The Trump Administration is not a Very Good Poker Player…
Foreign policy as table talk only works if you know the cards. Against Xi, Zelensky, and Iran, and a still-closed Strait of Hormuz, the bluff is getting expensive and the chips are real.
Category Geopolitics
Geography, natural and digital resources and population trends directly influence how countries behave in the world
Beyond physical territory, today’s geopolitics are driven by technology, a race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, global supply chain and energy security, alliances as well as climate change. These forces provide a foundation for understanding modern world power dynamics
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The Thucydides Trap, the Strait That Won’t Open, and the Chips the World Cannot Afford to Lose
As this piece is written, President Trump is in Beijing. He arrived yesterday at Beijing Capital International Airport, where he was greeted not by Xi Jinping — as protocol and the president's own hype machine had suggested — but by a vice foreign minister and a vice president.
The Ultimate Hypocrisy – Revisiting Apple’s iconic and revolutionary 1984 Super Bowl Commercial and what this means for my personal portfolio
For most American football fans, the 1984 Super Bowl XVIII was a "snoozer". After all, the Los Angeles Raiders routed the Washington Redskins 38 to 9 that day in a game whose outcome felt preordained at the opening kick.
An “American Crusade” in Iran – And what this means for my personal portfolio
From Google Gemini's perspective it is important to know where one comes from because understanding one's own origins, acts as a rearview mirror that provides clarity for one's future path.