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Since the invention of the micro processor, chip production has become of imminent strategic importance for both the USA and other geopolitical power blocks

Since the invention of the micro processor, chip production has become of imminent strategic importance for both the USA and other geopolitical power blocks

Chris Miller – Chip war

Nice historical overview, very topical in an era where technology significantly affects the Ukraine war and the power play between the USA and China around Taiwan.

Aging populations and the breakdown of global trade make that very bad things are going to happen all over the world, but less so in the USA

Aging populations and the breakdown of global trade make that very bad things are going to happen all over the world, but less so in the USA

Peter Zeihan – The end of the world is just the beginning

Highly entertaining read with a lot of black humor, but incomplete in its analysis (e.g. of risk of internal conflicts in the USA and likelihood of collaboration between states in Europe).

A subversive branch of the French royal family has been responsible for the emergence of the low countries as a geopolitical entity

A subversive branch of the French royal family has been responsible for the emergence of the low countries as a geopolitical entity

Bart de Loo – The Burgundians (read in Dutch)

Politics and court life in the high middle ages evoked in a juicy style.

A bunch of anarchists and misfits was able to defy the most powerful nations of the world for a surprisingly long time

A bunch of anarchists and misfits was able to defy the most powerful nations of the world for a surprisingly long time

Colin Woodart – The republic of pirates

Captivating narrative which juicy details on naval warfare practices and life on board.

Cyber warfare is getting increasingly sophisticated and the USA can no longer contain the threat of Russia and other foreign powers

Cyber warfare is getting increasingly sophisticated and the USA can no longer contain the threat of Russia and other foreign powers

Andy Greenberg – Sandworm

At some points the investigative journalism is not fully convincing, but it conveys the message effectively.

Increasing inequality and lack of immigration are the two big crises facing the US

Increasing inequality and lack of immigration are the two big crises facing the US

Jared Diamond – Upheaval

the set-up in which interesting historical facts serve to make a political argument makes the author prone to the narrative fallacy.

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