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Geopolitics

& odd adventures

Geopolitics - the effect of factors such as economics, geography, or demography on human relations.

Odd adventures - whatever I feel like writing.

How to avoid panicking about coronavirus

Today the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. Cases are rising swiftly outside China, Italy is in lockdown, the US is quarantining entire towns and other co...

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Mar 2
3 min

Australian states are steadily moving to renewable energy

As my family huddled in a double-brick building, coughing out smoke and listening to firefighters sobbing through the emergency radio, Prime Minister Scott M...

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Feb 28
3 min

Behind the coronavirus headlines

A lot of the headlines about coronavirus are unhelpfully speculative.

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Feb 24
3 min

How some guy from Kansas is killing America

Meet Brad from Kansas. He's tall, bearded, bald, and he's talking America into suicide.

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Feb 10
3 min

Ants and peace

An unremarkable Swiss hillside is home to a remarkable phenomenon: one of the largest cooperative groups of animals on Earth.

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Feb 3
5 min

Switzerland’s roads less travelled

Basel’s countryside isn’t particularly renowned for its natural beauty. I think that's a shame.

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Jan 28
3 min

All democracies commit suicide

The first page of Google News results for ‘Venice’ tells a tragic tale about how democracies choose to die.

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Jan 20
5 min

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

If a government were responsible for what's happening in the Arctic, we'd call it biological warfare. It would be considered a war crime.

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Jan 15
3 min

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

It's the headline you never thought you'd read. But we should've seen it coming.

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Jan 7
7 min

A story of mercenaries and bottlenecks - Russia's game plan

It's dawn in northern Syria. A Russian mercenary is huddled in a blown out basement.

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Dec 24, 2019
9 min

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

The story an ill-fated trip I made to a remote section of the Great Wall, where I met Chinese Shrek and drank honey from a jar.

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Dec 10, 2019
4 min

The future of humans – where did everyone go?

It’s summer, 1950. Four men are having a conversation over lunch at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. They're all nuclear physicists.

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Nov 26, 2019
4 min

Where you think you're from, and why it matters

Where are you from? For most people it’s a simple question, usually the first one we ask. So why does it make people kill each other?

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Nov 18, 2019
3 min

What Xerox can teach us about national security

Forty years ago, Steve Jobs walked into a long concrete office building in Palo Alto, California. Jobs saw a new computer - the Xerox Alto.

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Nov 15, 2019
4 min

Why inventing the radio was a fatal mistake

Of all the groundbreaking inventions of the early 20th century, the radio must be one of the most overlooked - but perhaps a big mistake.

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Nov 14, 2019
4 min

Why does Russia assassinate people?

At quarter past nine on a clear Sunday morning, Sergei Skripal left his house with his daughter Yulia. They were going out for lunch.

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Content is available for republishing with permission.

Geopolitics

& odd adventures

Geopolitics - the effect of factors such as economics, geography, or demography on human relations.

Odd adventures - whatever I feel like writing.

Most Read

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

All democracies commit suicide

The future of humans - where did everyone go?

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

How to avoid panicking about coronavirus

Australian states are steadily moving to renewable energy

Behind the coronavirus headlines

How some guy from Kansas is killing America

Ants and peace

Switzerland’s roads less travelled

All democracies commit suicide

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

A story of mercenaries and bottlenecks - Russia's game plan

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

The future of humans – where did everyone go?

Where you think you're from, and why it matters

What Xerox can teach us about national security

Why inventing the radio was a fatal mistake

Why does Russia assassinate people?

Content is available for republishing with permission.

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& odd adventures

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Odd adventures - whatever I feel like writing.

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Most Read

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

All democracies commit suicide

The future of humans - where did everyone go?

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

How to avoid panicking about coronavirus

Australian states are steadily moving to renewable energy

Behind the coronavirus headlines

How some guy from Kansas is killing America

Ants and peace

Switzerland’s roads less travelled

All democracies commit suicide

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

A story of mercenaries and bottlenecks - Russia's game plan

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

The future of humans – where did everyone go?

Where you think you're from, and why it matters

What Xerox can teach us about national security

Why inventing the radio was a fatal mistake

Why does Russia assassinate people?