who might succeed him, but how power actually functions inside the Islamic Republic… and what that could mean for the world. In Tehran, a political question that was once whispered in back rooms is now at th

Hello, everyone! T oday we’re doing something a bit uncomfortable but incredibly important: we’re going to ask a hard question. Is your current lifestyle helping to protect your brain from dementia – or quietly increasing your risk? A recent article in The Telegraph highlights new research from Alzheimer’s specialists showing that what they call an “intellectual lifestyle” can delay the onset of cognitive decline by several years, even in people in their 80s. That’s a big cla

Hello, everyone! Today,  we explore a difficult but important question: What does the end of a modern war actually look like? The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has become a long, grinding struggle with no clear resolution in sight. So today, we’ll look at the realities on the ground — and the different ways this war might eventually come to an end.  The war has evolved into a long, grinding conflict with limited territorial shifts, heavy attrition, and now serious but f

Hello, everyone!  Today, I want to explore an uncomfortable but essential idea: what if U.S. foreign policy is no longer primarily about national interests, security, or the so‑called “liberal international order,” but about something much more personal—about private enrichment and the power of one man and his inner circle? ​ The Foreign Affairs article “The Age of Kleptocracy” by Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon argues that under President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. f