I continue to be gobsmacked that in 2025, Australia's *entire* geospatial infrastructure (not to mention administrative infrastructure) is utterly dependent on a handful of giant corporations over which we can exert exactly no control.
We are one or two business decisions, one political decision, away from it all falling apart.
Yet, all work in the geospatial strategy domain is essentially shilling for those corporations. Ratcheting the risk higher and higher.
Geo-Strategy: The Iran Trap by Jiang Xueqin | Predictive History
The lectures of Predictive History by Jiang Xueqin on The Iran Trap (a year ago) and The Prussian Empire (Anglo-American Civilization versus Germanic Civilization) are incredibly important for any enthusiastic researcher or student of United States History, Religious Studies, Global Affairs, even for those with historical and geopolitical focus on Esotericism, that cannot be ignored at the present time. The lectures are also related to my own studies and ideas about the future of my own country here in the U.S., because of taking into perspective this history. The lecture on The Prussian Empire will be provided separately, which I highly recommend viewing and taking notes on.
INTRODUCTION
Prof. Jiang Xueqin explains that an American invasion of Iran would be a catastrophic mistake. There are three major interest forces pushing the U.S. towards war with Iran, being firstly, the Israel Lobby, representing Jewish interests under AIPAC as the second most powerful lobbying organization in the U.S. Also within the Israel Lobby are Christian Zionists. These interests want war in the Middle East to advance Israel’s interest, as Sen. Ted Cruz demonstrated in a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.
The second and third interest forces are Wall Street (the interests of the U.S. Empire) and Saudi Arabia (with its connections to Jared Kushner).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y_hbz6loEo&pp=ygUdR2VvLVN0cmF0ZWd5ICM4IFRoZSBJcmFuIFRyYXA%3D
https://twitter.com/FlyingBeagle_/status/1935689525021356033?t=xQ0XmdXBCMxurNc2V0W_UQ&s=19
#GeoStrategy #Geopolitics #Iran #IsraelIranConflict #JiangXueqin #PredictiveHistory #TedCruz #TheIranTrapLecture #ThePrussianEmpire #TuckerCarlson #Zionism
"From North Africa to the Gulf, the UAE has aggressively expanded its counter-revolutionary strategy in the wake of the Arab Spring"
by Andreas Krieg: https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/abu-dhabi-built-axis-secessionists-across-region-how 🧵
#geography #CivilWar #Africa #Emirates #oilAndGas #internationalTrade #interference #allies #Houthis #MiddleEast #RedSea #Dubai #AbuDhabi #UAE #Yemen #MuslimBrothers #terrorism #counterTerrorism #salafists #mercenaries #stateViolence #imperialism #fossilFuels #civilWar #PersianGulf #Gulf #geopolitics #hegemony #MAE #Sudan #Egypt #MENA #geoStrategy #sanctions #LNG #military #nuclear #power #longRead #lobbying #foreignPolicy #USA #Libya #influence #development #revolvingDoor #revolvingDoors #Clinton #Trump #Harvard #Wimbledon #ManchesterCity #foreignInfluence #arms #armsTrade #normalisation #SaudiArabia
TIL... 🙄. nationalmap.gov.au is/was an open source TerriaJS instance delivering all kinds of data via open standards in a single space.
The digital atlas of Australia is based on proprietary ESRI services. Colour me disappointed, not surprised
The strategic question being: why develop a new digital atlas if the old one was not used? 🤔
Personally I would have chosen to keep developing an open platform, especially in current geopolitical light.
Ursula et l’Europe font le job. London calling ? Wait and see … Donald, Putin’s puppet story… #WeStandWithUkraine #geostrategy #worldwar3 #mastodon #fediverse
Long read: How a peripheral state can leverage its wealth, strategic geography and alliances to exert outsized influence on regional and global affairs
"How the UAE can simultaneously be both a subject of imperialism and an agent of imperialist practices within its spheres of influence while challenging traditional imperialist actors": https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-emerging-sub-imperial-role-of-the-united-arab-emirates-in-africa
#geography #CivilWar #Africa #Emirates #oilAndGas #internationalTrade #interference #allies #Houthis #MiddleEast #RedSea #Dubai #AbuDhabi #UAE #Yemen #MuslimBrothers #terrorism #counterTerrorism #salafists #mercenaries #stateViolence #imperialism #fossilFuels #civilWar #PersianGulf #Gulf #geopolitics #hegemony #MAE #Sudan #Egypt #MENA #geoStrategy #sanctions #LNG #military #nuclear #power #longRead #lobbying #foreignPolicy #USA #Libya #influence #development #revolvingDoor #revolvingDoors #Clinton #Trump #Harvard #Wimbledon #ManchesterCity #foreignInfluence #arms #armsTrade #normalisation #SaudiArabia
The Sarah Paine Lectures: EP 1: The War For India.
In the first episode, Prof Paine of the Noval War College will talk about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, & Lyndon B Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. https://youtu.be/LbkO84MsmyM #Geostrategy #geostragie
OnlineFirst - "Introduction: Explanation, critique and critics of geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin, James D Sidaway, Han Cheng, and Chih Yuan Woon:
#geostrategy #hegemony #deglobalisation #geopolitics #China
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241280007
A must-read on #geostrategy and arms control.
"Fears about #US reliability in the event of a second #Trump administration are exacerbating this situation, both in #Europe and Asia."
OnlineFirst - "Five theses on geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin and James D Sidaway:
#geostrategy #economicwarfare #internationalpoliticaleconomy #geopolitics #imperialism
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241265598
THINKING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES…
What happens if Trump is resurrected in the November election?
That's what this short piece explores.
#Geostrategy #geopolitics #Trump #uspolitics #australianpolitics
#USelections #defence
For #Asia, #geoeconomics remains a dominant parameter of relations than #geostrategy. #The US and #India hope to see otherwise.
The Arctic has become crucial for world powers like NATO and Russia to demonstrate their military strength #geostrategy
