Ken Briggs III 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@ken-briggs.com
Writer on history, foreign affairs, and technology.
Graduate student studying the geopolitics of the energy transition.
Consultant and licensed engineer supporting energy startups.
https://current-history.com/
buymeacoffee.com/currenthistory/
Graduate student studying the geopolitics of the energy transition.
Consultant and licensed engineer supporting energy startups.
https://current-history.com/
buymeacoffee.com/currenthistory/
New post is up! AI is throwing global energy markets off balance. Data centers are driving demand that shifts influence toward countries with minerals, storage, and power capacity.
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#Geopolitics #AI #criticalminerals #energy #technology
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#Geopolitics #AI #criticalminerals #energy #technology
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New post is up! AI is throwing global energy markets off balance. Data centers are driving demand that shifts influence toward countries with minerals, storage, and power capacity.
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#Geopolitics #AI #criticalminerals #energy #technology
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#Geopolitics #AI #criticalminerals #energy #technology
New post on NATO’s agreement to more than double its defense spending pledge. Its a major foreign policy victory for the Trump administration.
#foreignpolicy #NATO #defense #europe #ukraine
current-history.com/p/a-victory-...
#foreignpolicy #NATO #defense #europe #ukraine
current-history.com/p/a-victory-...
July 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
New post on NATO’s agreement to more than double its defense spending pledge. Its a major foreign policy victory for the Trump administration.
#foreignpolicy #NATO #defense #europe #ukraine
current-history.com/p/a-victory-...
#foreignpolicy #NATO #defense #europe #ukraine
current-history.com/p/a-victory-...
🚨New post on immigration and the Mexican-American War🚨
The war created a border cutting across ethnic and cultural lines. Border security is not a bad thing, but it requires understanding this history.
#history #politics #immigration #borders #america #mexico
current-history.com/p/the-war-th...
The war created a border cutting across ethnic and cultural lines. Border security is not a bad thing, but it requires understanding this history.
#history #politics #immigration #borders #america #mexico
current-history.com/p/the-war-th...
July 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨New post on immigration and the Mexican-American War🚨
The war created a border cutting across ethnic and cultural lines. Border security is not a bad thing, but it requires understanding this history.
#history #politics #immigration #borders #america #mexico
current-history.com/p/the-war-th...
The war created a border cutting across ethnic and cultural lines. Border security is not a bad thing, but it requires understanding this history.
#history #politics #immigration #borders #america #mexico
current-history.com/p/the-war-th...
Mainstream Democrats upset about Mamdani need to understand that they could win too if they actually did politics, campaigned, and talked to people instead of repeating focus-grouped, poll-tested talking points ad nauseum
June 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Mainstream Democrats upset about Mamdani need to understand that they could win too if they actually did politics, campaigned, and talked to people instead of repeating focus-grouped, poll-tested talking points ad nauseum
My latest post covers the AI technology deals with the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia. It’s a shift from the Biden approach of working with democratic allies. #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #AI #technology #trade
current-history.com/p/the-ai-chi...
current-history.com/p/the-ai-chi...
The AI Chip Deal That Could Reshape U.S. Power
Trump backs Gulf States in the AI race.
current-history.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My latest post covers the AI technology deals with the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia. It’s a shift from the Biden approach of working with democratic allies. #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #AI #technology #trade
current-history.com/p/the-ai-chi...
current-history.com/p/the-ai-chi...
My latest post covers Israel-Iran conflict and what it says about the shifting landscape in the Middle-East. This was written before Trump signaled the US might engage directly (a bad idea, imo).
#foreignpolicy #geopolitics #middleeast #iran #israel
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#foreignpolicy #geopolitics #middleeast #iran #israel
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
June 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My latest post covers Israel-Iran conflict and what it says about the shifting landscape in the Middle-East. This was written before Trump signaled the US might engage directly (a bad idea, imo).
#foreignpolicy #geopolitics #middleeast #iran #israel
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
#foreignpolicy #geopolitics #middleeast #iran #israel
open.substack.com/pub/currenth...
A part of the solution is to show Donald Trump and MAGA the same grace and decorum they show towards their political opponents
June 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A part of the solution is to show Donald Trump and MAGA the same grace and decorum they show towards their political opponents
A week on from the 81st anniversary of D-Day, Eisenhower’s words still echo: “We must find some way to work to peace… to gain an eternal peace for this world.” As war spreads globally, his message is more urgent than ever.
current-history.com/p/rememberin...
current-history.com/p/rememberin...
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A week on from the 81st anniversary of D-Day, Eisenhower’s words still echo: “We must find some way to work to peace… to gain an eternal peace for this world.” As war spreads globally, his message is more urgent than ever.
current-history.com/p/rememberin...
current-history.com/p/rememberin...
