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We Are All China Now

China’s Real Industrial Crisis Isn’t Overcapacity – It’s Hollowing Out

The Sessile Isle

The Mercantilist Maginot Line

Germany’s Industrial Collapse: Follow the Money

The End of The Age of Silicon

The BBC Crisis and the Impossible Institution

The Automation Trap

Hegemony Without “Hegodicy”

How the Machine That Made Modern Bread Explains Why British Industry is Toast

The Duellists. Crisis Management Disguised as Normalisation

The Sanctions That Backfired

The Ground Has Shifted

Europe’s Bill of Independence

Are You Nexperia-enced? Europe’s Technology Sovereignty Illusion

Going For Gold: The Deliberate Dollar Collapse

The Mortality Crisis

Stephen Miller's Shadow Military: The Quantico Warning

The Black-Veined Jugular: Russia’s War Hits The Wall

The ‘Super-Sparta’ Trap

The Prosperity Trap: Inside Britain’s Tech Deal with Trump’s America

Sterling Subservient

Who Really Ruined The 21C For The Rest of Us?

The Steel Magnate’s Revenge: How Vienna Invented Modern Democracy’s Self-Destruction

The Uncomfortable Economics of Making Peace in Ukraine

The G-Minus World

Taking The Alas From Alaska: America’s Strategic Pivot From Europe to Asia

The Business of Ukraine Peace Is Business

The 90-day clock is ticking

Why Corruption Exports Better Than Communism

The Trillion-Dollar Trap

The Fertility Brain Drain

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Empire by Extortion: Why Adam Tooze Gets Dollar Dominance Wrong

The Weight of Dependency: How Denmark Became a Pharmaceutical Petro-State

The Investor Confidence Paradox: Why Markets Bet on Aging Japan Over Dynamic China

Shell Game: How Democracies Lose Production Wars

The Catastrophe Machine: How Finance Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Disaster

For What Shall It Profit a Nation?

Follow the Corpses: China’s EV Revolution Devours Its Own Children

Too Close to Clash: The US-China Standoff Nobody Can Win

Sanctions Become Strikes: The Dangerous Fusion of Financial and Military Power

The Architecture of Fear: How Insecurity Shapes Everything

The October Clock: Why Today’s Strikes Matter Less Than a Deadline Nobody’s Watching

The Sovereign Dependency Trap: When Power Needs Permission #258

The Nuclear Umbrella Paradox

How Infrastructure Really Rules Politics: From Habsburg Habits to Soviet Nuclear Relics #257

Christine Lagarde Tells Europe It Needs Guns to Sell Bonds

Our Post-Industrial Future: How Britain Made Half Its People Obsolete #256

China’s Leadership Crisis

Resource Wars 2.0: How Energy Empires Are Reshaping Our World #255

The Hidden Mesh: How Trade Tentacles Replaced Tank Treads in Global Power Plays #254

Gold Wars and Ghost Factories: How Currency Battles and Populist Aftershocks Are Reshaping Our World. #253

Deep Dive on Ukraine’s War, Weaponised Water, Drone Diplomacy & Revolutionary Trade: Power Plays Explained

From Brinkmanship to Bloodlines: How US-China Tensions Echo 1914 and Why Your DNA Carries History’s Weight

Decoding the New Economic Order: Democracy’s Test, Europe’s Dilemma, and China’s Leverage #250

Trade Wars, Nuclear Talks and Indulgence Economics: How Status Anxiety is Reshaping Global Power #249

Global Power Shifts: Trump’s Tariff Strategy, The Great Lure of China – For Tech Talent Returnees, and Arctic Diplomacy Explained – Plus more! #248

The Pay-As-You-Go Pentagon, Vibe Authoritarianism, China’s Factory Empire, Plus More! #247

The Great Game Changers: America Slips Anchor, Europe Panics and India’s Diplomatic Judo. Plus Bonus Global Intrigue. #246

Strategic Narcissism: The Emerging World Order (2025-2028). Democracy Under Water. And Meta’s Threat To Europe. #245

How An Arctic Cold Rush Explains Trump’s Putin Pivot. Why Manifest Destiny 2.0 Is Also Fuelling Stagflation and Rearming Europe. Plus more! #245

Power Plays: Trump’s $18.6B NATO Squeeze. From MAGA to MALA? China’s Hidden Economic Heft. Bonus Maudlin Birthday Reflections! 🎂 Plus more! #244

Pivot to Putin: America Goes From Western Leader to Wheeler Dealer. Asia Wakes Up. Europe Hears The Alarm, Puts Head Back Under Pillow – Plus more! #243

The Ukraine Paradox. Why Geopolitics is Now PC vs Mac. Its Silicon Curtains For AI Co-operation. If You’re a Lumberjack – You’re OK. Plus more! #242

The Art of the Steal, Seizing Power by Stealth. Palestine – From Two-State to Real Estate. Digital Dollar Own Goal. Plus more! #241

DeepSeek’s Real Disruption. Dam Bust-ups. And Deepening Digital Isolation. Plus Spies in the Office. Plus more! #241

Chips, Debts and Gaza Bets: Tangled Trade Wars, America’s Gatsby Complex, and Trump’s New Middle East Diplomacy #240

Welcome To The Fools-Based Order. The New Diplomatic Brutalism. The Quiet Rise of the Global South. Citizen Musk. And The Man Behind The Helmet! #239

Life on Planet Donald 2. Market Share Over Marxism. Lessons From Ancient Empires. Plus Putting Percentages on Plans – and more! #238