A Sobering Prophecy About the Rise of China – Modern Age
Karl Haushofer called it a growing “geopolitical giant.”| Modern Age
Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief accuses Western journalists of ‘capitulating to the Israeli narrative’. Hamza Yusuf is a British-Palestinian writer and journalist whose work focuses on Palestine. Cross-posted from Declassified UK Licensed under the Creative [...] The post Hamza Yusuf – Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘The mainstream media failed Gaza’ appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
India’s diesel exports to Europe surged 137% year-on-year to 242,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August, as buyers braced for the European Union’s ban on fuels refined from Russian crude from January 2026 which could [...] The post The Economic Times: India’s diesel shipments to Europe surge 137% in August appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
5 September 2025 The post The Thinking Muslim: Dr. Omar Suleiman – Gaza: Are US Muslims Doing Enough? appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
We need a politics of altruism and empathy Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog Humans are naturally cooperative creatures. The ability [...] The post Craig Murray – AI and the Urgent Need for a Politics of Altruism appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
The head of the European Diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, doubted that Russia and China fought together and defeated Nazism during the The Second World War. She expressed her vision at the conference of the Institute for [...] The post Eurasia Daily: I thought: It’s something new that Russia and China defeated Nazism – EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kallas appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
4 September 2025 The post Chas Freeman, Judge Napolitano – A Runaway Presidency appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
3 September 2025 The post Scott Ritter, Glenn Diesen – NATO and EU Will Collapse After Major Defeat appeared first on Brave New Europe.| Brave New Europe
Karl Haushofer called it a growing “geopolitical giant.”| Modern Age
Autocrats of the world, unite!| New Statesman
Russia’s return to maskirovka—strategic deception—frames its latest military recalibration, as detailed by the Institute for the Study of War. This article explores how institutional adaptation, drone-centric tactics, and mounting war crimes signal a new phase in a conflict defined as much by strategy as by atrocity. The post Maskirovka Returns: Russia’s Strategic Recalibration for War appeared first on ComplexDiscovery.| ComplexDiscovery
I wasn’t going to go anywhere near this because it is too close to actual politics for my taste, but Ben Thompson’s take on the U.S. government’s 10% stake in Intel is a great read.| Tao of Mac
Data poisoning is a type of cyberattack where malicious actors corrupt the training data of AI models. This can embed errors, biases, or hidden vulnerabiliti...| people, ideas, machines
We continue our Summer Playlist this week by welcoming Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity… The post Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets appeared first on SmarterMarkets™.| SmarterMarkets™
For decades, Hungarian foreign policy has swung between two seemingly incompatible poles: passive conformity to Western — especially EU — expectations, typically associated with the left of the Hungarian political spectrum, and an assertive emphasis on national sovereignty, often in opposition to the same alliances, more characteristic of the right. But must these two directions be mutually exclusive? An essay by Csaba Barnabas Horvath.| Válasz Online
The former prime minister met Donald Trump this week to discuss the future of the besieged territory.| New Statesman
Back in May I posted the following to my BEEW Spill feed...| BEEW
The Blessings of COVID-19 — Conspiracy of Interests — Steel Lions v. Glass Lambs — Happier or Smarter — The Quiet Grace of Nothing Terrible Today| BEEW
Australia aims to ratify a security and economic treaty with Nauru amid concerns over a $648M Chinese investment proposal. The post Aust seeks Nauru deal appeared first on Islands Business.| Islands Business
Even in Communist times, during Putin’s much-beloved Soviet Union, Russian leaders deeply appreciated Europeans as true inspirations — as a quick look at any Matryoshka doll documents. The post When Russia Was Still Europe-Minded appeared first on The Globalist.| The Globalist
As Taipei prepares against the threat of invasion from China, the islands’ domestic politics are increasingly divided.| New Statesman
