Bread and 60,000ft-high circuses
The Chinese balloon handily tested the Americans' mettle and showed it lacking once again.
Consequences for the US as its weapon inventory deplete
The most immediate implications of this will be for Ukraine.
The Thucydides Trap: Are the US and China headed for war?
Washington is increasing the probability that it will lose the real prize, SE Asia, to keep a sideshow, Ukraine.
Professor John Mearsheimer on Ukraine and Taiwan
Mearsheimer contends that the American strategy of encouraging the 2014 Euromaidan clashes in Kiev and courting Ukraine into NATO and the European Union is considered in Russia to be an existential threat.
Twenty Forty-Nine: An American Nightmare
Bournbrook’s Collingwood writes here a story taking place in 2049. Focussed on the geopolitical position of the United States, it offers an unnerving account of what may lie ahead for our world.
How about a nice game of Tic Tac Toe?
The chances of miscalculation or accident are too large for humanity to live under.
Disaster in the Rye
The Cost of Living Crisis has only just started, and is nowhere near its peak. Any political forecast that does not take this into account is worthless.
Finding the true origin of SARS-CoV-2 is of paramount importance
Why do we not care more about this potential explanation for the origin of the virus, and that it may well have been covered up?