> Mil-Cost >

> A2/AD >>

> Armaments Industry >> 

23-12-23 Indian Defence Strategy: Forces, Potential, Procurement Disasters - Perun > .

23-12-15 FPV drone use in R-U war - cheap guided missiles - Binkov > .

23-9-24 Combat Drones & Future Air Warfare - Humans + Wingman - Perun > .

23-9-19 Taiwan's CM32 "Clouded Leopard" TIFV - T&P > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-9-10 Industrial Competition & Consolidation, Military Procurement - Perun > .

23-9-8 Economics of Artillery Shells in the R-U War - nwyt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-13 Game Theory Of Military Spending | EcEx > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

Asia - Investing in Militaries 

23-12-23 Indian Defence Strategy: Forces, Potential, Procurement Disasters - Perun > .

23-9-19 Taiwan's CM32 "Clouded Leopard" TIFV - T&P > .

23-9-18 Xina Threat: India Aims to Upgrade Defences | Palki Sharma > .

23-8-25 How Xi secured power by reforming Xina’s military - Lei > .

23-8-17 Xina will watch AFU's marines as Ruscia attempts A2/AD | Tele > .

23-8-15 A2/AD & Taiwan’s Asymmetric Strategy to Repel Xinese | WSJ > .

23-8-9 Force Design 2030 EABO vs Xina's A2/AD - Uncensored > .

23-4-23 Japanese Defence Strategy & Rearmament - ambitious plans - Perun > .

22-3-25 A2/AD: A Strategy for Defence of Australia in 21st Century - hypo > .

22-1-15 Can Indian Military Upgrades Counter Xina? - T&P > .

> Asian Tigers >>

> Black Sea Blockade >> 

23-9-10 Battle for Black Sea. R-U: Geopolitics, Grain, Naval Drones - U24 > .

23-8-31 P00ti’s Black Sea blockade is a sham | Defence in Depth - Telegraph > .

> Brain Drain >>

24-1-14 How USA Brain-Drains The World - Versed > .

23-11-7 Scientific Progress & War - [Counterproductive for Ruscia] (subs) - Katz > .

> BRICS >>

>> BRICS >>>

> Chokepoints >>

> > Ċold Ŵar 2 Geopolitics > >

   > Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

> Djibouti >>

> Drones >> 

24-2-16 Naval Drones Not Yet Dominant (Who Might Win?) - nwyt > .

> EuM - European Defense >>  EU Army? 

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

GMD - Ground-Based Midcourse Defense 

24-4-19 GMD - America's Missile Defense - T&P > .

> I-P Coalition of the Willing >>

> Innovation, R&D >>

23-12-23 Indian Defence Strategy: Forces, Potential, Procurement Disasters - Perun > .

23-12-15 FPV drone use in R-U war - cheap guided missiles - Binkov > .

23-11-7 Scientific Progress & War - [Counterproductive for Ruscia] (subs) - Katz > .

23-8-29 Understanding the Limits of Innovation || Peter Zeihan >> .

> NATO Membership >> > N Militaries >>> N Politics >> > NATO~R >>

24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .

24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .

23-9-23 Erdoğan's Turkey is NATO's Biggest Internal Problem - Real > .

Orcine incompetence 

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-8-17 Xina will watch AFU's marines as Ruscia attempts A2/AD | Tele > .

23-8-16 How Corruption Destroyed the Ruscian Army - Icarus > . skip > .

> PLA >>

24-7-6 [Naval Strategy: Mahan, Corbett | PLAN Aggression] - Pacific > . 

24-5-29 Hainan Island & Xina's Massive Naval Expansion | WSJ > .  

> Porcupine Defense >>

R&D 

24-2-4 Next Gen Air-to-Air Missiles: Range, Sensors, Future Air Dominance - Perun > .

R-U 

23-12-15 FPV drone use in R-U war - cheap guided missiles - Binkov > .

23-10-6 [Latest Orcine Terrorism & P00ti's Latest Terrified LIES] (subs) - Katz > .

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-8-18 Rubble Woes - Pre-Election Economic Strain (subs) - Katz > .

23-8-1 Sanctioning Russia | Effects: Dodging Sanctions, Brain Drain (subs) - Katz > .

23-7-31 Ruscia Cannibalizing Its Economy - Still Not Enough - gtbt > . skip > .

23-4-25 Mark Galeotti - P00 has Defied Predictions of Analysts and Media - SC > .

23-4-25 War Economy Struggles | Industry, Resources (sub) - Katz > .

22-9-4 6 Months of Ukraine War - Economics, Endurance, Energy War - Perun > .

22-8-3 Gas shortage and the war in Ukraine - Anders > .

22-7-21 How the economy of Russia is dying (English subtitles) - Максим Кац > . 