A week after the U.S. President publicly urged Intel’s new CEO, Lip‑Bu Tan, to step down over alleged ties to Chinese companies, SoftBank Group threw the embattled U.S. chipmaker a $2 billion lifeline. Intel will issue new shares to SoftBank at $23 each, just under a 2% stake that instantly puts the Japanese conglomerate among… The post SoftBank pumps $2B into Intel after Trump’s gripes over CEO’s China ties appeared first on Research & Development World.| Research & Development World
Explore how AI Decision Systems are transforming military operations and the critical cybersecurity and legal safeguards needed to uphold International Humanitarian Law—insights from CyCon 2025.| ComplexDiscovery
Esade Students during a Study Visit to the European institutions in Brussels. In 2025, politics is inescapable for business leaders. Wars and power plays disrupt supply chains, tariffs appear and vanish overnight, and rules ... The post 9 International Business Schools Where You Can Study Geopolitics appeared first on Poets&Quants for Execs.| Poets&Quants for Execs
Luc de Rancourt, co-director of EDHEC Business School’s new Chair in Geopolitics & Corporate Strategy, was part of geopolitics panel for World In Progress on June 24 in Chantilly, France. Courtesy photo Luc de ... The post A New Geopolitics Push? How International B-Schools Are Responding To Global Chaos appeared first on Poets&Quants for Execs.| Poets&Quants for Execs
Historian Christopher Clark in Foreign Policy sees the collapse of modernity. What’s really ending is industrial civilisation’s life-cycle. What comes next depends on whether we embrace collapse or renewal.| Age of Transformation
In less than three years, Ukraine has achieved staggering successes against the Russian navy in the Black Sea through an agile, low-cost campaign of uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) and drone strikes. Here we look at the details of this campaign and the profound implications for procurement, tactics and doctrine for global navies. The impact has| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
Nearly 270 journalists killed in Gaza, leaving local voices silenced, coverage restricted, and international protections questioned.| Digital Information World
For half a century, the relationship between the United States and China has oscillated between cautious cooperation and deep-seated rivalry—an uneasy marriage of economic interdependence and strategic mistrust. The modern U.S.–China relationship was born in 1972, when President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing opened a new chapter of diplomatic and economic engagement. In 2025,...| The Science Survey
Explore how Finland’s 1939 Winter War and Ukraine’s modern resistance reveal the evolving costs of sovereignty, the dynamics of asymmetric warfare, and the strategic choices small nations face under threat.| ComplexDiscovery
A short percentage-based assessment of the qualitative benefit expressed as a percentage of positive reception of the recent article from ComplexDiscovery OÜ titled, "Putin's Intransigence and the Illusion of Peace: War Rages Amid Alaska Summit."| ComplexDiscovery
This is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. The rise of China in the Pacific region has brought countries like Solomon Islands, and the region at large, into the spotlight. Australia’s Albanese government has ramped up spending and engagement to balance influence and the US has made sharp rebukes about Chinese regional engagement. ... Read moreDisclosure The Pacific Research Program is an independent Pacific-focused research program that supports evidence-based polic...| Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre
The headlines say Donald Trump is going after India with tariffs. The deeper story is that this is not just about trade. It is about oil, the lingering grip of neoliberal ideology, the BRICS challenge to U.S. dominance — and whether Trump’s brand of economic statecraft can succeed in the face of entrenched interests at…| Art Berman
This is not the first time the US president has blundered into a high-profile summit with an adversary.| New Statesman
Von Der Leyen Just Subordinated The EU As The US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State By Andrew Korybko This outcome places the US on the path of restoring its unipolar hegemony via sequential lopsided trade…| Voice of East
On May 7th 2025, the Chilean government confirmed a report published earlier that morning: Chinese companies BYD and Yongqing Technology (Tsingshan Group) had abandoned their planned lithium cathode production facilities in Chile. This announcement dealt a significant blow to the ambitions of a country with a longstanding mining tradition, now striving to build industrial capabilities […]| Developing Economics
What do you really know about Taiwan? A new book, “Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival” aims to fill the knowledge gap for Western audiences.| America 2.0
Too often we have treated diplomatic positions as political/ad hoc appointments rather than careers that require institutional memory and continuous development| Karl's Notes
As of May 2025, the United States contains about three-quarters of global AI supercomputer performance, with China in second place with 15%. Meanwhile, traditional high-performance computing leaders like Germany, Japan, and France now play marginal roles in the AI supercomputing landscape. This shift largely reflects the increased dominance of major technology companies, which are predominantly based in the United States.| Epoch AI
This US survey examines: Western countries have used interest earned on frozen Russian state assets to finance around $50 billion in loans to the government of Ukraine. There have also been calls to seize the assets in full, currently estimated at around $300 billion; (a) Seizing frozen Russian state assets and using them to support […]| Clark Center Forum
By Lama El Horr, - Jul 27, 2025 In a world ruled by the arbitrary use of force, just causes abound. There is one, however, that exudes such violence that it encompasses all denials of justice at once and sparks revolt across borders: the Palestinian cause. Cyril Ramaphosa’s South Africa has clearl| Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
Having led his supporters into the looking-glass world of conspiracy, the US president finds he is trapped inside it.| New Statesman
Our Summer Playlist rolls on this week with Theresa Kammel and Pierre Buisson, Originator and Senior Structurer of Weather & Agro Zurich at Munich Re.… The post Theresa Kammel (Originator) & Pierre Buisson (Senior Structurer), Weather & Agro Zurich, Munich Re appeared first on SmarterMarkets™.| SmarterMarkets™
Relentless violence by Israel against Palestinians continues to expose brutal imperialism. Two glimmers of hope: a rare earths squeeze by China may provide restraint on the US-led war machine. Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana lead "Your Party," a new UK force challenging complicity. The post The unfolding endgame: Gaza, rare earths and western decline first appeared on Anna Chen.| Anna Chen
OPEC’s recent decision to start adding supply back to the market has baffled most analysts — though that hasn’t stopped them from offering explanations that are just as confusing as the move itself. On the surface, it seems illogical for the group to boost supply in what appears to be…| Art Berman
The former DOGE staffer who gutted USAID is now allowing a State Department social media account to promote corporate communications for Elon Musk's X, in its conflict with the French government.| America 2.0
The debt ceiling has been a source of constant political gamesmanship. A bipartisan chorus of lawmakers is finally calling for its elimination.| America 2.0
Six months into Trump 2.0, backers have buyer's remorse. And is Pakistan up next to be "denuclearized" by Trump?| America 2.0
The Kremlin is becoming increasingly unhappy with Donald Trump as it struggles to realize its war plans. Will he fall in line?| America 2.0
Many see Senator Cory Booker as presidential material — but his complex personal ties raise questions about his judgment.| America 2.0
In lieu of effective political leadership, Pope Leo may provide an important cultural counterbalance to emergent global fascism.| America 2.0
I haven’t watched The Simpsons for a long time, but one of my favourite episodes was "Homer the Great" from the sixth season, where Homer jo ...| dominionreview.ca
Duda’s Rzeszow Remarks Set the Stage For Nawrocki’s Foreign Policy Vision By Andrew Korybko He seemingly expects that this will support his successor’s efforts to turn Poland into a regional power.…| Voice of East
Trump’s Latest Remarks About GERD Raise Questions About His Understanding Of This Dispute By Andrew Korybko Siding with Egypt signals support for its next proxy war on Ethiopia that could destabili…| Voice of East
Why Is There Ambiguity Over The US-NATO Arms Arrangement For Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko The Europeans’ compliance or lack thereof will play a crucial role in the conflict’s future course. The offen…| Voice of East
The New China-Venezuela Partnership Is Challenging U.S. Hegemony By Uriel Araujo Venezuela and China are expanding cooperation across energy, tech, infrastructure, and defence. With over 600 joint …| Voice of East
China Might Not Want Russia To Lose, But It Might Not Want Russia To Win Either By Andrew Korybko A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while a Russian victory could end the di…| Voice of East
Washington’s Role In The Dalai Lama Succession: Faith And Geopolitics Collide In India-China Relations By Uriel Araujo The Dalai Lama’s succession looms as a geopolitical flashpoint, fuelling tensi…| Voice of East
