China’s Military Power

This about Geopolitics, tagged , , , was written by for on November 12, 2023 .6 Comments

Less Butter and Fewer Friends, But More Guns

As China’s economy slows down ahead of expectations and it loses its luster abroad, it’s hard power seems set to acquire a bigger profile.

Gaza War 2023: Enjoy Your Two Minute Hate

This about Geopolitics, tagged , , , , was written by for on October 27, 2023 .21 Comments

Taking sides in vicious tribal conflicts is dumb as fuck and is going to boomerang back on you.

Genies, Golems, Demiurge

This about Philosophy, tagged , , was written by for on May 17, 2023 .No Comments

Some modest suggestions for AI terminology of a fantastical nature

UBI Is Programmed. (Like It or Not)

This about Economy, tagged , , was written by for on May 4, 2023 .1 Comment

The coming of AI has made Universal Basic Income a political and technological inevitability in the long-term, regardless of whether there are extensive attempts at AI control.

Как тебе такое, Илон Маск?

This about Geopolitics, tagged , , was written by for on October 4, 2022 .No Comments

> Как Россия может еще выиграть…

Military-Technical Decommunization

This about *default, Geopolitics, tagged , was written by for on February 24, 2022 .28 Comments

The Ukraine War will begin imminently, and Russian TOTAL VICTORY is programmed.

Narrator…

Moscow’s Pacification

This about Society, tagged , , , was written by for on October 20, 2021 .19 Comments

Moscow’s homicide rate now lower than London’s.

Open Takes 1

This about Admin, tagged , was written by for on October 8, 2021 .67 Comments

Open Discussion thread.

Open Thread 167

This about *default, tagged , was written by for on September 30, 2021 .387 Comments

In his latest newsletter, Adam Tooze points out that the Chinese government is asserting greater state control over the economy, including the power of Chinese business magnates to “cash out” of their holdings. In retrospect, this is perhaps the most logical explanation for the crypto crackdown. Diana Fleischman has a good article in Quillette on how […]

Russia’s Nationalist Turn

This , about Politics, tagged , , , , was written by for on September 28, 2021 .770 Comments

How Putin Created the Russian National State

In the capstone to my Russia watching career, I argue that late Putinism has adopted the Russian nationalist program near wholesale. Or so it seemed at the time…

China Isn’t Going to Make It

This about *default, tagged , was written by for on September 24, 2021 .416 Comments

I have been a long-term China bull since I began blogging. Proof (2008). A lot of what the Western media was writing about China were based on Sinophobic fantasies that had no correlation with reality. Just to be clear, I am still a China bull, at least in the sense that I’m sure its GDP […]

Open Thread 166

This about *default, tagged , was written by for on September 23, 2021 .239 Comments

🇷🇺💪🇮🇳 As usual, “real result” of United Russia would have been around 35% instead of 50% (and a simple majority instead of a Constitutional majority). But Western criticisms much less effective in the wake of analogous – if statistically implausible – claims about the 2020 US elections. EVERGRANDE. I was a China bull since I started […]