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Geopolitics and AI Navigating the world on my own terms. Navigating by facts, not by flags.

 20th century
Joined August 2023
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The Falklands War Is Back, and This Time It's Fought Over Oil

British soldiers just rehearsed 1982. Argentina answered in a courtroom. Early this month, more than 100 British soldiers and local Falklands reservists ran a six-day wargame: a 20-mile night march
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Saudi Arabia's Yemen war: it started the fight, but it doesn't set the terms anymore

For eleven years Saudi Arabia has fought a war in Yemen. This week that war landed on the runway of its own capital. On Saturday 10 October the Houthis, Yemen's Iran-backed armed movement, hit King

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My new article: Eight dead in Erie, and Pennsylvania's gun laws are still stuck. What each party wants, and why a few state Senate seats will decide it on 3 November.
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Pennsylvania shooting: Gun law stuck in the Senate

8 people dead, a registered gun, and a law that failed by one vote. On Friday evening in Erie, Pennsylvania, a 45-year-old man shot dead seven of his relatives and a family friend, then himself. Two
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The EU and Canada plan new undersea cables and more Canadian gas for Europe, in an "Alliance for the Future" due at their October summit. The goal, rely less on the US and China.
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The European Union and Canada plan to lay new undersea data cables and ship Canadian gas to Europe

The European Union and Canada plan to lay new undersea data cables and ship more Canadian gas to Europe, Bloomberg reported on 30 September. The plan is a draft "Alliance for the Future", due to be

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Seoul is putting $120 billion into eight US nuclear reactors and backing an Alaskan gas pipeline. It is the price of a trade deal, and a bet on American protection and American energy.
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From Hormuz to Alaska: South Korea Pays the Alliance Bill

South Korea's $350 billion for eight US nuclear reactors is more than a business deal. It is what an alliance looks like when Washington sends the bill. The money comes from the $350 billion trade

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First Russia–Germany foreign minister meeting in 4.5 years: 20 minutes, last-minute German request,

Sergey Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met on the UNGA sidelines. It was the first FM-level contact since before the 2022 invasion. Reports put the meeting at roughly 20 minutes.

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The Iran war is coming for your mortgage

The Iran war is now raising the cost of borrowing money around the world. Since late February, the interest rate on 10-year US government bonds has gone from 3.97% to about 5.18%. That is the highest
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