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United States
The United States in the world system · Washington, D.C.
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Congress
The legislative branch of the United States · Washington, D.C.
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Ghislaine Maxwell
A person convicted in federal court for sex-trafficking-related crimes · United States
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Jeffrey Epstein
A convicted sex offender at the center of a large public records archive · United States
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The Chip War Isn't Really About Chips
A chip smaller than a fingernail can hold up a car, a data center, or a weapons system. That sounds like a contradiction: how can something so tiny matter so much? Because the chip is only the visible end of a production system that spans d…
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The Epstein Files: What Do the Documents Actually Tell Us?
The first thing to know about the Epstein files is that they are not one file, and they are not a verified list of perpetrators. They are a sprawling collection of records from criminal investigations, court proceedings, custody reviews, an…
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The U.S. and China Are Talking Again. What Actually Changed?
In September, presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met at the White House amid ceremonial pageantry and the familiar list of hard questions: tariffs, chips, rare-earth minerals, Taiwan and artificial intelligence. The clearest result was…
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What Happens If the World Splits Into Two Technology Systems?
A phone, car or AI service can look like one product. Underneath it may depend on chip designs from one country, manufacturing tools from another, fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, minerals processed elsewhere, and software distributed ar…
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Why China Wants Control of More of the Technology Supply Chain
When China tightened controls on rare earth exports in April 2025, the consequences did not stay inside China. Automakers and other manufacturers abroad scrambled to secure magnets, and some production lines faced shortages. The episode exp…
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Why Japan Matters More Than Most People Realize
When people talk about a crisis around Taiwan, the focus tends to land on Taiwan itself, China, and Washington. But the map tells a wider story. Japan’s southwestern islands sit near Taiwan and the East China Sea; U.S. forces operate from b…
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Why Taiwan Sits at the Center of the U.S.–China Relationship
A disruption in the Taiwan Strait would not stay in the Taiwan Strait. It could test the limits of U.S. policy, unsettle American allies, interrupt trade routes, and expose how much of the world’s advanced computing depends on production cl…
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Artificial Intelligence
Systems that turn data and computation into prediction and generation · Global
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China
China’s state, market, and technology system · Beijing, China
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Critical Minerals
Materials essential to technology, energy, and industry · Global
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CXMT
A Chinese memory semiconductor manufacturer · Hefei, China
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Data Centres
The facilities that turn electricity and hardware into computing capacity · Global
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Energy
The fuels, electricity, and systems that power economies · Global
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Global Supply Chains
The networks that move inputs, components, and products across borders · Global
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Huawei
Telecommunications and technology infrastructure · Shenzhen, China
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India
A major economy and technology power in South Asia · New Delhi, India
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Infrastructure
The physical and digital systems economies depend on · Global
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Iran
A regional power connected to changing security and energy networks · Tehran, Iran
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Japan
A technology, finance, and security power in Asia · Tokyo, Japan
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Manufacturing
The industrial systems that turn inputs into products · Global
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Military
The institutions and capabilities that organize armed force · Global
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Nokanda AI
Infrastructure for African language models · Lagos, Nigeria
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Nokanda AI is looking for investors
Seed extension for speech infrastructure. Deck + traction required.
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North Korea
A nuclear-armed state with a changing external network · Pyongyang, North Korea
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Nvidia
Computing platforms for accelerated and artificial intelligence workloads · Santa Clara, USA
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Putin, Russia and the New Network Around North Korea
The train is the telling detail. North Korean ammunition leaves the port of Rajin, crosses the short border into Russia, then travels by rail toward depots nearer the war in Ukraine. A shipment that begins on one isolated peninsula becomes…