Strait of Hormuz Week 13 Update: Mines, Blockades, and “Dark” Ships
Strait of Hormuz Week 13 Update: Mines, Blockades, and “Dark” Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oo_WX7eL5M
Tag: foreign policy
Why Russia’s Supply Lines are Suddenly Collapsing
Ukraine’s medium strike with drones has gotten really good. This makes it hard to get supplies and reinforcements to the front and forces personnel and equipment further from the front line, increasing traveling time, which creates: delays, wear and tear on vehicles, and more vulnerable road time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNq4iJlxzVQ
China’s Global Espionage Network: How Democracies Are Responding
China’s Global Espionage Network: How Democracies Are Responding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqS0Lt8eUR4
What keeps China from invading Taiwan? Fareed debates
A great strategic advantage that the US has traditionally had over China is that the US had many allies and partners. Recently, the US has been undermining this great strategic advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISw7pzKhqtI
Trump Is Running Out of Options on Iran
In Iran, Trump is unlikely to achieve anything better than Obama got in his Iran-deal.
Cuban officials may be open to a Venezuela-like deal, but US domestic politics would not support it. Too many in the US want the Cuban regime completely gone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYWquzpekk
The Real Reason the U.S. Just Attacked Iran Again
The US appears to have used self-defense as an excuse to hit targets Iran uses to control the Strait.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-DI2slvcA
Why No-One Wants American Weapons Anymore.
Trump has left Europe looking for alternatives to US weapons, even if they are worse, weakening the alliance and losing US sales. If the world does take big strides away from US weapons, the US will have lost a lot of leverage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifDBZ504vRc
The US as a Declining Power
Trump praised Xi like a sycophant. Xi did not return the words.
Trump has accelerated American decline. Further polarizing the country, getting the US into a so-far unsuccessful war with Iran, weakening relationships with allies, removing quality immigrants along with the bad ones, increasing corruption, weakening the ability of the country to tax its wealthy citizens, broad and unstrategic tariffs that weaken the US economy, etcetera…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V48nZHKih8
Software Companies Transfer All Risk To You — And It’s Hidden In Your Contract
US companies built software focused on price and features, not security.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwVa_L27G-g
The Room Where It Happened: What the Media Missed About the Trump-Xi Meeting
The Room Where It Happened: What the Media Missed About the Trump-Xi Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17o5SEY9So