24 Jun, 2025
Intro LO: Following the recent bombings of Iran by Israel and USA (eg, Wiki-1, Wiki-2), I've been wondering whether Iran has any friends given the absence of any support (eg, China, Russia). Bloomberg came to a similar conclusion: Iran Stands Alone Against Trump and Israel, Stripped of Allies. Similarly, Israel and Turkey have few friends. The combination of...
12 Jun, 2025
Recently, I noticed two interesting articles on China, Russia, and USA: Axios, 2 June 2025: Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative NYT, 9 June 2025: A secret document reveals Russian worries about China Europe is not a nation but a semi-federation of 27 independent nations (i.e. the EU-27) and does therefore not meet my...
15 May, 2025
Intro LO: This rather unbiased article, in the English version of the Spanish newspaper El Pais, addresses my first curiosity topic - Why Beijing Thinks It Can Beat Trump - as noted in my recent blog. I suppose that Barry Eichengreen is rather convincing in his El Pais opinion article below. At least, I agree with his analysis. I suppose that USA will - indeed - and...
6 May, 2025
I suppose that people would view a break-up (eg, agreement, businesses, divorce, friendship, relationship) as the result of someone who is winning and someone who is losing. However, some break-ups will either result in two winners or in two losers. Real-life is different from (a) game theory. Most games are designed to result in winners and losers - and having fun...
1 May, 2025
Recently, I published my blog Done with USA. Later, I realised that I’m getting more and more bored by hearing, listening and reading about that American narcissist with his German roots. Luckily, the upside of boredom is curiosity. “We often think boredom is a less productive state of mind, but a lot goes on when we are bored, including some...
29 Apr, 2025
Intro LO: The Bloomberg article below gets a different impact once you exclude Shein's low-value items; see diagram below. High value items would probably become too expensive for (very) many people. Hence, US Treasury Secretary. Scott Bessent, views the China-USA status quo as unsustainable (eg, AP, Axios, Reuters). Business leaders have already expressed their...
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