> Decoupling >

> AntiX >>

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-8-19 [Anti-X experts' sentiments and resolve rise in Indo-Pacific] - Update > .

> Asian Tigers >>

> BRICS >>  >> BRICS >>>

24-10-25 [Xi at 2024 BRICS Summit: 5Gs & Whiny Defensiveness] - Update > . 

24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .

> Chokepoints >>

> Chip War >>

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-8-23 [Xina is Stockpiling Chip Making Equipment and Supplies] - Update > .

24-4-23 Race to Secure Taiwan’s AI Chips vs Xinese Invasion | WSJ > .

> > Ċold Ŵar 2 Geopolitics > >

   > Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

> Democracies >>

> I-P Coalition of the Willing >>

> X-Theft >>

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

> XiPaganda >>

24-6-5 [Xit GPT: AI Devolution = Ideological Indoctrination] | Digging > .

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

Allies~X 

> Aus~X >>

> AntiX >> > I-P Coalition of the Willing >> 

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

24-5-19 US-Xina Conflict: Military, Trade, Shifting Order - Update > .

24-4-12 West v X: Belated Warning of Xina's Imperialistic Threat - Update > .

24-4-12 Taiwan Chip Industry "Diaspora" Insurance - Update > .

24-4-3 Xinese Overcapacity, Western Decoupling, Chips, X-US relations - Update > . 

23-7-31 Ċold Ŵar 2: Biden placing spies & jets in Australia to deter Xina | Tim Cross > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

U.S. Alliances in the Western Pacific Archipelago | George Friedman > .

> Brain Drain >>

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

> Chip War >>

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-8-23 [Xina is Stockpiling Chip Making Equipment and Supplies] - Update > .

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

24-4-23 Race to Secure Taiwan’s AI Chips vs Xinese Invasion | WSJ > .

24-4-12 Taiwan Chip Industry "Diaspora" Insurance - Update > .

24-4-3 Xinese Overcapacity, Western Decoupling, Chips, X-US relations - Update > . 

23-12-13 US House Select Committee: Economic Competition vs PRC - Update > .

23-12-13 Rep. Gallagher: This is a bipartisan blueprint - R MG > .

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

23-10-20 Pentagon Report [re X(IR) threat] & Chip Curbs - Update > .

>> Chip Wars >>>

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

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

23-9-28 Race for semiconductor supremacy | FT > .

> Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .
24-8-24 [XiR: US~Xina Ċold Ŵar?] - PolyMatter > .

> Deglobalization >>

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-11-19 [Manufacturers & Investors Leaving Xina] - Update > .

24-11-15 [Youth Unemployment, Education, Exploitation] What Xi Fears - Poly > .

24-11-14 [Xitonomic Implosion - Xi's Tofu-Dreg Xina Xitting Wall] - gtbt > . skip > .

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-23 Xina Faces Deflation as Economy Stutters - PZ > .

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .

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

24-8-25 Xi Jinping's Leadership: [Impact on Xina’s Economy] - Researcher > .

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-29 [DJT's Threat] of Trade War: Game-Changer for US-X & ROC?]| Digging > .

24-7-26 Elizabeth Economy: Xina’s Vision for NoXious World Order | FA > .

24-7-23 'Historical Garbage Time'; Unprecedented Backlash against Xi - Dig > .

24-7-15 Xina’s $11 Trillion Crisis: “The government is broke” [& in debt] - Update > .

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

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

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-3 [Causes of Xina's Impending Implosion] - Aaron > .

24-5-27 Xi's Silence on Biden Tariffs; Failing US-Xina Trade Reciprocity - Digging > .

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

24-5-19 US-Xina Conflict: Military, Trade, Shifting Order - Update > .

24-5-15 Xina's Economic Isolation: Perils of [Arrogant Resentment] - Digging > .

24-5-15 US Places Huge Tariffs on Chinese Imports || Peter Zeihan > .

