Policy Tensor
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Anusar Farooqui, Founder and CEO, Systematic Portfolios LLC. Words: https://t.co/ATzak2R4A0
Why do White people like this think they have some sort of ownership of Taiwan.
China: "It's not a toll -- it's an administrative fee." = China signaling it won't push Iran to return Hormuz to the prewar status quo.
Reporter: Would the US defend Taiwan if it came to it? Trump: I don't want to say that. I'm not going to say that. That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said, “I don't talk about those.” Reporter: He asked you if you would send troops? Trump: He asked me if I'd defend them. I said, “I don't talk about that.”
The view from Bahrain — by Kareema Abbas and Aamer — North South Notes northsouthnotes.org/p/the-view-fro…
"The PLA would likely attempt to move troops, weapons, and matériel onto Taiwan or another territory through an amphibious landing, an air assault, airborne landings, or a combination of these means," writes @CSISDefense. More: csis.org/analysis/unite…
New piece. What we are seeing in China is clear and unmistakable signs of US decline. The US is praising Xi, refusing to defend Taiwan and desperate for Chinese help--and the Chinese know it and love it. This summit might be remembered in history as the end of the US Era.
China appears poised to abandon its commitment to nonintervention, writes @samchetwin. “It is not a matter of whether China should intervene abroad but when, how, and under what legitimating pretexts it does so.” foreignaffairs.com/china/china-wa…
Assessing their positions it seems very plausible that Iran has already decided to proceed towards obtaining a nuclear weapon given that they have already suffered the military attacks that were the expected cost of obtaining one and there is no credible pathway for the U.S. to offer an agreement likely to be honored.
Iran FM, Araghchi: The most important problem of dialogues is the contradictory messages we receive from the Americans through comments, interviews and different positions. We are not to blame for the Strait of Hormuz issue. We did not initiate this war; We are only defending ourselves and I believe we have the full right to legitimate defense. Strait of Hormuz is not closed for friendly countries. This restriction only applies to our enemies. Ships belonging to friendly countries and other countries are only required to coordinate their passage with our military forces.
“Those who accuse NATO of expansion and escalation are adopting the imperialist rhetoric and ideology promoted by Russia. NATO is not a threat to Russian security, just Russian imperialism.” — Kaja Kallas, EU’s chief diplomat
“Russia’s replenishment advantage continues to support sustained, incremental but meaningful attrition, building pressure on Ukrainian positions. Ukraine’s net replacement rate remains near zero or negative amid acute manpower constraints and limited aid inflows. The upshot is that Russia’s onward march continues. The estimated timing of the mathematical tipping point — between July and September 2026 — coincides with a range of other pressures building globally and on the United States, not the least of which is the unfolding energy crisis occasioned by the war against Iran and the midterm elections of early November.” @baoshaoshan open.substack.com/pub/warwickpow…
Internal CIA book review of Kwame Nkrumah's "Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism" upon its publication in 1965 It was prepared for the agency's deputy director Richard Helms Nkrumah's book was sent to CIA's directorate of intelligence, as well its covert action and counterintelligence staff, and the Africa division of its directorate of plans "for study and whatever action these components consider adviseable." What Nkrumah described so accurately in 1965 is still the case. And the empire is still just as terrified of the truth getting out