22-6-19 Economics of war - Russia vs Ukraine - sanctions, shelling - Perun > .

Sanctions 

23-12-6 Shadow Fleet Fueling Ruscia’s War | Bloomberg > .

> Strategy >>

> Taiwan Defense >> = > Porcupine Defense >>

23-8-15 A2/AD & Taiwan’s Asymmetric Strategy to Repel Xinese | WSJ > .

23-8-8 [Taiwan's Preparation for War; Military Investment] - T&P > .

UK 

23-7-18 Futureproofing for changing threats; Defence Command Paper - Forces > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

X Indo-Pacific 

23-8-18 Are XiXiP leaders able to control Xinese military (PLA)? - 1/3 | Lei > .

23-8-25 Xi secured control of PLA through military reform - 2/3 | Lei > .

23-9-2 Problem Xi’s military reform created for Xinese PLA - 3/3 | Lei > .

23-8-22 Evidence of XiXiPee's war preparations - Observer > .

23-8-2 Xi's Anti-Corruption Purge of PLA Rocket Force | PLA structure - Digging > .

23-7-29 Ream, Hambantota, Tonga Naval Bases; Australia - Focus > .

23-7-28 PLAN's Indo-Pacific Bases - Ream, Djibouti, Hambantota, Tonga - Focus > .

22-3-25 A2/AD: A Strategy for Defence of Australia in 21st Century - hypo > .

22-1-13 Sea control and sea denial — naval vs land warfare - Anders > .

> Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>

> ρρ - Resources >>

> Productivity >

> AI > / > Automation > / > Innovation, R&D > / Productivity 

24-9-26 [Innovation, Tech Competition - Xina vs West] - Update > .

23-5-5 [AI / Demographics / Producers / Consumers] - EcEx > . skip > .

> Armaments Industry >> 

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-9-10 Industrial Competition & Consolidation, Military Procurement - Perun > .

23-9-8 Economics of Artillery Shells in the R-U War - nwyt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-13 Game Theory Of Military Spending | EcEx > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

> Asian Tigers >>

> BRICS >>

>> BRICS >>>

> ImploXion 2023 >>

> Industry >>  > Industrial Espionage >>   >> Industrial, IP Espionage >>>

24-9-26 [Innovation, Tech Competition - Xina vs West] - Update > .

24-9-13 [Xina Wary of Technology Transfer to European Manufacturing] - Update > .

> Informatics, AI >> 

24-4-5 Israel's Lavender System, AI Targeting, Battlefield Informatics - McBeth > .

> Innovation, R&D >>

24-9-26 [Innovation, Tech Competition - Xina vs West] - Update > .

23-8-29 Understanding the Limits of Innovation || Peter Zeihan >> .

Manpower 

Manpower ⇔ Economics - Buck Wagers >> .

> Trade War 2024 >>

24-7-5 [Spreading Impact of Anti-Dumping Tariffs against Xina] - Update > .

U

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

> Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>

23-9-24 $6.5T Problem: BRI, Unproductive, Decaying Infrastructure | EcEx > .

> Resource Issues >

> ρρ - Resources >>
   > ρ - Dutch Disease >>
   > ρ - Energy >>
   > ρ - Food >>
   > ρ - Infrastructure >>
   > ρ - Ingenuity >>
   > ρ - Manpower >>
   > ρ - Metals >>
   > ρ - Minerals >>

   > ρ - Nuclear >>

   > ρ - Oceans, Seas >>

   > ρ - Oil & Gas >>

   > ρ - Supply Logistics >>

   > ρ - Water >>

> African Economies >> > Africa~ >>

24-4-25 Lobito/Tazara Corridors: US~Xina vie for African minerals - Caspian > .

23-9-28 Why Niger's Crisis is Our Crisis Too - EcEx > .

23-9-26 Why Africa Suffers so Many Coups: Warographics Analysis > .

> Arctic >>   >> Arctic >>>

24-12-19 North America is preparing for an Arctic battle | CBC > .

24-11-1 [Increasing Geostrategic Importance of Alaska] - Invisible > . skip > . 

> Armaments Industry >> 

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

23-9-10 Industrial Competition & Consolidation, Military Procurement - Perun > .

23-9-8 Economics of Artillery Shells in the R-U War - nwyt > .

23-8-20 NATO's Rearmament & Spending - NATO's R-U Response - Perun > .

23-8-13 Game Theory Of Military Spending | EcEx > .

23-7-29 Why the US Military isn't Out of Ammo - T&P > .

> Asian Tigers >>

> Aus~X >>

> Axes of Evil >>

> Brain Drain >>

24-1-14 How USA Brain-Drains The World - Versed > .