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

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-12 West v X: Belated Warning of Xina's Imperialistic Threat - Update > .

24-4-12 Taiwan Chip Industry "Diaspora" Insurance - Update > .

24-4-3 Xinese Overcapacity, Western Decoupling, Chips, X-US relations - Update > . 

24-3-29 Hyperglobalisation Is Dead - gtbt > .

24-3-21 Elisabeth Braw: Globalization Failing; R-U ⇒ Unpredictable | Silicon > .

24-3-20 What a Deglobalized Economy Will Look Like - M&M > .

> EU >> Derisking 

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

23-12-9 EU-China Relations - [EU firm, X hypocritical] - Update > .

23-10-4 EU "derisks" hard & soft technologies, for sake of security - Update > .

> FVEY - Five Eyes >>

> HuángXi >>

24-11-14 [Xitonomic Implosion - Xi's Tofu-Dreg Xina Xitting Wall] - gtbt > . skip > .

24-11-15 [Youth Unemployment, Education, Exploitation] What Xi Fears - Poly > .

24-10-25 [Xi at 2024 BRICS Summit: 5Gs & Whiny Defensiveness] - Update > . 

24-9-6 [Xi & Xina War Coming: Kevin Rudd's Chilling Warning] | Update > .

24-8-25 Xi Jinping's Leadership: [Impact on Xina’s Economy] - Researcher > .

24-7-23 'Historical Garbage Time'; Unprecedented Backlash against Xi - Dig > .

24-7-9 [Alleged Speech by Xi, anticipating civil war | Seizing "Taxes"] - Lei > .

24-6-5 [Xit GPT: AI Devolution = Ideological Indoctrination] | Digging > .

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

24-3-15 Xi’s Authoritarianism is Killing Xina’s Economy | DW > .

23-12-6 [How Xi Doomed Xina's Economy] - Stephen Kotkin > .

> India v Xina >> 

24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

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

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

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

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

24-2-4 How Xina’s BYD Overtook Tesla [Full Story] - ColdFusion > .

Inflation Reduction Act  

23-12-6 Biden's Inflation Reduction Act: impact on world | FT > .

> Political Affiliation >>

> Sanction / Tariff Dodging >> 

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

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

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

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

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

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

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

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

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

> Shipping >>  > Trade, Chokepoints >>  > Trade War 2024 >>

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

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 > .

> Strategy >>

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

Supply Chains  > Trade War 2024 >>

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

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 > .

24-4-12 West v X: Belated Warning of Xina's Imperialistic Threat - Update > .

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

> Trade War 2024 >>

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

24-10-23 Xina Faces Deflation as Economy Stutters - PZ > .

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

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

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-29 [DJT's Threat] of Trade War: Game-Changer for US-X & ROC?]| Digging > .

U

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

> UN >>

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

US vs X relations 

24-10-25 New Survey: China’s Reputation Plummets To Worst on Record | Update > .

Chicago Council on Global Affairs: 2024 Poll of American views of Xina c 

> Vietnam >>

24-4-6 Vietnam: Hx, USA-Xina Relations, SXS, economy - gtbt > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-4-12 Taiwan Chip Industry "Diaspora" Insurance - Update > .

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

> Woof Whiner Dicklomacy >>

24-7-23 'Historical Garbage Time'; Unprecedented Backlash against Xi - Dig > .

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

X > Decoupling >> Derisking 

24-11-19 [Manufacturers & Investors Leaving Xina] - Update > .

24-11-14 [Xitonomic Implosion - Xi's Tofu-Dreg Xina Xitting Wall] - gtbt > . skip > .

24-11-15 [Youth Unemployment, Education, Exploitation] What Xi Fears - Poly > .

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-9-29 India and Xina on verge of teaming up? | ABC Aus > .

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

24-9-6 [Xina War Coming: Kevin Rudd's Chilling Warning] | Update > .

