source A fun post tonight learning how technology is reshaping the world routing out the bad actors. I only got onto this topic tonight after finding out about a shadow fleet vessel being hijacked by pirates

When Allies Pay the Price: How Washington Played the Energy Card Under the banner of "strict sanctions," the United States urged its Western allies—particularly in Europe—to completely sever

source The Northern Sea Route is an interesting subject to follow as updates are not always easy to find and you have to go digging diving down various rabbit holes. This week there was some significant

source The Northern Sea Route is officially open for 2026 three weeks earlier than last year with the first shipment of sanctioned LNG heading to China. The vessel Christophe de Margerie is a Arc 7 LNG

Simon Jenkins doesn’t sugarcoat it in The Guardian: When it comes to sanctions, the results just aren’t there. This is a tough pill for politicians to swallow. Sanctions seem so satisfying — they let

source DP World which stands for Dubai Ports International along with Rosatom the Russian Nuclear company operating the Russian Ice Breaking fleet have partnered up in a joint venture. DP World will be

source Talk Of Sanctions Worrying signs for sure especially for those living in South Africa and the full impact that will be felt in the economy. The masses do not understand how serious this is and basically

source Next week the South African Navy or whatever vessel is floating will be joining in with the Chinese, Russians and Iranian naval vessels conducting a practice training exercise. Originally called

To commemorate Dick Cheney's death, we have remastered philosopher Stefan Molyneux's 2013 presentation on the War in Iraq. He critically analyzes the Iraq War on its 10th anniversary, revealing the staggering

source Over the last few days I have been down a rabbit hole researching the Russian and Iranian tanker fleets which are commonly known as the shadow fleet. The shadow fleet name comes from how they operate

One can just wonder how much dumb are Western populations, the majority of them, when it comes to foreign policy, they are the very definition of 'useful idiots' as they are the easiest to manipulate to

I think the real question is why was there even a Tariff on Australian wine in the first place. Because back in 2015 a free trade agreement was made and signed between Australia and China and together

The reality of Europe is that they are now locked in with negotiations between two world powers even if they should be one themselves. But the reason why they are not in that conversation of being world

Economic sanctions are restrictions or penalties a country (mostly economic hegemon) or group of countries put on another country mostly to influence its policies. Does sanction work? Firstly when a country

Like China, Russia has an on again, off again relationship with crypto. At times the government embraces it while shunning it at others. In fact, it seems the trend is to do both simultaneously. Russia

Newly elected US president Donald Trump has announced fresh tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China, and he is threatening to impose them on the European Union as well. While Chinese imports will be

Die USA schränken die KI-Chip/GPU-Exporte nach Österreich und vielen europäischen Ländern stark ein, um Europas KI-Ambitionen zu behindern. Die Sanktionen wurden noch von der Biden-Regierung verhängt.

A short review of the book, Punishing Putin by Stephanie Baker

The world of cryptocurrency keeps progressing. Actually, we can expand this by stating digital assets. Unfortunately, for many, it is not progressing like many anticipated. Such is the nature of technology.