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Walter Russell Mead on Soft Power • [View this email in your browser]( August 16, 2024 • Av 12, 5784 # [Something Borrowed]( The thrill of passing down a wedding gown—in the spirit of Tu B’Av [BY SARA KALTMANN](#) [Advertisement](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # WHAT REALLY MATTERS [Does Soft Power Actually Matter?]( This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss Kamala Harris’ price control plan, America’s new class of Pacific missiles, the reemergence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and why soft power isn’t what it used to be AUGUST 16, 2024 IN THE SCROLL The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published what it claimed was the “real story” behind the September 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, an act of economic sabotage that increased Russia’s dependence on Ukrainian pipelines but also spiked energy prices in Western European and damaged critical energy infrastructure owned in part by Western European investors. The United States has blamed Russia for the attacks, and Russia has blamed the United States. But a series of stories over the past year in the U.S. and European press, aided by an ongoing German criminal investigation into the attack, have pointed to the Ukrainians as the likely culprit. [READ ALL ABOUT IT]( # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](