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This week, the whole gang\u2014Alan, Quinta, and Scott\u2014got back together to discuss the week's big national security news, including:

• \u201cIn Post-Soviet Russia, Ukraine Invade You!\u201d In an ironic reversal, Ukraine invaded Russia this past week, seizing substantial portions of the oblast of Kursk and surprising both Russian forces and Ukrainian allies in what appears to be its most successful military venture in more than a year. Why did Ukraine take this step? What will it mean in the longer arc of this war?
• \u201cThe X is for Extremism.\u201d Since the tragic murder of three young girls earlier this month, the United Kingdom has been struck by violent riots, the perpetrators of which appear to believe (incorrectly) that the attacker in question was a Syrian asylum seeker, in substantial part due to far-right disinformation being spread by social media, including by X owner Elon Musk. What do these events tell us about the effects of disinformation and their intersection with political violence?
• \u201cBut Our Emails!\u201d The Trump campaign has apparently been hacked, with internal correspondence\u2014including a lengthy vetting paper on vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance\u2014being leaked to reporters. The campaign has blamed Iran, but without any apparent substantiation. Is this a real possibility? Or is it another example of the disinformation\u2014regarding crowd sizes, Kamala Harris\u2019s background, and other topics\u2014that has become a prominent part of the campaign\u2019s messaging?

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