> BRI >>

> BRICS >>

> Canada's Security >>  

24-12-19 North America is preparing for an Arctic battle | CBC > .

24-4-20 Canadian Defense Spending is a Joke | Solutions? - Waro > .

> Chaos (in complex systems) >>

> Chip War >>  > Deglobalization >>

24-5-27 Taiwan Blockade Threat - Impact on Semiconductor Supply - Update > .

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

23-12-2 Huawei: [Subsidized Weapon in Chip War versus USA] - Update > . 

23-10-4 EU "derisks" hard & soft technologies, b/o security - Update > .

> Chokepoints >>

> > Ċold Ŵar 2 Geopolitics > >

   > Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

> Communications Infrastructure >>

24-2-7 Could Houthi Sever Global Underwater Cables off Yemen's Coast? - Sal > .

> Cyberwar >> 

> Decoupling >>  > Deglobalization >>

24-5-27 Taiwan Blockade Threat - Impact on Semiconductor Supply - Update > .

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

23-10-4 EU "derisks" hard & soft technologies, b/o security - Update > .

> > Defense > >   > Defenses >>

> DUHnomics >>   > DUHstardly >>   > MAGAtry >> 

> Dutch Disease - Extractive Folly >>

24-11-4 'Dutch Disease' is Destroying Russia's Economy - Warburg > .

> Energy >>  > Oil & Gas >>

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

> EU Migrant Crisis >>  Economic & Climate Migrants 

24-6-29 [Weakist-Biased Analysis of European Migrant Crisis] | Versed > .

24-6-2 EU Migration Challenge: Flow Chart - Simple > .

23-8-7 Migrant smuggling to Europe: Profit vs Prevention | DW > .

> Eu-UK-US-X Trade >>

24-10-19 [Xina Re X-Eu-UK Trade] - Update > .

> > Governments > >

> Hegemonic Readjustments >>   > Hegemony >>

> HME - History of MENA >>

> Hybrid War >>

> ImploXion 2023 >>

> Industrial Espionage >>

> Innovation, R&D >>

> R&D Military >> 

23-8-29 Understanding the Limits of Innovation || Peter Zeihan >> .

> Iran >>  > Iran~ >>  > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>   >> Iran, XIR >>>

24-4-16 [XIR] Iran's use of [terrorist] proxies to [harm] USA and Israel - Caspian > .

24-3-28 5 reasons Iran is involved in so many global conflicts - BBC > .

> Iraq >>

24-6-11 [Water-stressed] Iraq is dying = a global problem - CaspianReport > .

> Kazakhstan >>

24-5-10 Why Kazakhstan is Insanely Empty - Real > .

> Logistics, Costs of Warfare >>

23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .

> Manpower - Forces >>

Manpower ⇔ Economics - Buck Wagers >> .

> Maritime Strategy >>

> Migrant Crises >>

> Military Intelligence >> 

> Military Logistics >>

24-5-25 Can Ruscia "Slaughter Us" as Royce Lopez Claims - Ryan McBeth > .  

> Military Recruitment >>

> NK >>-> X >>-> T >>-> First Island Chain >> 

23-9-30 Militarily Strategic Utility of DPRK to Imperialistic Xina - Kamome > . skip > .

22-8-7 3 Reasons Why Korea is the Key to Asia's Security - Kamome > .

> NoXious World Order >>  >> NoXios (DIS)Order >>> > XIR >>

23-9-30 XiXiP plans for NoXious World Order - Update > .

23-9-29 Decoding P00ti-PooXi blueprint for NoXious World Order | DW > .

> Nuclear >>

> Persian Corridor >>

> PLA 2025 >>   > PLAAF 2025 >>   > PLAN 2025 >>

> PLA >>   > PLAN >>

> Political Affiliation >>

> Red Sea, Persian Gulf >> > Shipping >>  > Supply Logistics >>

> Trade, Chokepoints >>

24-5-30 Red Sea Chaos: Freight Rates Soar; Port Congestions; Houthi - Shipping > .

24-2-25 Impact on Global Trade: Disruptions in Red Sea, Black Sea, Panama Canal > .

> Resource Competition - X >>

24-5-1 How Xina Threatens Europe via EU's Green Deal - gtbt > .

> Russo-Xina Axis >>

24-7-15 Xina is 'masterful' at getting what they need from P00ti | Frontline > .

24-7-4 [P00pet+Xi + -Stans -Modious] SCO - Update > .

24-6-19 Ruscia Ceding Land to Xina (future of Siberia) | Warburg > . 

24-6-8 Ruscia-Xina Pipeline Dispute is Big Problem for Krumblin - Spaniel > .

24-4-10 [XiR: Growing Xina-Ruscia Axis of Envious Resentment] - Update > .