The Sino-Indo Rivalry Will Shape Trump’s Anti-Russian Secondary Sanctions Decision By Andrew Korybko The tariff-driven prisoner’s dilemma between China and India could work to Russia’s advantage. O…| Voice of East
Here’s How Trump Was Manipulated Into Mission Creep By Andrew Korybko Zelensky, anti-Russian US hawks, Melania, and the Mainstream Media each exploited in their own way his false expectation that P…| Voice of East
Trump’s “Major Statement” On Russia Is A Clumsy Attempt To Thread The Needle By Andrew Korybko His threatened secondary sanctions could majorly backfire by harming the US’ own interests. The “major…| Voice of East
Colombian President Petro Alleges US Involvement In A Coup Plot As Ties With China Deepen By Uriel Araujo Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro’s allegations of a Washington-orchestrated coup, citing …| Voice of East
The post Post Meeting Notes: Megatrends, Markets & Mindsets appeared first on Corporate Research Forum.| Corporate Research Forum
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) says it will investigate the potential for export restrictions by foreign countries, as well as their ability to “weaponize” their control over supplies of polysilicon.| pv magazine India
For years, the threat of open war between Israel and Iran simmered on the margins of global attention—a shadow conflict fought through proxies, assassinations, and ideology. Now it's out in the open. Joint Israeli-American airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure have crossed a threshold. But this isn’t just a war of…| Art Berman
On our third installment of Summer Playlist 2025, we welcome Jeff Currie back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Jeff is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways… The post Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways, Carlyle appeared first on SmarterMarkets™.| SmarterMarkets™
The court vacated the district court’s decision to dismiss the case against NSO Group, saying it abused its discretion in doing so.| CyberScoop
The Outcome Of Armenia’s Latest Round Of Unrest Will Be Pivotal For The Region’s Future By Andrew Korybko If Armenia becomes a joint Azeri-Turkish protectorate like Pashinyan’s opponents fear that …| Voice of East
2024 delivered as one of the most dynamic years in recent memory and 2025 promises to be no different.| Newmark
The text discusses how true systemic change, characterized by a redefinition of societal foundations, is rare and occurs when three drivers align: the emergence of general-purpose technology, multi…| Reimagining the Future
Lee Jones recently spoke to a conference of logistics professionals about the rapid changes in global politics. He argued that the current chaos is the result of the continuing decay of the old neo…| The Northern Star
In this podcast with Noah Carl, I make the case that a prolonged stalemate is programmed, assuming continued Russian mobilization prevents Ukrainian victory, and the materiel balance doesn't shift sharply to either party. The post The Z of History: 13 Months of Commentary appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
> Как Россия может еще выиграть... The post Как тебе такое, Илон Маск? appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
The original hansas were bands of Germanic merchants who traveled together for protection against pirates at sea, robber bandits on the riverways, and bandits and brigands on land.| Karl's Notes
The “deep state” isn’t real—there’s no smoky backroom of rogue bureaucrats plotting to subvert democracy. But there is a sprawling, entrenched bureaucratic apparatus that frustrates elected leaders, slows agendas, and seems impervious to change. That’s not conspiracy—it’s what happens when government scales to complexity. The “deep state” has become a cultural emblem: liberals dismiss it,…| Art Berman
The invasion of Iraq came robed in political poetry. This is the grand strategy of a businessman.| New Statesman
Should Keir Starmer back these strikes, he risks splitting his entire political movement.| New Statesman
The Brits And Ukrainians Are Plotting To Manipulate Trump Into Escalating Against Russia By Andrew Korybko Two false flag scenarios are being cooked up in the Baltic Sea to this end according to Ru…| Voice of East
The one and only downside about leaving academia for first the policy and then the policy analysis community is that almost everything has to be framed as in the American interest. Now, since I wish to change my own country’s policies, this is hardly a bad thing on the whole. But boy does it ever … Continue reading If I were an Iranian Strategist…| The Trickster's Guide to Geopolitics
The comparison with Iraq is inescapable. David Vine is a political anthropologist and the author of a trilogy of books about war and peace, including “The United States of War: A Global History of America’s [...]| Brave New Europe
