geopolitics

Let's take a break from the war and talk sci-fi

Thursday, 3 March 2022

In 1991, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, took to the screens. This would become William Shatner’s final voyage on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise as Captain James T. Kirk.

The premise of the movie is that the Klingon moon Praxis, a key energy production facility, explodes, leading to radioactive contamination which will destroy the ozone layer of the Klingon home world. As a result, the Klingons propose opening a dialogue for peace with their long-term enemies, the International Federation of Planets.

The UN Votes: vox populi vox dei

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution today demanding Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine.

Explainer: Russia's Riches to Roubles story

Monday, 28 February 2022

Russia’s currency, the Rouble, has plummeted 24% against the US dollar over the past 5 days

Sanctions will hurt the US more than Russia

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Putin is in a far stronger position than Biden.

There are only two things we need to know to understand why, but I’m going to give you eight reasons.

The Ukraine conflict explained in one minute

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

As a species, we’re programmed to take sides; even when we have no skin in the game...

Why doesn't Zimbabwe use South Africa's currency?

Friday, 18 February 2022

I’m sitting in a hotel room in Harare, Zimbabwe, and engaging in a bit of a gedankenexperiment. Here’s the scenario:

1. Almost 10% of Zimbabwe’s official GDP comes from expat remittances; most of this from South Africa in rands.

'Sources reveal sinister Russian plot to clone French President'

Friday, 11 February 2022

France’s president Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin met in Moscow. They were pictured sitting at opposite ends of a long table which immediately reminded me of the adage that he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.

Canadian trucker protest is a gamechanger for Crypto Crowdfunding

Sunday, 6 February 2022

Before we get into the gist of what I'm talking about, here's an executive summary of what triggered this thought process:

How to judge Biden?

Saturday, 5 February 2022

United States president Joe Biden has been making a lot of noises about appointing an African-American woman to the country’s Supreme Court1 ; this after incumbent Justice Stephen Breyer recently announced his intent to retire at the end of the court’s current term.

Why we all should support Aung San Suu Kyi: Part 1

Monday, 31 January 2022

After World War II, the British Empire confronted the law of diminishing returns with regard to their looting and pillaging of their colonial territories.

So, they pulled out, but divided those territories in a manner that was generally certain to provoke sectarian conflicts.

Some of these territories pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, and became thriving secular states — India and Singapore being prime examples.