Daniel Paul

Fellow @YPO Prev @BrookingsInst Researching sustainable reductive redistributive world economies | corporate statesmanship | think tanks

[Yacht Club de Monaco @yachtclubmonaco]

#voilesportive 🌊Palermo - Montecarlo 2026 ⛵

De la Sicile à la Principauté.

Le 18 août, la flotte de la Palermo-Montecarlo prendra le départ dans le golfe de Mondello pour près de 500 milles nautiques de course en Méditerranée.

Une course au large où stratégie, navigation de nuit et endurance mèneront les équipages jusqu’à Port Hercule, Monaco.

Informations
🔗https://t.co/VFlb30IIOC

#PaMo26 #pamo #YachtClubdeMonaco #ycmsailors

[Novia News @NoviaNewsGroup]

🚨🌘☀️ FLASH | À l'approche de l'éclipse partielle de Soleil, les autorités rappellent qu'il est strictement déconseillé d'observer le phénomène sans lunettes certifiées ISO 12312-2, sous peine de lésions oculaires irréversibles.

[Cerfia @CerfiaFR]

🇫🇷🎵 FLASH | L’Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace rend hommage à Kavinsky.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: Iranian negotiators such as Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi may be willing to make limited compromises with the United States over the extent of Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) faction led by IRGC Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi, which appears to be currently dominating regime decision-making, will likely reject any arrangement that meaningfully reduces Iranian control over the waterway, however.

Other Key Takeaways:

US President Donald Trump stated on August 1 that he canceled planned strikes on Iran after Iran — presumably referring to Iranian negotiators — and regional states informed him that they had agreed on the parameters of a deal that reportedly includes the “immediate, complete, and total opening” of the strait and “an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”

Israeli media also reported on August 2 that Araghchi agreed to a US- and Qatari-formulated proposal in which vessels would enter the Persian Gulf through Iranian waters and exit through Omani waters.

An arrangement in which Iran controls inbound traffic in the Strait of Hormuz would still enable Iran to control which vessels can enter the Persian Gulf and thus continue to undermine the United States’ interests as well as global commerce. Iranian officials have repeatedly emphasized that they seek to prevent “hostile” vessels, including US Navy vessels, from entering the Persian Gulf.

Some Iranian regime officials may be seeking to appease ultra-hardliners by emphasizing that the regime is exploiting pauses in US military operations and periods of diplomacy to reconstitute military capabilities and import new equipment. Iranian Artesh Spokesperson Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia explicitly stated on August 2 that Iran “fully exploited” the MoU and ceasefire to import new equipment, repair and reconstruct damaged systems, and produce new systems.

[CSIS Futures Lab @csisfutures]

China's aircraft carriers aren't invincible. Scholars outline five ways to hold them: subsurface ambush forces, land-based maritime strikes, long-range fires, cyber and electromagnetic attacks, and unmanned swarm operations.

#China #IndoPacific

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

The biggest challenge facing Iraq’s prime minister is how to curb the role of sectarian institutions in shaping Iraq’s state decisions, writes @MUNQITHDAGHER

Read more here ⤵️
https://t.co/Bkst6NsRDn

[M6 Info @m6info]

On connaissait Staying Alive des Bee Gees pour donner le rythme du massage cardiaque, c'est désormais le chanteur portoricain Bad Bunny qui le donne.

🎙️ @CedricAdam_Pro

[Le Contemplateur @LeContempIateur]

🇫🇷 Une Citroën SM devant le Concorde. Deux icônes d'une époque où la France incarnait l'excellence, l'audace et l'innovation, symboles du génie industriel français qui fascinait le monde entier. Quelle époque ! ✨

[Asian Private Banker @asianpvtbanker]

Will China’s cross-border capital curbs drive a rush to MRF and WMC? Read the full article: https://t.co/MPF2HkKeOI

[CSIS @CSIS]

Taiwan’s government has indicated that China attempts over 2.6 million cyber intrusions daily into Taiwan's networks. Experts expect China to use cyber as a first-use weapon alongside its other coercive and kinetic actions during an invasion scenario, argues Andrew Faulhaber.

Why should Taiwan adopt the UK's AI cyber shield concept?: https://t.co/evgOVQZPcJ

[americascup @americascup]

Luna Rossa brought the Silver Bullet out of the shed after 14 days and nearly capsized in Cagliari.

Martin Jacobi, CFD Engineer at Luna Rossa, explains that in effect it was the first day of commissioning.

[FDD @FDD]

"The Axis of Aggressors: four regimes that have very different ideologies and theologies, but they all want to see American power diminished."

@CliffordDMay's analysis of the Iran and Ukraine wars @FoxNews @WillCainShow w/ @kilmeade 👇
📺 https://t.co/CyWC0U5afU

[The Will Cain Show @WillCainShow]

TRUMP: WILL TAKE OUT PICKAXE MOUNTAIN IF NO DEAL

@CliffordDMay says Iran's deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site is a tougher target than Fordow, but argues it can still be neutralized if necessary.

“There's always an Achilles heel to these facilities.”

[Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin]

Todd Blanche is wholly unfit to be Attorney General. You deserve better.

The latest.

[Aleksandar Mitrovic @Aleksan52094351]

Good evening

[Golf on CBS ⛳ @GolfonCBS]

"[Scottie Scheffler] does not like finishing in second ... I have a very strong feeling that he'll win at least one of the playoff events."

"Jackson Koivun has to receive strong consideration to be on the U.S. Presidents Cup team."

Jim Nantz reacts to the incredible finish at the 2026 3M Open.

[Insider @thisisinsider]

You won't find busy patterns in her bedroom. https://t.co/PV3o6gnzqj

[Insider @thisisinsider]

"Yes, the upfront price was high. But we were not paying for multiple hotel rooms, restaurant meals three times a day, or daily activities to keep everyone entertained. One house, along with good planning, absorbed those usual expenses." https://t.co/GGqnqgOQrl

[SuperYacht Times @sytreports]

🪝DELIVERED: Sixth 31m Southern Wind SW96 yacht Fortissimo delivered

Southern Wind has announced the delivery of the 31.4-metre SW96 sailing yacht Fortissimo. She has since departed Cape Town and is currently heading to Palma, where she is set to take part in the Ibiza Joysail regatta.

👉🏻Find out more: https://t.co/eJ4hdLex61

#SouthernWind #SW96 #Fortissimoyacht

[Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI @IAIonline]

The debate on unanimity in EU foreign policy is often framed in overly simplistic terms. There are four forms of unanimity, each performing a different political and institutional function.

New #IAIBrief by Nicoletta Pirozzi➡️ https://t.co/njT1pOuV41