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-26 Elizabeth Economy: Xina’s Vision for NoXious World Order | FA > .

24-7-23 'Historical Garbage Time'; Unprecedented Backlash against Xi - Dig > .

24-7-15 Xina’s $11 Trillion Crisis: “The government is broke” [& in debt] - Update > .

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

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

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

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

24-5-19 US-Xina Conflict: Military, Trade, Shifting Order - Update > .

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-12 West v X: Belated Warning of Xina's Imperialistic Threat - Update > .

24-4-12 Taiwan Chip Industry "Diaspora" Insurance - Update > .

24-4-6 Vietnam: Hx, USA-Xina Relations, SXS, economy - gtbt > .

24-4-3 Xinese Overcapacity, Western Decoupling, Chips, X-US relations - Update > . 

24-4-3 Taiwan Crisis: G7-XiXiP Sanctions & Tools - Update > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

24-3-15 Xi’s Authoritarianism is Killing Xina’s Economy | DW > .

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

24-1-2 [Predictions: 2024 looks bleak for Xina's economy] - Update > .

24-1-1 Xi admits to economic problems in his New Year address - Update > .

23-12-6 [How Xi Doomed Xina's Economy] - Stephen Kotkin > .

23-12-15 [Xi's Backtrack: Woof Whiner to Playing "Nice"] - Digging > .

23-12-13 US House Select Committee: Economic Competition vs PRC - Update > .

23-12-13 Rep. Gallagher: This is a bipartisan blueprint - R MG > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

23-12-9 EU-China Relations - [EU firm, X hypocritical] - Update > .

23-12-5 Most Dangerous [XIR] Moment: America’s Role in the Pacific | Hoover > . 

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

23-9-28 Race for semiconductor supremacy | FT > .

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

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

23-9-16 Cost of Wall Street-Xina breakup after 40-years - Lei > .

23-9-7 Xi's Mess: Wartime Economy Rising, Imminent Societal Collapse > .

23-9-6 AoD | Succeeding [in Hybrid War vs] PRC (feat. John Lee) - Hudson > .

23-9-5 Goldman Sachs Helps [Xina (& XiXiP) to] buy Foreign Companies - Boyle > .

23-8-26 Xina vs Japan relations - Update > .

23-7-14 Germany's cautious awakening to X-threat - Update > .

23-4-22 Xinese Financial Crisis, Economic Outlook - George Magnus - Update > .

23-3-3 US Blacklists 37 Xinese Companies | Focus > .

22-8-25 Xina’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse | GoodFellows > .

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

22-7-31 How PGII & IPEF could checkmate BRI - CaspianReport > .

22-7-29 Ruscia Heads Into an Economic Abyss - gtbt > .

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

22-7-4 Can Europe's Industry Survive without Russian Energy? - Into Europe > .

22-6-25 Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia? - PolyMatter > .

X vs J 

24-6-5 [Boiling Moat: Xinese Imperialist Threat to Pacific Peace] - Hoover > .

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

23-12-5 Most Dangerous [XIR] Moment: America’s Role in the Pacific | Hoover > . 

23-9-14 Hx Japan vs Xina: Why Xina and Japan are headed to war - BuBa > .

> X-Mil Threat >>

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-9-6 [Xina War Coming: Kevin Rudd's Chilling Warning] | Update > .

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

24-6-6 1.4 million km cables drew a US-Xina undersea tech war - Lei > .

24-6-5 [Boiling Moat: Xinese Imperialist Threat to Pacific Peace] - Hoover > .

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

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

24-2-16 Xina's Stumbling Economy -> Xina-US conflict - Lei > .

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

24-11-14 [Xitonomic Implosion - Xi's Tofu-Dreg Xina Xitting Wall] - gtbt > . skip > .

24-11-15 [Youth Unemployment, Education, Exploitation] What Xi Fears - Poly > .

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-10-23 Xina Faces Deflation as Economy Stutters - PZ > .

