Will Trump’s Threats Push Putin To Negotiate?
Via RFE/RL Since long before his inauguration this week and his election in November, President Donald Trump has been promising to broker an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine while…
The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Question
by Portfolio Armor The $16 Trillion Question As of January 24, 2025, the combined market capitalization of Nvidia (NVDA) and the other major AI infrastructure companies was nearly $16 trillion.…
Gold: Trump Declares War on Powell, Strong USD
by VBL Gold: Trump Declares War on Powell, Strong USD TL/DR Outlook for Gold, Silver, and the Dollar Intro: Trump Declares War on the Fed Authored by GoldFix, ZH Edit…
The Algorithmic Age
Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute Having explored the physical and psychological mechanisms of control in a previous article, and their deployment through cultural engineering in yet another…
China’s DeepSeek Bombshell Rocks Trump’s $500BN AI Boondoggle
Authored by Mark Whitney The future of humanity is being decided as we speak. And it is not being decided on a battlefield in Eastern Europe, or the Middle East…
China’s DeepSeek AI Moves The Capital Of Tech From Palo Alto To Hangzhou
Authored by Mike Whitney In a matter of days, the news of China’s AI sensation, DeepSeek R1, has gone from a gentle breeze to a Force 5 hurricane. It’s clear…
Beijing braces for impact: What Trump 2.0 might mean for US-China relations
Kyle Chan From trade war to trade wall One of the biggest changes to expect with a second Trump administration is not just bigger tariffs but a more direct embrace…
A warped hall of mirrors: US-China competition and industrial policy
Kyle Chan It’s hard to ignore the current split-screen contrast between the US and China. China recently concluded its Third Plenum, a once-in-five-year conference where the CCP sets out an…
What do Chinese analysts expect for China-US relations under Trump 2.0?
Brookings, Author: Xie Tao The United States is the only country in the world with both the capability and the intent to significantly shape China’s domestic and external environment. Meanwhile,…
How China uses foreign firms to turbocharge its industry
Kyle Chan (This piece builds on part of another piece I wrote on India’s EV strategy.) China uses foreign firms selectively to bring in technology and know-how, to build up…