Jānis B
@janchibrugiks.bsky.social
Observing the horizon: global affairs – geopolitics, security, climate change, technology, democracy, EU and more – through a Baltic and European lens. Opinions are solely mine. 🇱🇻🇪🇺🇺🇦
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Par Rail Baltica nozīmi miltārās mobilitātes nodrošināšanai kara apdraudējuma gadījumā.
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Par Rail Baltica nozīmi miltārās mobilitātes nodrošināšanai kara apdraudējuma gadījumā.
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Avots: 🎁🔗
on.ft.com/4o7GHTt The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
💙📚👀 a necessary antidote to the prevailing AI optimism promoted by the big tech companies developing it. Using the history of OpenAI as a central example, Karen Hao contrasts the imaginary and unproven future benefits of AI with the concrete, real-world problems its development has already created -
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
💙📚👀 a necessary antidote to the prevailing AI optimism promoted by the big tech companies developing it. Using the history of OpenAI as a central example, Karen Hao contrasts the imaginary and unproven future benefits of AI with the concrete, real-world problems its development has already created -
Lasu grāmatu un tur atsauce uz 1944. gada ASV Izlūkdienestu rokasgrāmatu - par nevardarbīgas sabotāžas organizēšanu. Kaut ko tas man ļoti atgādina. Ak jā, Latvijas iekšpolitiskās peripētijas ap Stambulas konvenciju. Vai tiešām Latvijā vairs nav reālu problēmu, ko risināt?
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lasu grāmatu un tur atsauce uz 1944. gada ASV Izlūkdienestu rokasgrāmatu - par nevardarbīgas sabotāžas organizēšanu. Kaut ko tas man ļoti atgādina. Ak jā, Latvijas iekšpolitiskās peripētijas ap Stambulas konvenciju. Vai tiešām Latvijā vairs nav reālu problēmu, ko risināt?
Probably the best recent book I’ve read on China. I went in sceptical, as the main tenet of the book seemed overly simplified: China as “an engineering state, building big at breakneck speed, in contrast to the United States’ lawyerly society, blocking everything it can—good and bad.” 💙📚👀
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Probably the best recent book I’ve read on China. I went in sceptical, as the main tenet of the book seemed overly simplified: China as “an engineering state, building big at breakneck speed, in contrast to the United States’ lawyerly society, blocking everything it can—good and bad.” 💙📚👀
"Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic (by humans) fell by about 15% in the year to June. "
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic (by humans) fell by about 15% in the year to June. "
Future of Diplomacy🤔 From the 💙📚👀:
Bornet, Pascal; Wirtz, Jochen; Davenport, Thomas H.; De Cremer, David; Evergreen, Brian; Fersht, Phil; Gohel, Rakesh; Khiyara, Shail; Mullakara, Nandan; Sund, Pooja. Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life (p. 98)
Bornet, Pascal; Wirtz, Jochen; Davenport, Thomas H.; De Cremer, David; Evergreen, Brian; Fersht, Phil; Gohel, Rakesh; Khiyara, Shail; Mullakara, Nandan; Sund, Pooja. Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life (p. 98)
May 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Future of Diplomacy🤔 From the 💙📚👀:
Bornet, Pascal; Wirtz, Jochen; Davenport, Thomas H.; De Cremer, David; Evergreen, Brian; Fersht, Phil; Gohel, Rakesh; Khiyara, Shail; Mullakara, Nandan; Sund, Pooja. Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life (p. 98)
Bornet, Pascal; Wirtz, Jochen; Davenport, Thomas H.; De Cremer, David; Evergreen, Brian; Fersht, Phil; Gohel, Rakesh; Khiyara, Shail; Mullakara, Nandan; Sund, Pooja. Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life (p. 98)
“So, in deficit countries, manufacturing, a central part of the tradeable sector, is smaller than in surplus countries, where the opposite is true. This point, made by Beijing-based Michael Pettis, helps explain soaring US protectionism and so Trump’s trade war.”
May 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“So, in deficit countries, manufacturing, a central part of the tradeable sector, is smaller than in surplus countries, where the opposite is true. This point, made by Beijing-based Michael Pettis, helps explain soaring US protectionism and so Trump’s trade war.”
Shouldn’t the Euro area therefore have rules both against excessive deficits but also against excessive surpluses and anti-consumption policies? The book is full of seemingly counterintuitive assertions, e.g. on the dominance of 💲, and was, for these reasons, a very valuable and insightful read.
May 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Shouldn’t the Euro area therefore have rules both against excessive deficits but also against excessive surpluses and anti-consumption policies? The book is full of seemingly counterintuitive assertions, e.g. on the dominance of 💲, and was, for these reasons, a very valuable and insightful read.
This has nothing to do with the spendthriftiness of some countries running deficits or the hard work habits of countries running surpluses but is rather a direct consequence of government decisions to pursue certain economic policies. In this sense, the book seems to revive thinking of J.M. Keynes
May 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This has nothing to do with the spendthriftiness of some countries running deficits or the hard work habits of countries running surpluses but is rather a direct consequence of government decisions to pursue certain economic policies. In this sense, the book seems to revive thinking of J.M. Keynes
A great book also for non-economists by @michaelpettis.bsky.social for those who want to understand how economists view international trade. 💙📚👀 Although the book is relatively old, the economic theory and many imbalances it describes in most cases remain unchanged.
May 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A great book also for non-economists by @michaelpettis.bsky.social for those who want to understand how economists view international trade. 💙📚👀 Although the book is relatively old, the economic theory and many imbalances it describes in most cases remain unchanged.
“ Our calculations suggest that, even after adjusting for Russia’s lower wages and costs and its increased budgets, Mr Putin’s defence spending does not match that of NATO’s European members. Yet fragmentation and duplication mean that at least some of Europe’s spending is wasted. “
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“ Our calculations suggest that, even after adjusting for Russia’s lower wages and costs and its increased budgets, Mr Putin’s defence spending does not match that of NATO’s European members. Yet fragmentation and duplication mean that at least some of Europe’s spending is wasted. “
An excellent summary of the conflict and its historical context
by @ldfreedman.bsky.social
by @ldfreedman.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
An excellent summary of the conflict and its historical context
by @ldfreedman.bsky.social
by @ldfreedman.bsky.social
If, like me, you’re puzzled by the drumbeat of looming trade wars, this book by @michaelpettis.bsky.social and Matthew C. Klein might help.
May 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If, like me, you’re puzzled by the drumbeat of looming trade wars, this book by @michaelpettis.bsky.social and Matthew C. Klein might help.
Spent a few days in Berlin. Situation: the whole city feels like one big Baustelle. Same impression while driving through Germany — major infrastructure projects under repair to maintain high standards. Let’s hope it’s for the better
April 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Spent a few days in Berlin. Situation: the whole city feels like one big Baustelle. Same impression while driving through Germany — major infrastructure projects under repair to maintain high standards. Let’s hope it’s for the better
👀📚💙 A gripping story about Huawei's origins and meteoric rise, shedding rare insight into China's often-hidden corporate world.
March 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
👀📚💙 A gripping story about Huawei's origins and meteoric rise, shedding rare insight into China's often-hidden corporate world.
Just finished „Wenn Russland gewinnt. Ein Szenario“ (If Russia Wins: A Scenario) by @carlomasala1.bsky.social . Honestly, it felt way too real to be fiction. Rather a a sober projection of current trends.👀📚💙
March 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Just finished „Wenn Russland gewinnt. Ein Szenario“ (If Russia Wins: A Scenario) by @carlomasala1.bsky.social . Honestly, it felt way too real to be fiction. Rather a a sober projection of current trends.👀📚💙