Thank you!

I have made it in life:

I'm on the same top list as Andre Agassi.

For his 18th birthday, this young man (Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway) received a gift voucher for 'a perfect day' learning about the armed forces.

What brilliant education.

All 18-year-olds in Western countries should receive such a gift. cepa.org/article/messag…
(Me CEPA)

For his 18th birthday, this young man (Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway) received a gift voucher for 'a perfect day' learning about the armed forces.

What brilliant education.

All 18-year-olds in Western countries should receive such a gift. cepa.org/article/messag…
(Me CEPA)

Delighted to see Goodbye Globalization featured on Future London Academy's illustrious reading list!

Peru has discovered it has inadvertently given a Chinese firm exclusive use of a crucial port.

Oh, and why are Chinese firms showing such strong interest in the NATO port town closest to the Russian border?

foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/13/per… (Me Foreign Policy)

Flags of convenience are a fact of life.

But now flags of neglect have arrived, and they spell trouble for NATO member states and others.

thetimes.co.uk/article/flag-o… (Me The Times and The Sunday Times)

Peru has discovered it has inadvertently given a Chinese firm exclusive use of a crucial port.

Oh, and why are Chinese firms showing such strong interest in the NATO port town closest to the Russian border?

foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/13/per… (Me Foreign Policy)

Excellent deep-dive into Russia's GPS jamming by the Financial Times (including extremely informative graphs).

Including a few thoughts by me about why the jamming is so difficult for NATO (and individual states) to deter.

ft.com/content/be9393…

Russia's shadow fleet has created explosive growth in the flag registries of countries like Gabon and Eswatini.

Such countries are not just flags of convenience. They're flags of neglect.

That's a problem for Baltic Sea countries. Me The Times and The Sunday Times
thetimes.co.uk/article/flag-o…

Russian shadow vessels have to be flagged somewhere - which has led to explosive growth in the flag registries of countries like Gabon and Eswatini.

But such countries are not just flags of convenience. They're flags of neglect.

Me The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.co.uk/article/flag-o…

An Estonian resident working on a ship seized by Iran has now returned to Estonia.

(Pictured centre, with Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna)

Don't forget the seafarers (without whom our convenient life would not be possible)!

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So excited to see Goodbye Globalization win gold in the Axiom Business Book Awards!🍾

Under mina år utomlands har jag träffat mängder av diplomater från olika länder.

Mycket få har varit så energiska och effektiva som Urban Ahlin. En extremt bra tillsättning av regeringen!

(Positivt t.ex. att Staffan Truvé blir bjuden till ambassaden.)

Disinformation and cyber attacks seem like small fry compared to what Russia is up to now.

'Russia has already begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil.'

ft.com/content/c88509…

So excited to have won gold, or rather for Goodbye Globalization to have won gold, in the Axiom Business Book Awards.

This is how much fun I had discussing globalization, geopolitics and what comes next with Miroslav Bárta and Michal Půr.

Links below for those who understand Czech.

Amazing footage.

Public service since 1958 (and counting).

It has been interesting to see Western allies collectively attribute these cyber attacks to the Russian state.

Attribution is the first step in countering greyzone aggression.