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I'm Andrew Day.

And I'm Connor Eccles.

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Forum Policy and other global news, and we interview a leading expert or activist.

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So, Connor, this week we've got a lot of important topics to get into.

We'll be talking about whether America's Syria policy has degenerated into absurdity,

America's drone problem, the impact of everyday chemicals on fertility, some Trump foreign policy updates,

a possible Saudi Israeli normalization deal, and how AI is straining the power grid.

Then we'll have a more in-depth analytical discussion about

how the left should respond to Trump's foreign policy proposals. And after that, we'll have an

interview with Russia expert Anatole Levin of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

We'll talk to him about the Russia-Ukraine war and what the U.S. should do to resolve the

conflict.

And at the end, you and I will kind of let our hair down a bit and reflect in what we learned from Levin, who is always a super insightful and knowledgeable guy.

So, Connor, which of our news stories do you want to discuss first?

Yeah, I wanted to start out with an interesting newsline.

It's got nothing to do with all those UFOs in

New Jersey. Uh, this week, Congress passed a bill with a provision that would give the incoming

Trump administration the authority to ban all drones made by Chinese companies from accessing

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