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

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

24-7-26 Elizabeth Economy: Xina’s Vision for NoXious World Order | FA > .

24-7-15 Xina’s $11 Trillion Crisis: “The government is broke” [& in debt] - Update > .

24-7-9 [Alleged Speech by Xi, anticipating civil war | Seizing "Taxes"] - Lei > .

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

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-3 [Causes of Xina's Impending Implosion] - Aaron > .

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes Europe (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-4-17 [XiP00gandistic Hypocrisy & Strategic Dicklomatic Stumbles] - Digging > .

24-4-2 [Xi's Bellicose Hubristic] Nationalism, Ideology & Scholarship - Update > .

24-3-15 Xi’s Authoritarianism is Killing Xina’s Economy | DW > .

24-2-13 Sovereign Funds: How XiXiP Finances its Global Ambitions | Hoover > .

24-1-2 [Predictions: 2024 looks bleak for Xina's economy] - Update > .

24-1-1 Xi admits to economic problems in his New Year address - Update > .

23-12-6 [How Xi Doomed Xina's Economy] - Stephen Kotkin > .

23-12-16 Censoring negative (accurate) remarks on Xinese economy - Update > .

23-12-15 [Xi's Backtrack: Woof Whiner to Playing "Nice"] - Digging > .

23-12-13 US House Select Committee: Economic Competition vs PRC - Update > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

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

23-9-25 Xi's Transforming Xina [for the worse] - Xina's Changing Trajectory - Dig > .

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

> XIR >>

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-9-28 [XIR: Ruscia's New Axis of Upheaval/Disorder/Envious Resentment] - Real > .

> Demographics >

> Asian Tigers >>

Demographics Explained

Big Lessons from Small Nations | James Breiding | TEDxCambridgeU > .

Demographics and development explained - Circles >> .

Explaining the demographic transition - Circles > .

22-12-27 Demographics Part 1: Understanding the Basics - PZ > .

22-12-28 Demographics Part 2: The Canadian Treadmill...Stops - PZ > .

22-12-29 Demographics Part 3: The Xer Cut - PZ > .

23-1-5 Demographics Part 4: The European Breakdown - PZ > .

23-1-18 Demographics Part 5: The Chinese Collapse - PZ > .

23-1-26 Demographics Part 6: The Orthodox Predicament - PZ > .

23-3-2 Demographics Part 7: The Northeast Asian Crash - PZ > .

23-3-27 Demographics Part 8: Optimism for Southeast Asia - PZ > .

23-4-11 Demographics Part 9: The Advanced Developing World - PZ > .

23-4-21 Demographic Problems in the Middle East (Water, Oil, Food) - PZ > .

Demographics Series || Peter Zeihan - PZ >> .

Africa 

2021 Demographic Dividend - Africa as Next China > .

> Balkans >> > Brain Drain >>

24-8-15 Brain Drain & Tragic Economy of Bosnia & Herzegovina - EcEx > .

> Brain Drain >>

24-8-15 Brain Drain & Tragic Economy of Bosnia & Herzegovina - EcEx > .

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

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

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

23-7-30 Skills Wars Are The New Trade Wars | EcEx > .

23-7-21 Brain Drain & Capital Issues Plague India's Tech Industry || Peter Zeihan > .

23-2-26 Tragic Reality of Brain Drain's Impact on Poor Countries - EcEx > .

22-4-1 Should Europe accept Russian Immigrants (ASAP)? - VisPol > .

22-11-17 Russian Tech Workers’ Latest Exodus ⇓ Pootin’s Economy | WSJ > .

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

22-3-16 Life in Russia under sanctions | Prices, Q&A - Eli > .

22-3-14 Crackdown In Russia → Tens Of Thousands Fleeing Country - MSNBC > .

22-3-13 Russia faces ‘brain drain’; thousands flee b/o war with Ukraine - BBC > .

