1,000: The winners of Ireland’s election last week are scrambling to put together a new coalition government before Donald Trump takes office in January, expediting a process that normally takes months. The rush comes from Irish lawmakers recognizing that they must form a government strong enough to withstand the threat of Trump’s tariffs and protectionist rhetoric. The nearly 1,000 American multinational companies operating in Ireland are by far the biggest contributors to the state’s income and corporate tax bases, leaving the Emerald Isle highly exposed if American companies begin reshoring to avoid tariffs.
314: Research from Yale’s School of Public Health revealed on Tuesday that Russia took 314 children from occupied Ukrainian territories, stripped them of their Ukrainian identity, and put them in the custody of Russian families using the Kremlin’s aircraft and funds. The report asserts that the deportations were part of a systemic, Putin-backed program to “Russify” Ukrainian children.
12.5 billion: A Vietnamese court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for Truong My Lan, a real estate tycoon convicted of embezzling $12.5 billion. It offered to downgrade the sentence to life in prison if she reimbursed $11 billion, but her lawyers argued she had already repaid the money. The scale of Lan’s deception rattled Vietnam’s economic outlook earlier this year, spooking foreign investors at a time when Vietnam was trying to position itself as an alternative for businesses moving their supply chains away from China.
In this episode of ask ian, Ian Bremmer explains why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enters his latest White House meeting with President Trump in a stronger position than he did just a few months ago.
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Last week, Microsoft joined more than 100 companies to publish an open letter on the importance of open-weight AI models in expanding access to AI and giving organizations greater control over the technology they use. The paper draws parallels to the open-source software movement, positioning open-weight models as an important foundation for a broad and competitive AI ecosystem while emphasizing the need for responsible safeguards. Read the letter here.