No. 32 — THREE CLOCKS OVER TAIWANEveryone Is Watching 2027 — The Calendar That Matters Has No Round Number
LATEST BRIEF
GEOPOLITICS SUNDAY BRIEF No. 33
HITTING
ORBIT
The Easy Half Is Talking to Satellites
Vs the Hard Half That Teaches You to Point
Vs the Hard Half That Teaches You to Point
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The downlink is engineering. The uplink is the examination. And the skill it certifies is not only good for data.
Talking to satellites is the easy half. Pointing a beam from the ground into orbit is the harder test—and the strategic implications reach beyond communications.
RECENT EDITIONS
Newest firstNo. 32 — THREE CLOCKS OVER TAIWAN
No. 31 — WHEN A MINE LEARNS TO FLYThe Periodic Table of Air Power Vs the Licensing Office That Grounds It
No. 30 — BAY OF BENGALNine Billion Dollars of Concrete on One Island Vs a War Nobody Intends to Fight
No. 29 — THE SANDALS GATEKEEPERSHow a Houthi–Horn Axis Could Redraw Red Sea Power
No. 28 — THE NINE-DASH GAMBLESeventy-Nine Years of a Line on a Map Vs One Ruling It Refuses to Read
No. 27 — THE ESCALATION LADDERTen Levels of Strategic Coercion Before Conflict
EARLIER EDITIONS
Click an edition to openNo. 26 — ARCTIC GEOPOLITICSThe Ice Was the Defence. The Melt Opens the Front.
No. 25 — THE MECCA DEFENCE CLUBThree Men, One Handshake, No War Declared — The Quietest Defence Pact
No. 24 — MOON BASE RIVALRYAmerica and China Redraw the Lunar Map
No. 23 — THE BARRACKS Vs THE BEACHEighty-One Years of Anesthesia Vs One Wake-Up Call
No. 22 — STRAIT Vs BYPASSHow narrow waters hold the world economy hostage
No. 21 — AI WAR MACHINEHow artificial intelligence took over the kill chain
No. 20 — POWER OF NOISE Vs POWER OF SILENCETwo Grammars of Power
No. 19 — THE CRINK AXISChina · Russia · Iran · North Korea
No. 18 — DOME vs DRONEEurope Options?
No. 17 — THE TWO TRAPS OF EMPIREThucydides vs. Kindleberger
No. 16 — NATO OUT Vs EDC INWhen the Client Wakes Up.
No. 15 — EU WAR FRONT RETURN — 2029Why Europe Is Rearming Very Fast Now
No. 14 — NUKE OUT / NUKE INDisarmament’s broken promise
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