3 Nov, 2025
Mid October 2025, I noticed an intriguing SCMP article: China’s military mouthpiece calls for ‘deep integration’ to beat joint operation weakness. In my view, the opposite is true: deep integration will increase vulnerability. Moreover, Russia will require its Max messenger app pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia (eg, CNN), similar to the mandatory...
9 Oct, 2025
A few minutes ago, a thought 'entered' my mind: the law of unintended consequences. I wanted to waive it because I was sure that I had written about it. I did not though. I only mentioned it in a few blogs: If Good does bad, does Good become Bad? (2021) and The micro-macro conundrum (2019). The law of unintended consequences is the principle that actions often...
4 Aug, 2025
"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" The above is an excerpt from a 1907 article by Mark Twain in the North American Review (NAR) literary magazine. Twain refers to...
16 Jul, 2025
Intro LO: The biggest problem of a debt crisis is the increasing interest burden in annual government budgets. This explains why Trump wants to replace the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who resists lowering interest rates. Lower interest rates would - normally - help in containing the annual interest burden. Wikipedia: "A debt crisis is a situation in...
10 Jul, 2025
Intro LO: This recent SCMP article came as a surprise to me because this geopolitical angle was brand new. Is this perhaps an example of the ancient saying the blind leading the blind ?? This SCMP article also reveals that China is far weaker than anyone is assuming. Quite often, bullying and/or sacrificing an ally matches with the behaviour of a (true) Superpower,...
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...
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