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Announcing a lecture on electrostates, petrostates, and the new Cold War defined by technology and supply chains.
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Hi, we wanted to let listeners know that on Monday, October 27th, at the New School in New York City, Adam will be giving the inaugural London Review of Books Autumn Lecture, a new annual lecture from the esteemed British literary magazine.
Adam will be speaking about electrostates, petrostates, and the new Cold War, one defined by ideology,
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