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Thrilled to join Indonesia Maritime Week 2025, the first major event bringing together maritime players, investors & global stakeholders. In my session: we’ll dive into financing maritime infrastructure with Pertamina Shipping, Bank Mandiri & others. #IMW2025

Joseph Nye, a Harvard professor whose ideas on the nature of power in international relations influenced generations of policymakers, academics, & students and made him one of the world’s most celebrated political thinkers, has died at the age of 88 ken.sc/3RQSGav

1/3 Very good Dani Rodrik piece on the differences between a productionist view of economics (sometimes called mercantilism) and a consumptionist view. drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/publications/w…

8 May marks the main battle in the Battle of the Coral Sea (1942), when 🇦🇺 ships & US carriers halted Japan’s plan to sever Australia’s SLOCs. HMAS Australia, Hobart & RAAF crews stood firm. Protecting our maritime lifelines remains just as vital for Australia today 1/

I hate to say I told you so, but...I told you so. China has reduced its dependence on the US market. Because of this, Trump's tariffs simply can't do that much damage to China.

Hong Bing's book, "Analysis of Chinese Strategic Principles" 《中国战略原理解析》has a useful framework to think about the foundation of early Chinese strategic thought. I have reproduced the graphic from his text here:

This is one of the best books ever written on how to understand money, asset markets, melt ups and bear markets I remember being on a webinar when it first came out, the author did a discussion with Druckenmiller and Bessent Both Druck and Bessent said it was very influential

For anyone who might be interested in the Zuozhuan as military history but find it too time consuming, complicated, or expensive (all legitimate complaints), I do have a distillation of the over 600 military actions it documents in a report you can freely access.

I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities' response.

Robert Solow’s 1956 paper “A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth” is the fundamental paper in economic growth theory. Everything which has come since is built upon it. With that said, let’s explore it and Solow (1957) too! 1/

🇨🇳#China's research ship Zhong Shan Da Xue continues its survey of the approaches to the Bashi Channel, the strategically vital passage between 🇹🇼#Taiwan & the 🇵🇭#Philippines. Its survey, much of which has been within the Philippine exclusive economic zone, started on April 2nd.

Vigilance Is Not Enough. A History of United States Intelligence – new book out now #FDRoosevelt #HTrump #JJAngleton #Putin #KGB #WJCasey #intellbooks Yale University Press

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In Foreign Affairs, Bonny Lin, John Culver, and I argue: 1) Beijing's perceptions of Lai are worsening, akin to their views of Chen Shui-bian. 2) China is now more willing to use its military. 3) Perceived divisions in the Trump admin raise the risk of Chinese miscalculation.

This week, within the framework of #ObangameExpress 2025, UNODC Global Maritime Crime Programme & INTERPOL support the conduct of a simulated trial of a drug trafficking case in 🇨🇻 Funded by @EU_SAFESEAS & US Dept of State INL #BorderManagement

Kputusan2 pnting Presiden Prabowo sprti pembatalan kontrak migas dg Singapura, rencana pembangunan pelabuhan modern di Keppri, kbijakan operasi TNI di Papua, dan bnyak lagi kptsn2 besar lainnya, meski penuh pro-kon, sngat besar dampaknya utk masa depan. Maka sbaiknya kita dukung.

Interest costs on U.S. federal debt:  2024: $1.13 trillion 2023: $883 billion  2022: $719 billion 2021: $562 billion 2020: $523 billion 2019: $575 billion 2018: $523 billion 2017: $459 billion 2016: $433 billion 2015: $402 billion 2014: $416 billion Source: Treasury Dept

Will the UK recognise a Palestinian state while there is still a Palestine left to recognise? One of the many questions Foreign Affairs Committee asked the Foreign Secretary this week. Watch the full session with the Foreign Sec here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c7…

Dunia peradilan kt 10 thn trakhir trus khilangan kprcayaan. Praktik mafia makin mluas dr polisi, jaksa, KPK, Advokat & hakim, trus dibiarkan tanpa solusi. Maka, sdh saatnya cabang kekuasaan kehakiman direformasi total, bukan hnya soal kesejahteraan gajinya tapi total sistemnya.