21-7-6 Europe's Largest Brain Drain and Lost Startups - Hoog > .

21-12-25 Gravitas Plus: The Great Indian Brain Drain > .

Economic Impacts 

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

24-2-22 Prohibitive Child-Rearing Costs in Xina - Demographic Disaster - Update > .

24-1-24 [Borderline Hysteria: Polarization Stimulus since 1980] - NYT > .

23-9-1 China miscounted its population, now the economy is in crisis | ABC Aus > .

23-8-16 Demographic Decline & Fixes in Rich Nations - M&M > . skip > .

23-7-7 Xina, Japan - Impact of Demographic Decline - Real > .

Big Lessons from Small Nations | James Breiding | TEDxCambridgeU > .

Demographics and development explained - Circles >> .

Explaining the demographic transition - Circles > .

23-4-9 Russia’s Great Demographic Pit | Researcher > .

22-7-2 Is Overpopulation Still a Problem? - Sabine > .

23-3-13 Yi Fuxian: The Chinese Century Is Already Over - Update > .

22-12-28 Too many people? Challenges of demographic change | DW > .

22-9-20 Worker Productivity & the Economy | WSJ > .

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

17-1-25 Matthias Doepke - Demographics & Family Economics - HCEO > .

Economic Impact of AI, Automation 

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

> EU Migrant Crisis >>  Economic & Climate Migrants 

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

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

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

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

Global 

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

23-8-16 Demographic Decline & Fixes in Rich Nations - M&M > . skip > .

23-7-7 Xina, Japan - Impact of Demographic Decline - Real > .

23-4-21 Demographic Problems in the Middle East (Water, Oil, Food) - PZ > .

Big Lessons from Small Nations | James Breiding | TEDxCambridgeU > .

Demographics and development explained - Circles >> .

Explaining the demographic transition - Circles > .

22-7-2 Is Overpopulation Still a Problem? - Sabine > .

22-12-28 Too many people? Challenges of demographic change | DW > .

22-3-4 Where on Earth do People Live in 2022? - Circles > .

22-4-26 Visualizing the Population of the World in 2100 - Small Circles Forward > .

17-1-25 Matthias Doepke - Demographics & Family Economics - HCEO > .

2015 Future Demography Around the World - Professor Chris Whitty > .

> ImploXion 2023 >>

> India v Xina >>

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

Malthusian Challenges 

24-1-24 [Borderline Hysteria: Polarization Stimulus since 1980] - NYT > .

22-7-2 Is Overpopulation Still a Problem? - Sabine > .

22-12-28 Too many people? Challenges of demographic change | DW > .

> Manpower - Forces >>

Poaching Brains post-WW2 

Operation Paperclip: Recruiting Nazi Brains for the USA - 1 - WW2 Doc > .

> Productivity >>

Wealthy Nations & Demographic Decline 

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-2-22 Prohibitive Child-Rearing Costs in Xina - Demographic Disaster - Update > .

23-8-16 Demographic Decline & Fixes in Rich Nations - M&M > . skip > .

17-1-25 Matthias Doepke - Demographics & Family Economics - HCEO > .

Ruscia 

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

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

23-4-9 Russia’s Great Demographic Pit | Researcher > .

23-1-26 Demographics Part 6: The Orthodox Predicament - PZ > .

22-12-2 How war is changing Russia’s population | DW > .

22-11-22 Why [the Ruscian Federation] cannot become a democracy - Caspian > .

22-11-17 Russian Tech Workers’ Latest Exodus ⇓ Pootin’s Economy | WSJ > .

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

22-4-4 Russia’s David vs Ukraine’s Goliath? Manpower woes - Binkov > .

22-3-28 Initially Rejected by US, Russians Secretly Hustled Over the Border > .

22-3-17 Ukrainians Getting Into the US. Russians Fleeing Putin Are Not - VICE > .

22-3-17 Kremlin crackdown → Russians to flee their homeland I WNT - ABC > .

