Southeast Asia Is Running Out of Gas
The lights are still on in Jakarta. The air conditioning just got rationed. Something shifted across Southeast Asia this week that hasn’t happened since the… Read more
The Crypto Bill That Was Supposed to Change Everything Is Stuck and the Reasons Why Tell You a Lot
Congress was supposed to have passed the most significant piece of crypto legislation in American history by now. That was the plan. White House crypto… Read more
The US and Israel Just Started a War With Iran and Nobody Has Explained What Comes Next
Operation Epic Fury. That’s what the Pentagon decided to call this. On Saturday the United States and Israel launched a joint military strike on Iran… Read more
The Economy Trump Described in the State of the Union and the Economy Americans Are Living In Are Two Different Things
There’s a framing that’s been circulating in economic coverage for a while now that the economy is fundamentally a feeling, that how people experience their… Read more
The Geneva Talks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Are the Most Consequential Negotiations Nobody Is Watching Closely Enough
Third round of Geneva talks today. Oman mediating again, same as before. The gap between what a successful outcome looks like and what a failed… Read more
Denmark in Crisis as Trump Renews Greenland Ambitions Following Venezuela Strike
One day. That’s how long it took between the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and Donald Trump publicly going after Greenland… Read more