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China Power: State-Spun, Not State-Run
China’s new white paper sets out its bid to lead the world. But its lead in open-weight AI was built by firms that took their orders from the market.
Jun 29
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Adrian Monck
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The Cautious Messiah
A man from the people but not of the people
Jun 22
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Adrian Monck
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The Iran Deal Trump Signed but Didn’t Write
America can still destroy almost anything. It can no longer decide what comes after.
Jun 18
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Adrian Monck
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The Trillion-Dollar Bet Against the Climate
The AI build-out that’s walking past every rule built to green it.
Jun 5
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Adrian Monck
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May 2026
The Country That Conquered Oil
China built an oil buffer just as its oil dependence began to shrink.
May 27
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Adrian Monck
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The Atlantic Conveyor Belt Slows
How British careers, capital and ideology came to flow from American institutions – and what happens when that flow weakens.
May 19
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Adrian Monck
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Eurasia Review Interviews: Adrian Monck on AI, Journalism and the Erosion of Shared Reality
Sharing this chat with Eurasia Review
May 15
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Adrian Monck
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The Toy Giraffe At The End of Globalisation
What happens when you can’t even make your own tat.
May 12
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Adrian Monck
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America’s Crisis Has Already Begun
Martin Wolf warned the next financial crisis would begin in America. It already did — in April 2025. And America started it.
May 7
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Adrian Monck
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Who Gets Dollars? End of The Offshored Empire (Part 3)
Washington has started saying out loud who gets dollars and who doesn’t. The world is taking out insurance.
May 1
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Adrian Monck
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April 2026
Compute-for-Capital: End of The Offshored Empire (Part 2)
The old bargain was goods-for-debt. The new one is compute-for-capital. America is asking the Gulf to pay for it.
Apr 28
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Adrian Monck
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End of The Offshored Empire (Part 1)
American’s most successful project was one it never admitted running. Now it’s being dismantled by people who didn’t know it existed.
Apr 26
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Adrian Monck
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