Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more

Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s reputation, highlights cracks in Putin's regime, and more. The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Say More]( This week in Say More, PS talks with Nina L. Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at The New School. To read the full interview – in which she argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s international reputation, highlights cracks in the Russian regime, calls warnings that Vladimir Putin plans to invade NATO irresponsible, and more – [click here](. [PS. Save 30% on a new Digital subscription with our special introductory offer.]( Nina L. Khrushcheva Says More... [Michael Spence]( Syndicate: With Western aid to Ukraine drying up, calls to seize the $300 billion in Russian central-bank assets that Western governments froze after the invasion are growing louder. At a time when “realistic talks with the Kremlin” might be the [best hope]( of ending the war, would seizing Russia’s assets give the West more leverage or less? Nina L. Khrushcheva: Leverage is not the point. International rules and norms are. Two years into the war, Russia’s central-bank assets have not been seized, because the West [recognizes]( that doing so would not be fully legal and would contradict the norms to which it claims to adhere. The West’s international reputation could thus suffer considerably. This is something the West can ill afford. Russia’s success... [Continue reading]( By the Way... PS: Are fears that Putin plans to invade NATO countries next – possibly starting with the Baltics – justified, overblown, or something else? NLK: I find this rhetoric utterly irresponsible. NATO countries are understandably upset that Ukraine’s summer 2023 counteroffensive failed to meet their (unrealistically high) expectations. They now worry that they cannot sustain... [Continue reading]( [PS Say More: Tim O'Reilly on AI development, regulation, copyright lawsuits, and more]( [Tim O'Reilly on AI development, regulation, copyright lawsuits, and more]( Tim O’Reilly shows how the imperatives of modern capitalism impede the development of broadly beneficial artificial intelligence, criticizes prevailing regulatory approaches to data privacy, considers how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos went from value-creators to value-extractors, and more. O'Reilly is Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., Visiting Professor of Practice at the University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and the author of [WTF?: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us](. [Read now]( [PS. Sign up now for our monthly She Writes newsletter, which highlights women whose ideas deserve your attention.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.