The Logic of the Tanker War
Monday, 7 September 2026On Saturday the war with Iran changed what it was aimed at. The United States struck three Iranian crude tankers: the Downy off Kharg Island, the Stark 1 near Jask, and the Kylo in the Gulf of…
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Monday, 7 September 2026On Saturday the war with Iran changed what it was aimed at. The United States struck three Iranian crude tankers: the Downy off Kharg Island, the Stark 1 near Jask, and the Kylo in the Gulf of…
Ray Dalio’s book, “The Changing World Order,” talks about how big countries and empires have grown strong and then fallen over time. He looks closely at history, money, and government to see patterns in how these big…
The Next Decade* is a book about geopolitics by George Friedman, author of The Next 100 Years. Overview Most people think that the longer the time frame, the more unpredictable the future. I take the opposite view.…
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