Our cover this week “Europe should take heart and recognise its own strength. Its military budget is already four times larger than Russia’s; its economy is ten times larger. Far from shying away from a financial contest with the Kremlin, Europe should embrace it—and win the war”

Hydration 101: Don’t turn your water pipes into rockets if you don’t want to stay thirsty.

If only there was some sort of ‘union’ the UK could join to access fast, passport free travel among its european neighbours… oh wait

When Tsou then asked her whether it was Putin who decided to start the war in Ukraine, Cheng replied, "Of course not." 🤦🏽‍♂️ focustaiwan.tw/politics/20251…

Don't poke the bear, the bear might die

Geopolitical Weekend Reading: The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power buff.ly/JoViarE

The China bots are especially active recently, so here's a quick reminder that Russia's war machine would have collapsed long ago were it not for all the help Russia gets from China. Russia is really just China's proxy, which means it's really China that's waging war on Europe...

Pray for these warriors who still fighting for their freedom on the front lines 🙏

Holy shit, this is the moment Brigitte Gabriel left Piers Morgan and Lowkey completely speechless, dropping truth bomb after truth bomb about Israel and Gaza. This is a must-watch.

The loss of the entire French Army’s manpower just to capture half of a city of 60,000 inhabitants. Terrifying.

Every authoritarian expansion is a global challenge. I'm standing with Taiwan.

Geopolitical Weekend Reading: Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China buff.ly/IJuJof3

Intelligence Book of the Day: The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland―A True Account of Her Fight Against Art theft and Tyranny in WWII Paris buff.ly/GR4ud0i

Intelligence Book of the Day: Hiding Mengle amzn.to/4mWO6V6

Intelligence Book of the Day: Analog Superpowers buff.ly/lh1UTks

Intelligence Book of the Day: Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar buff.ly/S5GnynZ

Intelligence Book of the Day: Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power buff.ly/fwe3Wuj

Geopolitical Weekend Reading: A History of the World in 500 Maps buff.ly/R0bjk8w

Happy 250th Birthday, Marines. Semper Fidelis.

Intelligence Book of the Day: Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare buff.ly/9LGgYF0