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In 1961, Thomas Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the US-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest of the Cold War. Now, Anne-Marie Slaughter - one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers from 2009 to 2012, and the first woman to serve as director of the State Department Office of Policy Planning - applies network theory to develop a new set of strategies for the post-Cold War world.

At the turn of the millennium, a five-year-old boy from Cuba found off the Florida coast on Thanksgiving became the most talked about child in America. Elián González had left Cuba with his mom and a dozen other migrants, trying to make it to the U.S. but on the way, the boat capsized. Elián’s mother drowned. Before she did, she tied her child to an inner tube, saving his life. Relatives in Miami — Cuban exiles — took the boy in. His father in Cuba wanted him back. The ensuing international custody battle over Elián González became its own mini Cold War, pitting Cuban exiles in ...

4D Chess – Because Politics Is Rigged, and You’re Not the House. If you still think politics is about voting and debates, bless your heart. While you’re busy fact-checking, they’re ten moves ahead, flipping the board, and stealing the rulebook and your tax dollars. In 4D Chess, we break down the real political game—the backroom deals, the narrative control, and the chaos they manufacture to keep you distracted. Who’s sacrificing pawns? Who’s making power moves? And most importantly—who’s getting played?From the D.C. swamp to geopolitical global power shifts, we expose the ...

64: A Chess Podcast, sponsored by Chessable, features interviews with people from across the chess world, from up-and-coming streamers to top grandmasters. Join me as I learn more about chess culture and share stories about the royal game. Follow me on Twitter: @64Podcast and check me out on Patreon if you like what you hear: www.patreon.com/64Podcast