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Oct 18, 20223 min read
Party On
The outcome of China's 20th Party Congress is no mystery. Xi Jinping's next 5 years are trickier.
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Pitch Deck: Ukraine
Kyiv is showing as much innovation with its finances as with its military kit - both donated and captured.
Oct 7, 20223 min read
The China Sneeze
The China is facing an economic sneeze that might take down a limping global economy further.
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Cry Havoc!
All wars are economic, but global markets have been mobilized and sent into battle over Ukraine. This is the future of war.
Sep 19, 20223 min read
Whisky Tango Foxtrot: One China
Washington's One China Policy and "strategic ambiguity" explained. Spoiler: It's logically incoherent, but that's by design.
Sep 15, 20224 min read
Roll Tide Roll
Ukraine takes Kharkiv in counter-offensive. Russians are getting worried, the Kremlin plays it clueless.
Sep 13, 20226 min read
El Bitcoin!
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has doubled down with his country's limited money to become bitcoin's ultimate crypto tech-bro.
Aug 22, 20224 min read
August in Ukraine
Ahead of the Kherson counter-offensive, August in Ukraine has been a lively month. But it may still be a long winter.
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Bad Fences, Bad Neighbors
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wanted one more swing at China before headed to pasture. Her timing was terrible.
Jun 6, 20222 min read
The Longest Day
78 Years ago, the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
May 13, 20222 min read
Dispatch: The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech just got a lot more relevant.
May 13, 20226 min read
Notes From a Cultural Revolution
The rumors of a new Cultural Revolution are greatly exaggerated. Sewanee, Graduation and Common Sense - mostly.
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Hell, It's War
It's war in Ukraine. It could have been stopped in 2014, and now he have to pay a higher price.
Feb 18, 20225 min read
The Middle Kingdom's Middle Finger
China's President Xi appears to be isolating China with in its block. Will it work? Does it ever?
Feb 10, 20223 min read
Don't Forget Weapons-Grade Iran
Things are getting hairy with Ukraine and Taiwan, but let's not forget that Iran is about to go weapons-grade.
Feb 3, 20224 min read
Non-Identity Politics in Ukraine
The West is guessing what Vladimir Putin is thinking. It should stop and focus on what he's selling.
Feb 1, 202210 min read
Confusion in the Borderlands
Vladimir Putin things that Ukraine is Russia. Many Ukrainians think that as well. It is confusing...
Nov 17, 20214 min read
Is it a Bird or a Plane?
China's hypersonic gliders are clever, and problematic.
Nov 3, 20213 min read
An Afghan Kind of War
The Taliban is now facing a civil war with the Islamic State in Afghanistan. It's going to be a long one.
Sep 22, 20214 min read
A Fracas Over AUKUS
France is in grand furie over the Australian nuclear submarines. Of course it's our fault.
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