The content explores the dynamics of global transformation through a framework of Pressure Points and Catalysts, encompassing seven interrelated domains: Science, Technology, Society, Geopolitics, …| Reimagining the Future
Zelensky’s Latest Tweetstorm Is Full Of Panic By Andrew Korybko Even if only some of what Zelensky is worried about comes to pass, especially reduced US aid and forthcoming American pressure upon U…| Voice of East
Event: Polish Scottish Forum Date: Saturday 14th June 2025 Time: 09.30 – 17.00 Venue: Faculty of Advocates, Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close High Street Edinburgh EH1 1QX Organisers: Consulate General of Poland in Edinburgh, SCGA, the Faculty of Advocates and the Citizens Rights Project As Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union comes ... Read more| Scottish Council On Global Affairs
Explore how Sillamäe’s secretive past as a Soviet nuclear city offers powerful insights for breaking down communication silos in today’s organizations. A must-read for cybersecurity, governance, and innovation leaders.| ComplexDiscovery
Five Questions Surrounding Israel’s Unprecedented Strikes On Iran By Andrew Korybko The answers will determine the course of this crisis. Israel launched unprecedented strikes on Iranian military a…| Voice of East
ISKP’s War On Baloch Separatists Deepens Pakistan’s Multi-Front Crisis By Uriel Araujo The Islamic State Khorasan Province’s (ISKP) declaration of war against Baloch separatists intensi…| Voice of East
Russia’s Efforts To Return Displaced Ukrainian Children To Their Families Discredit The ICC By Andrew Korybko It’s always tragic whenever children are displaced or orphaned by conflict, but evacuat…| Voice of East
Ukraine’s Response To The Sejm’s Volhynia Genocide Remembrance Bill Infuriated Poles By Andrew Korybko Downplaying this crime and suggesting that Poles are Russia’s useful idiots for remembering it…| Voice of East
Why Did Russia Lend Credence To Trump’s Claim That He Personally Stopped The Indo-Pak Conflict? By Andrew Korybko The rise of Russia’s pro-BRI policymaking faction, intense Pakistani diplomacy, and…| Voice of East
India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates, Entangled In Middle Eastern And Caucasian Geopolitical Rivalries By Uriel Araujo The India-Pakistan conflict, intensified by the 2025 Pahalgam attack and Operatio…| Voice of East
Lavrov Made Three Important Points About Russia’s Military Diplomacy By Andrew Korybko It’s in Russia’s interests to amplify these points in order to counter weaponized misportrayals of its militar…| Voice of East
Analysing Reports That Russia Clinched A Deal With Pakistan To Rebuild Its Steel Mill By Andrew Korybko Although the reported deal would be an apolitical one, the consequent reduction of Pakistani …| Voice of East
Ukraine-Hungary Tensions Escalate Over Spy Scandal And Minority Rights By Uriel Araujo Ukraine’s expulsion of Hungarian diplomats over a Transcarpathia spy scandal has escalated tensions, with Hung…| Voice of East
Did Trump Know About Ukraine’s Strategic Drone Strikes In Advance? By Andrew Korybko What follows are five relevant points, each accompanied by brief arguments about why they either do or do not pr…| Voice of East
The Taliban’s Return To The Global Stage: Stakes For India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, China, And The US By Andrew Korybko Given the renewed interest that major stakeholders – India, Pakistan, Iran, R…| Voice of East
Tensions In The Baltic Sea: Russia’s Assertive Posture Is Challenging NATO By Uriel Araujo Tensions in the Baltic Sea escalate as NATO’s growing presence, including Finland and Estonia’s secu…| Voice of East
Russia Will No Longer Look The Other Way As Serbia Indirectly Arms Ukraine By Andrew Korybko Whatever ends up happening, and hopefully nothing too dramatic will unfold, it’s long overdue for Russia…| Voice of East
What’s The Likelihood That Russia Soon Drops More Oreshniks On Ukraine? By Andrew Korybko Step by step, Trump is turning “Sleepy Joe Biden’s War” into his own, exactly as Steve Bannon warned him no…| Voice of East
The Boer Issue Is Real But Trump Is Misusing It To Target South Africa At Israel’s Behest By Uriel Araujo Violence against Whites in South Africa is a serious issue, but there is no genocide.…| Voice of East
Review of Adam Curtis TV Series 'I can't get you out of my head'. How did our society become this polarised? Why doesn't there appear to be a political route out of our predicament? It pulls out a thread of points which question the value of individualism, role of science and source of meaning.| Green House Think Tank
Driven by an ambitious talent pool, geopolitical tailwinds, operating model innovation & domestic risk capital, Indian vertical AI startups could be the breakout tech story of the decade.| An Operator's Blog