> Sanction / Tariff Dodging >> 

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

23-10-22 Shifty Shades of Grey | G7 Crackdown On Dark Fleet | Shipping > .

> Shipping >>  > Deglobalization >>

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

24-2-25 Impact on Global Trade: Disruptions in Red Sea, Black Sea, Panama Canal > .

24-2-18 Gallagher's Call for US Sealift Capacity Expansion vs Xina - Shipping > .

> Soft Power >>

> SXS - South Xina Sea >> 

24-7-23 [Divergent Positions on SXS/West Philippine Sea] - Update > .

24-7-20 [Xina~US Antagonism - SXS, X-R-U, X-T, Ximperialism] - Update > .

24-7-6 [SXS - Xina's Continued Crybullying in West Philippine Sea] - Update > .

23-10-23 Xina's Threats Pushing Philippines Closer to US - WSJ > .

> > Tensions > >

   > Africa~ >>

   > ANZ~X >>

   > Asia~ >>

   > Axes of Evil >>

   > BRI~X >>
   > BRICS~X >>
   > EU~X >>
   > IP~X >>

   > Iran~ >>
   > MENA~ >>

   > NATO~R >>

   > resources~ >>

   > SEA~X >>

   > UK~X >>

   > US~X >>
   > X~T >>
   > X~US >>
   > X~West >>

   > XIR >>

   > water~ >>

Theft of Resources 

23-9-27 Philippines-Xina - South "Xina" Sea - Update > . 

> Trade War 2024 >>

U

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

Ukraine's Resources ..

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

> UN >>  > UN Failure >>  Corrupted, Obsolete (UN) - Present Tense >> .

23-11-15 Multilateral Disorder - [NoXious] World (Dis) Order 5 - Stubb - STG > .

> Unwanted Immigrants >>

24-7-12 Why France no longer wants [Muslim] immigrants - VisPol > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

> water~ >> 

24-5-9 Groundwater Crisis Threatening USA's Food Superpower Status | WSJ > .

23-10-19 Desertification and environmental degradation in Spain - Caspian > .

23-10-1 What If The American Southwest Runs Out Of Water? - Versed > .

23-8-21 India’s HUGE water problem will cause a HUGE migration problem - GG > .

23-5-30 How to Fix Reduce the Water Crisis | CNBC > .

US Drought monitor 2020-2023 gif

> Word Games - Geopolitical Manipulation >>

> > WW2 > >

> XIR >>

> Xitting the Wall - Xina's Economic Decline >>

24-4-25 Lobito/Tazara Corridors: US~Xina vie for African minerals - Caspian > .

23-9-27 Martin Wolf on Xina’s Economic Implosion & ‘Japan Trap’ - Update > .

> ρρ - Resources >

> Resource Competition - X >>

> Resource Issues >>

> ρ - Dutch Disease >>

> ρ - Energy >>
> ρ - Food >>

> ρ - Industry >>

> ρ - Infrastructure >>
> ρ - Ingenuity >>   
> ρ - Manpower >>

> ρ - Metals >>

> ρ - Minerals >>

> ρ - Nuclear >>

> ρ - Oceans, Seas >>

> ρ - Oil & Gas >>
> ρ - Water >>

> Energy >>  > Oil & Gas >>  > > Resource Issues > >

24-5-7 America's Nuclear Supply Chain (Ditching Russian Uranium) || PZ > .

24-5-1 How Xina Threatens Europe via EU's Green Deal - gtbt > .

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

23-10-29 Australia's Valuable, Critical (REE, Heavy Metal) Minerals | 60 Min > .

23-7-14 Broken Economics of the Oceans - Wendover > .

> ρ - Nuclear >>

Ukraine's Resources ..

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

> ρ - Dutch Disease >

> Dutch Disease - Extractive Folly >>  

24-12-31 How ‘Dutch Disease’ is Destroying Russia’s Economy - Icarus > . skip > .

24-11-4 'Dutch Disease' is Destroying Russia's Economy - Warburg > .

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

23-1-2 Dutch Disease | Resource Curse, Currency Inflation, Economy | EcExEss > .

22-10-11 Gulf States, "Dutch Disease", Big Dumb Mega Projects | EcEx > .

"Dutch Disease" .. & Resource Economies ..

24-12-31 How ‘Dutch Disease’ is Destroying Russia’s Economy - Icarus > . skip > .

> ρ - Metals >>

23-12-23 Why Australia Isn’t a Complete Failure | EcEx > .

> ρ - Minerals >>

24-6-20 [Nauru's Post-Guano Collapse] - OBF > . skip > .

> Oil & Gas >>

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

22-10-11 Gulf States, "Dutch Disease", Big Dumb Mega Projects | EcEx > .