22-3-17 Russians on Why They're Fleeing to Europe - TIME > .

22-3-13 Russians fear country going backwards as foreign businesses leave - CBC > .

22-3-11 Russians flee rising authoritarianism | DW > .

22-3-5 Russians leaving their country for Finland - BBC > .

22-3-2 Sanctions, restrictions mean Russians have few ways to leave - CBC > .

Skill Wars 

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

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

Ukraine 

24-3-2 Ukraine: A Demographic Tragedy - KaiserBauch > .

22-3-17 Demographics, and The Ukraine War - Zeihan > .

> Unwanted Immigrants >>

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

Weaponized Migrants 

1968-4-20 Enoch Powell "Rivers of Blood" Speech - Toronto M > .

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

24-6-21 Millionaire Exodus! [Brain & Capital Drain] - Patrick Boyle > .

24-2-22 Prohibitive Child-Rearing Costs in Xina - Demographic Disaster - Update > .

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

23-10-13 Xina's plunging birthrate - Update > .

23-9-1 Xina miscounted its population, now the economy is in crisis | ABC Aus > .

23-8-16 Demographic Decline & Fixes in Rich Nations - M&M > . skip > .

23-7-7 Xina, Japan - Impact of Demographic Decline - Real > .

23-4-2 China's One Child Policy: Tragic Economic Gamble - EEE > .

23-3-13 Yi Fuxian: The Chinese Century Is Already Over - Update > .

23-1-18 Demographics Part 5: The Chinese Collapse - PZ > .

23-1-18 Xina's shrinking population | Economy & 2022 GDP - Update > .

23-1-17 Xina Records First Population Drop in Decades | Focus > .

23-1-17 Xina's population falls for first time since 1961 - BBC > .

22-12-28 COVID-19 Update: China's BF.7 Surge - MedCram > .

22-12-13 Peter Zeihan's Bold Predictions for Future; Collapse of Xina - geonow > .

22-12-6 Xina’s Demographic crisis looms over Xi’s 3rd term | Peter Zeihan > .

22-8-25 Xina’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse | GoodFellows > .

22-8-17 Xina already in absolute population decline = coffins > cradles - Digging > .

22-10-22 Xina's Population Has Peaked, 800 Million less by 2100 - gtbt > .

22-10-14 Young Xinese women remaining single by choice - Digging > .

22-10-4 Xina's Demographic Crisis & Ageing Population - Update > .

22-8-25 Xina’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse | GoodFellows > .

22-8-17 Xina already in absolute population decline = coffins > cradles - Digging > .

22-4-14 From matchmaking to curbing abortions; state “family planning” - Lei > .

22-3-28 China's Economic Rise—End of the Road - cfr > .

22-2-18 How The One Child Policy Destroyed China - Versed > .

22-2-15 China’s Vulnerability | Peter Zeihan @ Fort Benning - geopop > .

22-2-4 Will China Grow Old Before it Becomes Rich? Demographics - TCO > .

22-1-10 Women are Central to the Low Fertility Rate is | Digging > .

21-11-5 How China is going to Vanish | Peter Zeihan - geopop > .

2021 China: Securing a Future Through Demographics - Mad Mac > .

2021 China's Falling Birth Rate: Can It Sustain The Rise To Superpower? | CNA > .

2021 Demographic Dividend - Africa as Next China > .

17-1-25 Matthias Doepke - Demographics & Family Economics - HCEO > .

Demographic Challenges - Weighs 'n Means >> .

Economics of Manpower - Penny Wyse >> .

Elder Population (% of total population) - ivana > .

Demographic Challenges - Weighs 'n Means >> .

Malthusian Threats - Weighs 'n Means >> .

Manpower ⇔ Economics - Buck Wagers >> .

Population Growth - ivana >> .

Western Civilization, Demographics - Armor >> . 

