Diplomatic Note: Carney in New York, BlackRock in Japan, and the Quiet Race for Capital Olga Nesterova May 30, 2026 – 1 min read Share this post Diplomatic Notes NPT: Meetings Cancelled, Diplomacy Moves Behind Closed Doors By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: NPT Review Conference By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Who could become the next UNSG? Part 2 By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Photo: Pentagon Press Office Explained The New Indo-Pacific Message: America Is Turning Allies Into Buyers Washington says it is strengthening allies against China. But its new message is turning security into a marketplace — and opening a door Beijing knows how to use. By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read Daily Brief Five Stories, Two Rubrics — and One Bigger Point Today’s Friday livestream is about the same pattern showing up again and again: the world is not short on warnings. It is short on leaders willing to act before those warnings become emergencies. We are talking about five major stories today: a new political rupture between Poland and Ukraine, By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read Explained When Amazon Holds the Money How a change in Amazon's payout system is squeezing small businesses — and raising questions far beyond seller reserves By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read Daily Brief May 28: Canada Rises, China Expands, Ukraine Rearms KEY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Ukraine is getting Gripens. Ukraine and Sweden launched a major defense agreement that includes the potential purchase of up to 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and the future transfer of 16 Gripen C/D aircraft. Sweden also announced its largest military aid package to Ukraine to By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read News Trump on a $250 Bill Is Not Just Strange. It Runs Into the Law. Trump administration officials have reportedly pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare designs for a new $250 bill featuring Donald Trump’s portrait for America’s 250th anniversary. There is one immediate problem: current federal law prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury Secretary Scott By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read News Pentagon’s $9.7 Billion Microsoft-Dell Deal: Follow the Infrastructure, Then Follow the Money The Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year agreement valued at about $9.7 billion to provide Microsoft software licenses, cloud subscriptions, secure communications, collaboration tools, and productivity technologies across the military, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. Officially, this is about modernization: Microsoft 365, cloud access, zero-trust infrastructure, By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Diplomatic Notes NPT: Meetings Cancelled, Diplomacy Moves Behind Closed Doors By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Who could become the next UNSG? Part 2 By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Photo: Pentagon Press Office Explained The New Indo-Pacific Message: America Is Turning Allies Into Buyers Washington says it is strengthening allies against China. But its new message is turning security into a marketplace — and opening a door Beijing knows how to use. By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read
Daily Brief Five Stories, Two Rubrics — and One Bigger Point Today’s Friday livestream is about the same pattern showing up again and again: the world is not short on warnings. It is short on leaders willing to act before those warnings become emergencies. We are talking about five major stories today: a new political rupture between Poland and Ukraine, By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read
Explained When Amazon Holds the Money How a change in Amazon's payout system is squeezing small businesses — and raising questions far beyond seller reserves By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Daily Brief May 28: Canada Rises, China Expands, Ukraine Rearms KEY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Ukraine is getting Gripens. Ukraine and Sweden launched a major defense agreement that includes the potential purchase of up to 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and the future transfer of 16 Gripen C/D aircraft. Sweden also announced its largest military aid package to Ukraine to By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read
News Trump on a $250 Bill Is Not Just Strange. It Runs Into the Law. Trump administration officials have reportedly pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare designs for a new $250 bill featuring Donald Trump’s portrait for America’s 250th anniversary. There is one immediate problem: current federal law prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury Secretary Scott By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
News Pentagon’s $9.7 Billion Microsoft-Dell Deal: Follow the Infrastructure, Then Follow the Money The Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year agreement valued at about $9.7 billion to provide Microsoft software licenses, cloud subscriptions, secure communications, collaboration tools, and productivity technologies across the military, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. Officially, this is about modernization: Microsoft 365, cloud access, zero-trust infrastructure, By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
