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Jun 12 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Cancels The Strike

Thursday morning: take Kharg Island. Thursday afternoon: never mind, deal in three days.

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Jun 10 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

The Apache Crisis

Five incidents in two months, a transmission problem affecting every E-model, and a $2B funding hole. Then Iran shot one down.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

French Jet Shoots Down Drone Over Latvia

NATO airspace violations are up 200% since last year.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Xi Goes to Pyongyang

First visit in 7 years, and Kim Yo Jong drew a nuclear red line the day before.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Israel and Iran Stand Down

Trump's third intervention call in eight days.

Jun 8 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

China Pushes Into Taiwan's Sea Space

Four Chinese ships near the Pratas Islands this weekend, with "Taiwan's future lies in national reunification" broadcast over the radio.

Jun 8 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Fires Missiles at Israel

Sunday was Iran's first ballistic strike on Israel since the April 8 ceasefire. Trump told Bibi not to retaliate.

Jun 5 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Israel Strikes Lebanon

The cumulative toll since March 2 is 3,468 dead and over 1 million displaced.

Jun 5 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Henry Nowak Protests in Southampton

Police handcuffed a dying teenager because they believed his attacker's self-defense story. The bodycam came out, Southampton burned.

Jun 5 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

What in the Heck Is Trump Doing With Iran?

A 60-day MOU is sitting on the table. Trump won't sign it; Iran is preparing to decline it. Hawks want him to scrap it; Vance wants him to ship it.

Jun 3 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Is Mad at Bibi

Trump screamed at Netanyahu, called him "fucking crazy," and pulled the plug on Israel's Beirut strike.

Jun 2 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

El Al Returns to SF

After 6.5 years, El Al's Tel Aviv-San Francisco route is back -- as flight LY49.

Jun 1 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Israel Pushes Deeper Into Lebanon

It's the deepest IDF incursion in 26 years.

May 29 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

A Tentative Iran Deal

Trump's 14-point MOU ends the war and freezes Iran's nukes for 12+ years. Breakthrough or JCPOA 2.0?

May 27 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Give Up on Disarming North Korea?

North Korea fired again this week. The real fight isn't the missile -- it's whether to finally accept the bomb.

May 27 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Hajj Begins

1,300 pilgrims died in 2024's Hajj heat. It began again this week near 47C.

May 27 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran's Victory Lap

Iran's new supreme leader says the American era is over. Earned victory, real danger, or hollow bravado?

May 26 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Bombing During the Truce

The US hit Iran's coast while Trump said peace talks were "proceeding nicely."

May 22 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Why Indict Raul Castro Now?

The US charged 94-year-old Raul Castro over a 1996 shoot-down. Justice, political theater, or leverage on Havana?

May 21 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump's Greenland Charm Offensive

After a year of tariffs and threats, Trump is courting Greenland with deals. Statecraft, coercion, or leverage?