> Economic Warfare >

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

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

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

> Asian Tigers >>

> Brain Drain >>

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

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

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

> BRICS >> 

24-10-25 [Xi at 2024 BRICS Summit: 5Gs & Whiny Defensiveness] - Update > . 

23-8-22 [Xina's BRICS Scam] - Update > .

23-5-21 Should We Be Worried About The BRICS? | EcEx > .

>> BRICS >>>

> Chip War >>  >> Chip Wars >>>

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-2-12 Bleeding Edge of Semiconductors: Tale of 3 Companies || Peter Zeihan > .

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

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

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

23-9-28 Race for semiconductor supremacy | FT > .

> Chokepoints >>

> > Ċold Ŵar 2 Geopolitics > >

   > Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

> Decoupling >>

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

23-12-9 EU-China Relations - [EU firm, X hypocritical] - Update > .

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

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

23-9-16 Cost of Wall Street-Xina breakup after 40-years - Lei > .

> Energy >>

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

24-3-30 Ruscia's Declining Oil Capacity; Deeper Problems of Cartel Politics - Spaniel > .

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

> Europe v X >>

23-12-9 EU-China Relations - [EU firm, X hypocritical] - Update > . 

> FVEY - Five Eyes >>

> Georgia >>

24-5-18 [Georgians Try to Escape Ruscist Corruption] - gtbt > .

24-5-2 Sabanadze: Georgia's Maidan-Style Protests Against P00tinisation - Silicon > .

> India v Xina >>

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

Inflation Reduction Act  

23-12-6 Biden's Inflation Reduction Act: impact on world | FT > .

> Innovation, R&D >>

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-2-12 Bleeding Edge of Semiconductors: Tale of 3 Companies || Peter Zeihan > .

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

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

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 > .

Economic Warfare 

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

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

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

24-2-12 Bleeding Edge of Semiconductors: Tale of 3 Companies || Peter Zeihan > .

24-2-4 How Xina’s BYD Overtook Tesla [Full Story] - ColdFusion > .

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

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

23-9-27 EU-Xina Relations - Update > . 

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

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

23-9-9 Tech War: Xina's Future Shaky; AI Industry Competion - BuBa > .

23-8-26 Konstantin: Ruscian Economy, Sanctions, Collapse of Rouble - Silicon > .

23-8-22 [R-U War Economies - Sanctioned vs Supported] - K&G > .

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

23-8-10 Ruble Nosedives | Current Plight & Future Prospects (subs) - Katz > .

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

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

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

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

23-7-25 Silicon Triangle | USA, Taiwan, Xina: Semiconductors - Hoover > . full > .

23-7-2 Ruscia and Xina seek Eurasian dominance - CaspianReport > .

23-5-21 5 countries sharing intelligence say Xina is No.1 threat | 60 Min Aus > .

23-5-2 Why Iran is Helping Ruscia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Real > .

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

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

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

23-4-16 Logan Wright Grasping Shadows X-Ec 1 - Update > . 2 > .

23-4-3 Ruscia and Iran join forces with India - Caspian > .

23-2-9 Russia, Iran, India Want Persian Corridor 2.0 - gtbt > . skip scam > .

23-3-18 Sociopaths have useful idiots, not "friendship" - Warographics > .

23-3-15 [Xi Aims to Replace Pax Americana with Imperium Sīnārum] | Digging > .

23-3-13 Yi Fuxian: The Chinese Century Is Already Over - Update > .

23-3-2 Xina Leads US in Key Technology Research: Report | Focus > .

23-3-1 House Panel Lays Out Xina Threats | Focus > .

23-2-7 Why Xina is losing the microchip war - Vox > .

23-1-28 West Strangles Xina's Semiconductor Ambitions - Update > .

23-1-20 Xi's Biggest Errors - Kevin Rudd | Update > .

23-1-8 War Economies - Russia and Ukraine won't collapse tomorrow - Perun > .