Story time! I grew up in a small, rural community called Rice, Texas. It was poor and left behind by time. Single-wide trailers were one of the main forms of housing. When I was in grade school, my class was predominantly white: there were only a few hispanic kids.
June 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Story time! I grew up in a small, rural community called Rice, Texas. It was poor and left behind by time. Single-wide trailers were one of the main forms of housing. When I was in grade school, my class was predominantly white: there were only a few hispanic kids.
It’s safe to say (I think) that Trump won because of the intervention of Elon Musk. And the GOP is very aware of where that money came from.
June 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s safe to say (I think) that Trump won because of the intervention of Elon Musk. And the GOP is very aware of where that money came from.
He was playing the long game all along
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
He was playing the long game all along
Peter Thiel is the man behind the curtain, not Elon Musk. That's because Thiel is content with not being the center of attention. Just staying in the shadows while becoming one of the most powerful people in the country.
mashable.com/article/what...
mashable.com/article/what...
What is Palantir? The secretive tech company behind Trump's data collection efforts
The Trump administration reportedly wants a master database on every American — and they want Palantir to make it happen.
mashable.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Peter Thiel is the man behind the curtain, not Elon Musk. That's because Thiel is content with not being the center of attention. Just staying in the shadows while becoming one of the most powerful people in the country.
mashable.com/article/what...
mashable.com/article/what...
Aaaand the huge rift that everyone knew would happen between two billionaires with ginormous egos finally happened.
June 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Aaaand the huge rift that everyone knew would happen between two billionaires with ginormous egos finally happened.
My first thought after the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 was the two-state solution was dead. Not because that was what I wanted, but because it set in motion a series of actions that would inevitably lead to what is in the photo.
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My first thought after the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 was the two-state solution was dead. Not because that was what I wanted, but because it set in motion a series of actions that would inevitably lead to what is in the photo.
More evidence the world needs to rethink the capabilities of #russia compared to #ukraine. Ukraine used drones to attack five air bases in Russia, including two in the far east: one in Irkutsk, which is roughly 2600 miles from Ukraine, and another in Amur oblast an additional 1,000 miles away.
June 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” - Benito Mussolini
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” - Benito Mussolini
It would be more productive for anti-Trump groups to organize politically and engage with both parties at all levels of government, rather than spending money on counterprogramming social media.
May 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It would be more productive for anti-Trump groups to organize politically and engage with both parties at all levels of government, rather than spending money on counterprogramming social media.
New post out on Trump’s Middle-East dealmaking. With over $2 trillion in agreements across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, his administration is betting on economic influence to reshape U.S. power in the region.
#middleeast #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #trump
current-history.com/p/deals-over...
#middleeast #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #trump
current-history.com/p/deals-over...
May 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New post out on Trump’s Middle-East dealmaking. With over $2 trillion in agreements across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, his administration is betting on economic influence to reshape U.S. power in the region.
#middleeast #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #trump
current-history.com/p/deals-over...
#middleeast #foreignpolicy #geopolitics #trump
current-history.com/p/deals-over...
Current investment strategy: wait for tariff announcement, buy the dip, wait for the walk back, profit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Extends Deadline for 50% Tariffs on EU to July 9
President Donald Trump said he would extend the deadline for the European Union to face 50% tariffs until July 9 after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
www.bloomberg.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Current investment strategy: wait for tariff announcement, buy the dip, wait for the walk back, profit
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Call me strange, but I think the official who oversees much of federal law enforcement should know you can't detain people for no reason.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Call me strange, but I think the official who oversees much of federal law enforcement should know you can't detain people for no reason.
"Strains" propriety? More like smashes propriety into a million pieces, runs the pieces through the jet engines, and scatters the dust in the sky.
“Strains bounds of propriety.”
The New York Times is self-parody.
The New York Times is self-parody.
Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"Strains" propriety? More like smashes propriety into a million pieces, runs the pieces through the jet engines, and scatters the dust in the sky.
Interesting book. Once upon a time I was a conservative who liked originalism, but then I noticed that that side of the isle often uses it when it helps get a specific policy outcome, and ignores it otherwise.
ooh my book is <200 copies away from 5,000 copies sold in its first year of publication
if your life (or a friend!) could use some thoroughly-researched sass about why the Supreme Court sucks & what we should do instead, please go get The Originalism Trap!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
if your life (or a friend!) could use some thoroughly-researched sass about why the Supreme Court sucks & what we should do instead, please go get The Originalism Trap!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Interesting book. Once upon a time I was a conservative who liked originalism, but then I noticed that that side of the isle often uses it when it helps get a specific policy outcome, and ignores it otherwise.