Diplomatic Note: The plumbing beneath digital health Olga Nesterova October 01, 2026 – 1 min read Share this post Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Picture taken at the Economic Club of NY Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Kevin Hassett’s 4% Economy Meets the Numbers At the Economic Club of New York, the White House’s top economic adviser promised an AI-powered boom. The questions in the room kept returning to debt, borrowing costs and workers’ wages. By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Mexico’s Foreign Policy Beyond Washington By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: The room Xi Jinping just walked into State dinners are ceremony. Guest lists are policy. The White House guest list for tonight’s dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping is unusually revealing. By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read Photo: Department of Defense Daily Brief The Daily | October 7, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read President of Ukraine Zelenskyy meets with Minister in the Israeli Ministry of Finance, Zeev Elkin, in Kyiv. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine Daily Brief The Daily | October 6, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read President Trump engaging with the press before leaving the White House | Photo: Screenshot of the televised press engagement Daily Brief The Daily | October 5, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read Explained What Do They Want From Ukraine and What Will It Take to Get It? The minerals, money and business connections behind the deals; and the distance between access on paper and usable resources. By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read Daily Brief The Daily | October 2, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read Editor's Note Editor’s Note: Simply Put. Have you ever needed an answer to a basic question.. and ended up more confused after hours of searching? You read five articles. Watch ten videos. Hear twelve opinions. And somehow you still don’t know what is actually useful. Part of the problem is that the information we are By Olga Nesterova • 2 min read
Picture taken at the Economic Club of NY Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Kevin Hassett’s 4% Economy Meets the Numbers At the Economic Club of New York, the White House’s top economic adviser promised an AI-powered boom. The questions in the room kept returning to debt, borrowing costs and workers’ wages. By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read
Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: Mexico’s Foreign Policy Beyond Washington By Olga Nesterova • 1 min read
Diplomatic Notes Diplomatic Note: The room Xi Jinping just walked into State dinners are ceremony. Guest lists are policy. The White House guest list for tonight’s dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping is unusually revealing. By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read
Photo: Department of Defense Daily Brief The Daily | October 7, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
President of Ukraine Zelenskyy meets with Minister in the Israeli Ministry of Finance, Zeev Elkin, in Kyiv. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine Daily Brief The Daily | October 6, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
President Trump engaging with the press before leaving the White House | Photo: Screenshot of the televised press engagement Daily Brief The Daily | October 5, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Explained What Do They Want From Ukraine and What Will It Take to Get It? The minerals, money and business connections behind the deals; and the distance between access on paper and usable resources. By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read
Daily Brief The Daily | October 2, 2026 What mattered today, before tomorrow’s headlines. By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read
Editor's Note Editor’s Note: Simply Put. Have you ever needed an answer to a basic question.. and ended up more confused after hours of searching? You read five articles. Watch ten videos. Hear twelve opinions. And somehow you still don’t know what is actually useful. Part of the problem is that the information we are By Olga Nesterova • 2 min read