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I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I wrote a personal essay on what it has meant for me witnessing events in Gaza since October 2023. I would be grateful if you help spread it. These were painful, disturbing conclusions to reach. But inescapable…
A Blunt Message from Washington: Europe Is Not Ready for the World Ahead _ Frank Frankopan open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
A Blunt Message from Washington: Europe Is Not Ready for the World Ahead
Every year, the US releases a National Security Strategy.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Blunt Message from Washington: Europe Is Not Ready for the World Ahead _ Frank Frankopan open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
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Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
October 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
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This chart, illustrating how central bank direct holdings of gold now exceed those of U.S. Treasuries for the first time in some thirty years, is attracting significant attention.
#gold #centralbanks #markets #bonds
#gold #centralbanks #markets #bonds
August 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This chart, illustrating how central bank direct holdings of gold now exceed those of U.S. Treasuries for the first time in some thirty years, is attracting significant attention.
#gold #centralbanks #markets #bonds
#gold #centralbanks #markets #bonds
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@chrisgiles.ft.com here on the risks of with loosening US monetary policy again before we understand the effects of Trump’s economic policies. "There is a good chance Powell or his successor will take the risk and live to regret it."
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How the Fed should deal with US stagflation risks
Caution should continue to be the watchword in Jackson Hole until the impact of Trump’s policies are better understood
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August 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
@chrisgiles.ft.com here on the risks of with loosening US monetary policy again before we understand the effects of Trump’s economic policies. "There is a good chance Powell or his successor will take the risk and live to regret it."
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“It’s become increasingly obvious to me that the current administration is not so much interested in reshaping trade as it is intent on sabotaging it,” wrote Eric Johnson, director at S&P Global ... It’s about making the job of importing insanely difficult, if not downright impossible.”
Trump Widens Steel Tariffs, Flooding Importers With More Red Tape
After years of chaotic trade wars and pandemic supply disruptions, it’s hard to rattle American freight carriers, cargo owners and all the middlemen that keep international commerce moving through the...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“It’s become increasingly obvious to me that the current administration is not so much interested in reshaping trade as it is intent on sabotaging it,” wrote Eric Johnson, director at S&P Global ... It’s about making the job of importing insanely difficult, if not downright impossible.”
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Hey, so I wrote something about Israel. No big whoop… www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | Americans Are Changing Their Views of Israel. That’s a Problem.
Eventually Israel could find it has a lot in common with apartheid-era South Africa.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hey, so I wrote something about Israel. No big whoop… www.politico.com/news/magazin...
FED AT DUSK UNDER SIEGE
Stagflation and Secretary Bessent's recognition that the economy is not robust. _ Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
Stagflation and Secretary Bessent's recognition that the economy is not robust. _ Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
FED AT DUSK UNDER SIEGE
Stagflation and Secretary Bessent's recognition that the economy is not robust.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FED AT DUSK UNDER SIEGE
Stagflation and Secretary Bessent's recognition that the economy is not robust. _ Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
Stagflation and Secretary Bessent's recognition that the economy is not robust. _ Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
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The economy is showing severe warning signs after Trump's six months back in office. This shouldn't be surprising. He's running the economy like he ran his businesses — into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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August 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The economy is showing severe warning signs after Trump's six months back in office. This shouldn't be surprising. He's running the economy like he ran his businesses — into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
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Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
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Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes
Abandon US-Backed ‘Death Trap’ Scheme, Press Israel to End Mass Starvation
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Abandon US-Backed ‘Death Trap’ Scheme, Press Israel to End Mass Starvation
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Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes
Israeli forces at the sites of a new US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza have routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in acts that amount to serious violations of international l...
www.hrw.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes
Abandon US-Backed ‘Death Trap’ Scheme, Press Israel to End Mass Starvation
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/08...
Abandon US-Backed ‘Death Trap’ Scheme, Press Israel to End Mass Starvation
@hrw.org
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For a generation of Americans this is and will be Israel's defining legacy. Important to remember that for all intents and purposes Americans under 35 or 40 don't remember Israel before Netanyahu. He is the face and voice of Israel. And he's a monster.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For a generation of Americans this is and will be Israel's defining legacy. Important to remember that for all intents and purposes Americans under 35 or 40 don't remember Israel before Netanyahu. He is the face and voice of Israel. And he's a monster.
Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship?
Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. _ Graham Allison foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/u...
Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. _ Graham Allison foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/u...
Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship?
Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Is This the Start of a U.S.-China Friendship?
Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. _ Graham Allison foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/u...
Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. _ Graham Allison foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/29/u...
Pharaohs, Maharajas, and the Making of a Multipolar World.
Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony. Amitav Acharya foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/25/m...
Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony. Amitav Acharya foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/25/m...
Pharaohs, Maharajas, and the Making of a Multipolar World
Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony.
foreignpolicy.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pharaohs, Maharajas, and the Making of a Multipolar World.
Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony. Amitav Acharya foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/25/m...
Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony. Amitav Acharya foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/25/m...
EUROPE AVOIDS A TRADE WAR THROUGH A LOSING DEAL _Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
EUROPE AVOIDS A TRADE WAR THROUGH A LOSING DEAL
The deal will have small negative effects on growth and inflation
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July 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
EUROPE AVOIDS A TRADE WAR THROUGH A LOSING DEAL _Vítor Constâncio open.substack.com/pub/vconstan...
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V good column @martinsandbu.ft.com
The EU doesn’t need a deal with Trump https://on.ft.com/470LUaD | opinion
The EU doesn’t need a deal with Trump
The bloc has the strength not to offer the US anything
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July 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
V good column @martinsandbu.ft.com
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An excellent set of proposals from David Rothkopf.
If the US is to regain a global leadership role once Trump is gone we're going to have to start thinking through and debating the steps we need to take now. Let me suggest 20 that can get us closer to where we want and need to be. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
20 Steps to Return to US Leadership
What should U.S. foreign and national security policy look like when sanity returns in 2029?
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July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An excellent set of proposals from David Rothkopf.
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It is not just Gaza, ethnic cleansing is happening now in the West Bank. These are possibly the oldest Christian communities in the world.
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52783?u...
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52783?u...
CMEP condemns Israeli settler attack against Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh | ICN
Following the latest violent attack by illegal Israeli settlers on the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) have sent us this statement: Churches for Mid...
www.indcatholicnews.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It is not just Gaza, ethnic cleansing is happening now in the West Bank. These are possibly the oldest Christian communities in the world.
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52783?u...
www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52783?u...
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When a sitting Israeli minister calls to “wipe out Gaza,” we cannot look away. This is the language of atrocity, not security. True allies of Israel, especially in the American Jewish community, must demand an end to this war – and denounce the extremists driving it.
July 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When a sitting Israeli minister calls to “wipe out Gaza,” we cannot look away. This is the language of atrocity, not security. True allies of Israel, especially in the American Jewish community, must demand an end to this war – and denounce the extremists driving it.
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An instant post about that Japan deal. It's basically a joke
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About That Japan Deal
Arithmetic has a well-known globalist bias
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July 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
An instant post about that Japan deal. It's basically a joke
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/about-that...
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By charging Americans 15% tax to buy Toyota, but charging GM 50+% tax to import their raw materials, Trump is *crushing US manufacturing*
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
By charging Americans 15% tax to buy Toyota, but charging GM 50+% tax to import their raw materials, Trump is *crushing US manufacturing*
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More IEEPA tariff litigation:
"The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a Complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging President Trump’s unlawful attempt to impose widespread tariffs based on alleged 'emergency' authority. "
"The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a Complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging President Trump’s unlawful attempt to impose widespread tariffs based on alleged 'emergency' authority. "
NCLA Launches Second Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Unlawful Emergency Tariff Orders
The New Civil Liberties Alliance challenges President Trump’s unlawful attempt to impose widespread tariffs based on alleged “emergency” authority.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More IEEPA tariff litigation:
"The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a Complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging President Trump’s unlawful attempt to impose widespread tariffs based on alleged 'emergency' authority. "
"The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a Complaint today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging President Trump’s unlawful attempt to impose widespread tariffs based on alleged 'emergency' authority. "
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With what is a correlated, rather than coordinated, fiscal expansion in the three largest advanced economies -- the US, Germany, and Japan -- global bond markets have a lot of issuance to digest in the period ahead.
#economy #markets #debt #deficits #bonds #germany #Japan
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With what is a correlated, rather than coordinated, fiscal expansion in the three largest advanced economies -- the US, Germany, and Japan -- global bond markets have a lot of issuance to digest in the period ahead.
#economy #markets #debt #deficits #bonds #germany #Japan
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July 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens
It is one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which people have been killed while looking for aid.
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July 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP
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Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ a concentration camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/Former-Israeli-prime-minister-calls-Gaza-humanitarian-city-concentration-camp
Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ a concentration camp
Ehud Olmert says proposal to confine Palestinians in Rafah is 'ethnic cleansing' and the Israeli government is already committing war crimes in Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Former Israeli prime minister calls Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ a concentration camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/Former-Israeli-prime-minister-calls-Gaza-humanitarian-city-concentration-camp