The Grand Strategy

Connecting dots, revealing power

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#UK 🇬🇧, #Spain   , and #Italy 🇮🇹 current PMs seem all be looking at one-term only.

I guess when someone asks support to use their own military assets, “sorry, we’re busy” isn’t exactly a great answer.

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@POLITICOEurope Securing the Ocean Observatories Initiative isn’t just a win for marine science—it’s a critical political move. Maintaining deep-sea monitoring networks is vital for oceanic leadership and strategic tech superiority in global waters

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@LloydsList Wait… wasn’t Hormuz supposed to be full of naval mines? #bluff

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In other words: helping Taiwan without officially saying that’s what it’s doing.

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The FY2027 NDAA approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee is more than a defense bill.

It expands military cooperation across the First Island Chain, creates a war stockpile for Taiwan, and strengthens the security architecture from Japan to the Philippines.

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What’s particularly notable is that many of these measures are structured as regional initiatives rather than Taiwan-specific programs. Washington is increasing support for Taiwan while avoiding the diplomatic costs of a formal shift in its One China policy.

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First #Venezuela 🇻🇪, then possibly #Iran, and now #Cuba 🇨🇺 .

A familiar pattern: opening up to long-standing rivals in order to confront a greater strategic challenge #China

[Bloomberg @business]

Cuba’s leadership signed off on a sweeping list of 176 market-liberalization measures, as the Caribbean nation tries to rescue a moribund economy that’s being squeezed by US sanctions. https://t.co/Jj8sJFLFnZ

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@Reuters Wasn’t supposed to be riddled with mines? #Bluff

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🇦🇺 Another one of the biggest geopolitical winners of the coming years may be #Australia: rich in rare earths and critical materials, increasingly central to the Indo-Pacific balance of power through its role in the QUAD and the broader effort to contain China’s influence.

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Unless we realizes it was all just one big bluff.

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Scouring the Strait of Hormuz for mines could take weeks https://t.co/Z9pvs33Tma https://t.co/Z9pvs33Tma

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@business Morocco becoming Africa’s most industrialized economy is not just economics, it’s geopolitics. EU supply-chain integration is the main driver; US backing and Abraham Accords are secondary accelerators in diversification and tech links.

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@TheEconomist Beijing is betting that AI, EVs and advanced manufacturing can power China’s next growth model. But the real challenge is ensuring those gains reach beyond the coastal tech hubs and into the countryside. Historically, that balance has mattered more than any technology race.

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#SaudiArabi 🇸🇦 is easing restrictions on #Lebanon 🇱🇧 and #Syria is tightening its border and pushing back against Hezbollah-linked networks. Meanwhile, the Lebanese state is openly challenging Hezbollah’s military role.

Iran proxies look weaker.

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@AvvocatoAtomico No nuke is the new no vax

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Today, the EU approved the opening of the first accession negotiation cluster (“Fundamentals”) with #Ukraine and #Moldova, marking a major step forward in their path toward EU membership. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇲🇩

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A likely deal: #Ukraine moves into the EU, with a #Korea-style fortified border, and becomes an #Israel-like defence power making billions selling war expertise. #Russia keeps occupied territory and gradually regains access to western markets through phased sanctions relief.

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As already said, much like #Israel did after decades of conflict, #Ukraine will emerge from the war as a defence manufacturing powerhouse, converting hard-earned battlefield expertise into technology, innovation, and billions in exports.

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An emerging Ukrainian counter-drone system is streamlining air defense operations by automating 95 percent of the interception process, from launch through to engagement

https://t.co/QdPzM2AaUu

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@business Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine in Goiás is one of the world’s most strategic rare earth assets outside China. It is the only industrial-scale producer outside Asia of all four key magnetic rare earths: #neodymium, #praseodymium, #dysprosium, and #terbium.

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@Reuters A perfect example of how important things are done first and announced later.

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🇨🇦 One of the biggest geopolitical winners of the coming years may be #Canada: a reliable NATO ally bridging the US and Europe, rich in critical minerals for AI race and in uranium for nuclear energy, and strategically positioned for Arctic trade routes.

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@AP That’s how alliance commitments are honored: with actions, not lectures.