On the proposed Gaza plan: Very interesting to see the deliberate use of #technocratic to describe the proposed leadership, not democratic.

This is why I like the geo-technology concept for getting us to focus both on the brainpower but also on the necessary industrial and resource base …

As Parag Khanna has been predicting and charting … and yet U.S. still has difficulty with its supposed pivot …

Getting tired of social media comments that treat Ukraine-Russia as some otherworldly place without accepting that U.S. platforms and assets are equally vulnerable to what we’ve been observing.

My sense is that we are entering into the prankster phase of drone sightings in Europe, not dissimilar to what happened in the U.S. in 2024.

www.semafor.com/article/09/2... Exactly as @soliman.bsky.social would have predicted … the Gulf forging a new financial-technological partnership with the United States …

The “greater Silk Road region” is taking shape with its infrastructure and financial architecture taking shape … www.linkedin.com/posts/drpara...

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... Yet another sign that the Ukraine war is serving as a 21st century version of the Spanish Civil War …

Provocative question from @umland.bsky.social: Нужно ли малым державам оружие массового поражения? (Do smaller powers need weapons of mass destruction?)

“AI isn’t magical pixie dust!” www.linkedin.com/posts/ninasc...

In @politico.com @nahaltoosi.bsky.social offers a fascinating case study of finding ways not to use power … www.politico.com/news/magazin...

"By linking infrastructure investment with development goals and national security priorities, these initiatives are creating a more strategic approach to global supply chains." www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

It was Derek Pew who alerted me to #Tether and the role of dollar equivalent stablecoin, and wrote about this for @FPRI last year ... 1/ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

U.S. continuing to move towards a more continental model of state-private partnerships through use of golden share equity stakes … www.linkedin.com/posts/ashley...

The “new scramble” for Central Asian resources … www.linkedin.com/posts/nighti...

Are we going to site major #AI assets and data centers close to major energy reserves? www.linkedin.com/posts/gabeco...

This is why announcements about packages and sales are insufficient; a press release does not equate to physical items in stock. nationalinterest.org/feature/the-...

Huawei has built around 70% of Africa’s 4G networks, partnering with governments and companies in the continent’s largest economies, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Chinese investment and construction in technology in Africa, 2005-2025

Good morning to a thrilling Tuesday everybody with a little Cold-War-History. The sun is rising at Glienicker Bridge between Berlin and Potsdam. It became famous as the 'bridge of spies' where agent's exchange happened. Remember when everybody thought that these days were over for ever?

As always, in the debate between realism and liberal internationalism, my response is: Why not both?

We often talk about competition with China, but the following two entries … China’s massive lead in Africa, and its efforts to find alternatives to the U.S. market for its exports, suggests Beijing has been preparing, not just posturing … 1 of 3/

Data centers require not only avaialbe supplies of energy snd technological know-how but a construction industry and an industrial base. Latest analysis from @soliman.bsky.social … open.substack.com/pub/sovereig...

“Honey I’ll do it later.”

This is a fascinating development. Would we see state and local governments and utilities in the U.S. prepared to do something similar? Perhaps via tech parks that spring up in the shadow of universities … www.fpri.org/article/2025...

One of the lessons people don’t seem to want to learn from the Turkish shoot down of the Russian fighter a decade ago is that Ankara was prepared to accept the consequences and ultimately reconciled with Moscow. Today Turkey is a critical #roundabout state for Moscow.

One of the lessons people don’t seem to want to learn from the Turkish shoot down of the Russian fighter a decade ago is that Ankara was prepared to accept the consequences and ultimately reconciled with Moscow. Today Turkey is a critical #roundabout state for Moscow.

The Norwegian government has made a landmark decision in its naval modernization strategy by choosing the United Kingdom as its key partner for the acquisition of new frigates. buff.ly/Wns7mOr

Ken Moriyasu’s @asia.nikkei.com takeaways from the #Xi #Trump call … x.com/kenmoriyasu/...

Once again, a reminder of #trilemma factors ... in this case, finding ways for agriculture to use less water and for more water to be released to restoring the Aral Sea--in turn bolstering aquaculture ... timesca.com/kazakhstan-s...

Seems like President Lee is considering embracing a more #keystone role for ROK … and like Saudi Arabia hedging on a more unpredictable United States … 1/ www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...

Warning from @soliman.bsky.social: American leaders have a choice: build the systems that will shape the future, or others will build them for you. In the coming century, those who control production have the power. www.stimson.org/2025/techno-...

The theme behind this week's Asia Times #GRRM (Global Risk-Reward Monitor) is the gap between pronouncement and capability, as James Davis, @diegofassnacht.bsky.social and Scott Foster look at fundamental "structural fatigue" across Europe and Asia. asiatimes.com/2025/09/the-...

What is interesting is that there are now four distinct prioritization approaches embraced by different figures within the administration: Western Hemisphere prioritizers; Asia prioritizers; those who want to revamp the Atlantic community, and now an #Anglosphere approach.

China investing in South Africa as a maritime #keystone state … www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

What constitutes an act of war these days? The people defining this crucial issue are...underwriters. The trial of Serhii K will be of enormous significance for them - and indeed for everyone. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/n... (Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.)

Very thankful I have a documented online archive covering roughly 20 yrs prior to the advent of AI of overusing the emdash.

Saudi Arabia’s OPEC+ outreach to Russia, Petro-yuan with China, now this defense pact with Pakistan. Riyadh hedging its bets with the United States …

Commenting on @reziemba.bsky.social thoughts about #QIA investment in Canadian miner Ivanhoe ... what this means for Gulf aspirations to become #geotechnological center (per @soliman.bsky.social) ... www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

These tensions speak directly to #trilemma concerns: Egypt worried about how the dam will negatively impact its access to freshwater for drinking/agriculture, straining food/water security, while the power the dam generates is critical to Ethiopia's plans for development.

@reuters.com reporting Hyundai now announcing Georgia plant start delayed to 2026.

More on this project: www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

🔴 Virtual Event Starting Soon: By Air and by Sea: PRC Coercion of Taiwan from Trump I to Trump II buff.ly/ra9uu98

Via @emmamashford.bsky.social @stimsoncenter.bsky.social releasing a series of essays and podcasts tackling what U.S. grand strategy ought to be for the mid-21st century, spanning a wide variety of perspectives and recommendations… www.stimson.org/project/new-...

Leon Hadar on the fate of the "pivot to Asia": The fundamental flaw in the pivot was the assumption that America could simply choose its strategic priorities without accounting for the inconvenient tendency of global crises to impose their own logic. asiatimes.com/2025/09/us-p...

The bad news: “Only trace amounts of four export-controlled REEs—terbium, dysprosium, lutetium oxide, and yttrium—are leaving China. …These specific REEs aren't produced in large quantities, but lie at the heart of our defense technologies.” www.linkedin.com/posts/mahnaz...

Hungary’s FM comments aptly illustrate how #trilemma pressures impact the #prosperity_legitimacy_equation and increasingly will drive states’ policy decisions … x.com/fm_szijjarto...

It seems that indirect import of Russian sourced petroleum into EU countries occurs via India and Turkey, so that the EU's dependence on Moscow extends beyond the direct Druzhba deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia ...