5/ See below what certainly qualifies as the chart of the month.

4/ His vision of this future is a big reason why he has been fixated on electricity this week and in particular on China’s meteoric rise to become the world’s first electrostate, as the FT proclaimed.

3/ Musk has demonstrated an ability to see the future more clearly than most. His visions of a globally-available internet from Starlink’s planned mega constellation of 42,000 low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, fully self-driving EVs, and AI-powered humanoid robots staffing.

2/ Answer: @elonmusk.

1/ Who has insights into the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) Rivalry?.

8/ And if, as experts predict, extricating themselves from dependence on critical items, for example rare earth magnets, will take more than 4 years, while governments may make declarations of “independence,” in reality, they are more likely to persist in a world of inextricable.

7/ As each party recognizes that it is entangled in an array of complex, interdependent supply chains that provide critical items it cannot function without, the logic of the situation should lead them to mutually limit constraints—as each struggles to become less vulnerable to.

6/ In the security studies field, experts have called this “mutual deterrence.”.

5/ The outcome of that imaginary scenario is similar to the outcome of the Export Control war that China and the US have been engaged in: namely, a stalemate.

4/ I have demonstrated that I can squeeze those tubes to stop the flow. But then I discover that I also have three tubes providing vital fluids and medications connected to me and you have them in your hand and can squeeze them, too.

3/ To understand the problem facing the US and China consider an analogy: Imagine you are a patient in hospital with three tubes supplying fluids and medications that are keeping you alive.

2/ After Trump’s April 2nd announcement of a Tariff Liberation Day and the following months of a hyper tariff war with China, talks in Geneva and later in London, and Trump and Lutnick’s announcement of a successful trade deal which was confirmed by the Chinese Ministry of.

1/ Who is winning the Export Control War?.

For the recording, see the @WEF’s link.

For bottom line provocations, ask:. 1. Whose economic performance in 2025 will be hurt more by Trump’s tariffs?. 2. Whose economy is more vulnerable to the denial of essential items (e.g., batteries) that it simply cannot function without?. 3. Whose economy faces the larger.

In the swirl of summer Davos in Tianjin, China, I was one of the speakers at a half dozen sessions, two of which were on the record. For @Bloomberg's coverage of one of these, see the link below.

Amos was one of the 8 Israeli pilots who conducted that attack and was one of the key planners of the 2007 attack that destroyed a reactor North Korea was building for Syria. You can read takeaways from his interview here:

Our colleague Amos Yadlin (former head of Israeli military intelligence) provides context for Israel’s current war against Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking to Fox News, he reminds viewers of Israel’s longstanding affirmative nonproliferation commitment in the Begin Doctrine. That.

3/ Since the story is still in progress, it’s still too soon to answer the question. But for analysis, insights, and evidence, Karen’s new book is a must-read.

2/ Karen Elliot House, formerly reporter and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal addresses this issue in her new book: The Man Who Would be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia.