Geo Political Risk

[Davexl]

Pelosi's Taiwan visit risks creating greater instability between the US and China

Includes interesting intervew with Kevin Rudd...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/02/p...sis/index.html

[Davexl]

Pelosi's Taiwan visit is a move without a strategy

U.S. House speaker's initiative lacks consistency with Biden policy toward China

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Co...out-a-strategy

"Some Japanese companies are already preparing for a Taiwan crisis. Judging by the current situation, they may need to brace for recurring crises."

[Waltzing]

At what point does the russian economy combust ..

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/russ...esilience.html

[Balance]

At what point does the russian economy combust ..

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/russ...esilience.html

Putin & his cronies could not care less.

[Waltzing]

your right balance but they do care if the kremlin decides to do a "death of stalin" and shoot him.

they shoot losers in Russia... " dear comrade" movie ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eAshaPvYw

[Davexl]

And so it begins...

Outrage as Solomon Islands government orders vetting of stories on national broadcaster

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...al-broadcaster

[Waltzing]

Back to tribal controls and fiefdoms and clans ....

Could spread across the pacific ...

[BDL]

NZ is fast going there too.....

[Waltzing]

except NZ has bill or rights and the AG stood up in the house and said .... NOPE.... cant go there.

next 25 years will see pressures for sure but the general public wont vote for it.

all those overseas ex pat votes wont want to return to a country without democracy.

[Davexl]

Western Australia getting super twitchy over Defence exposure...

Minister warns WA ‘massively under-defended’ against foreign threats

https://www.smh.com.au/national/west...04-p5b76j.html