22-11-27 Dragon's Claw: Xina's Next 10 Years - Kamome > . skip > .

22-10-28 How China Is Helping to Reduce Inflation - Patrick Boyle > .

22-10-25 Xina's Q3 details - Update > .

22-10-24 Xina's Ailing Q3 Economy | Li Qiang - Update > .

22-10-15 Xina's Economy is in Bad Shape - ColdFusion > .

22-10-12 Biden Bans Xina's Access to Advanced Semiconductors | Zeihan - now > .

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

22-9-2 Ukraine's Water Geostrategic role for Crimea, Kherson | Peter Zeihan > .

22-8-28 Chip War - XiXiP vs CHIPS and Science Act - Update > .

22-8-26 How Xina wages an unseen war for strategic influence | FT > .

22-8-25 Xina’s Looming Demographic and Economic Collapse | GoodFellows > .
22-8-25 Xi vs Li: Xina’s dual-leadership after the 20th Party Congress? - Lei > .

22-8-18 Ruscism: World's Last Colonial Empire: Collapse or Survival - gtbt > .

22-8-4 True impact of sanctions on Ruscia | DW Business Special > .

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

22-7-31 How PGII & IPEF could checkmate BRI - CaspianReport > .

22-7-29 Ruscia Heads Into an Economic Abyss - gtbt > .

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

22-7-4 Can Europe's Industry Survive without Russian Energy? - Into Europe > .

22-6-25 Could China Survive the Sanctions Against Russia? - PolyMatter > .

Corruption

23-6-20 Corruption [Ensured] Lebanon's Brutal Collapse - Cold Fusion > .

22-12-8 Role of oligarchy in Russia | Pootinesque Corruption (subs) - MK > .

> Decoupling >>

24-10-25 [Huawei's Defiant Purchase of TSMC AI Chips] - Update > . 

23-10-18 US-Xina Tech Competition | Update > .  

23-10-17 Xina's Intellectual Property Theft | Five Eyes Leaders - Hoover > .

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

23-9-27 EU-Xina Relations - Update > . 

Greed 

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

> H-I War >> >> H-I War >>> & > XIR >>

23-10-19 BRI, Hamas fit into XiXiP's Middle East [NoXious] strategy - Lei > .

23-10-19 [R-U & NoXious XIR Axis behind Hamas atrocities] - DiD > .

> I-P Coalition of the Willing >>

23-7-31 Ċold Ŵar 2: Biden placing spies & jets in Australia to deter Xina | Tim Cross > .

23-7-29 Taiwan: Japanese & US Moves | Update > .

U.S. Alliances in the Western Pacific Archipelago | George Friedman > .

> Lebanon >>  > Hezbollah >>  > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>

24-7-1 Israel [might] launch ground invasion of Lebanon - Caspian > .

> Oil & Gas >>

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

Sanctions 

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

> Strategy >>

> 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 > .

U

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

> Wartime Economies >>

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

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

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

X vs J 

23-9-14 Hx Japan vs Xina: Why Xina and Japan are headed to war - BuBa > .

> XIR - NoXious - Axis of Evil >>

23-10-17 [BRI Scam; Xina Using H-I War; MENA Policy] | Update > .

23-10-14 [Xina bullies Philippines in SXS; XiPagandistic Ideology] - Update > .

23-10-14 [Nefarious Hybrid XIR "want to destroy America" Plot] - Versed > .

23-10-14 [Independent Taiwan versus Imperialist Dicktatorship] - Real > . 

23-10-12 Xina Supporting Hamas in the Israel/Palestine Conflict - laowhy86 > .

23-10-12 [Xina's self-serving platitudes and blame-US XiPaganda] - Update > .

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

24-2-13 Sovereign Funds: How XiXiP Finances its Global Ambitions | Hoover > .

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

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

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

> Corruption - R >>

> Corruption - U >>

> Corruption - X >>

> ρρ - Resources >>