#Geopolitical

Nafez Zouk

nafezouk

Some questions/comments that sprang to mind while reading Lebanon’s leaked govt reform plan today. In no particular order, but points which I think we need more debate and clarity on:

CodesUcq

CodesUcq

1.03/27/2020 Q confirmed Federal Reserve is (for the first time ever) under Patriot control!I added an article clip to explain the meaning functionally, but that doesn't do justice to how

Yasha Levine

yashalevine

Another example (if you really needed it) that Facebook is an American geopolitical weapon.https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/1096698518700507137 The private-public censorship command chain here is very interesting: the state-funded Ger

Mystic Vedette

North_Star88

The slip-up India is making and Pakistan is fixing.Pakistan and Russia haven't been very close whereas India and Russia had strategic ties for over 50 years.Pakistan preferred to be with

Greta Musk

GretaMusk

Ivar Kreuger and Elon Musk, Endgame Thread: As Ivar Kreuger approached the end, he embarked on even bigger deceptions to keep his plates spinning. He forged bonds to pump his

Nicola Smith

niccijsmith

The latest instalment of #Taiwan's #Birdgate- @BirdLife_News refuses to publicly explain why it cut ties with Taiwan bird society @cwbf1988 but a leaked email suggests it feared the conservationists cld

Matthew Kavanagh

MMKavanagh

What did we learn today? @WHO @DrTedros were right.[THREAD]1) Evidence travel bans could not stop transmission to US (which mostly via Europe, in Feb, before cases there reached crisis). By

CodesUcq

CodesUcq

7.4 tons of Venezuela's gold landed in Africa -- and vanishedThe #MaduroRegime continuing to cash out in before #Regimechange with another 300 million worth on RUSSIAN jetliners & Over 3

Dionis Cenusa

DionisCenusa

Today’s video-summit of the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union unveiled discrepancies and avoided concrete discussions about solidarity/recovery measures to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. (THREAD 1/5) 1. The 5

Synaps

SynapsNetwork

THREAD Lebanon’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund introduce a novel dynamic: Unlike other external parties who have spent years bailing Lebanon out, the IMF would demand much in return

Economic & Political Weekly

epw_in

#EPWConversations: Today, Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman (@mirzalibra10) will be talking about his article "Infrastructuring Floods in the Brahmaputra River BasinHydrocracies, Hubris, Hazardscapes" from epw_in's handle. We invite you t

Morning Brew ☕️

MorningBrew

1/ Every morning, millions of people around the world wake up, make their coffee, and check a few key numbers—200 points, $1,100 a troy ounce, $40 a barrel. Those numbers

geoffrey gertz

geoffreygertz

Interesting analysis of the hardening UK position on China. One point it suggests – and where I’m changing my own mind – is that in long run COVID seems likely

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/12Very good, sober @noahpinion piece on digital RMB (it seems hard for most to write soberly about digital currencies). He makes at least four important points:First, given how advanced China's

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Eschatology thread. An enumeration of the ways the world will end. If we know the beginning and we know the end then we know our place in the world. Eschatology

Oğuzhan

oguzkaan_1283

Greece’s violations of law in the Aegean. (THREAD) Greece’s demands endamaging the geopolitical balance in Aegean are related to its historical ideology defined as “Megali Idea”. The main reasons of