Where in the World: The Hogsback, et Les Français
The French are continuing to make their outrage over last week’s AUKUS submarine deal—and the subsequent cancellation of a pending Franco-Australian submarine supply deal—plain for all to see. [...]
Where in the World: Home, and Cruise Missiles
The United States and United Kingdom have shouldered out the French in a deal to supply submarines to Australia. And not just any submarines, [...]
Where in the World: Crater Lake, and Semiconductors
So, what keeps me up at night? The current global semiconductor supply chain. Distinct capabilities exist in separate supply chains and manufacturing bases—lower end supply from China, higher-end [...]
Where in the World: Laramie, and Rare Earths
Concerns are rising over Chinese dominance in the realm of rare earths metals processing. This is a problem that I spend a lot of time never worrying about. Despite their name, rare earths [...]
Where in the World: Split Rock, and Afghan Minerals
Speculation over Afghanistan’s potential mineral wealth is just that–speculation. What we do know about the hard reality of the country’s geography, infrastructure and [...]
The Way Out – and Forward
The seven-day moving average for new COVID deaths in the United States is back up above 1,000 – a figure the Americans have not suffered since before COVID vaccines became widely available [...]
Ida Know Much about Energy
Hurricane Ida made landfall in southern Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on August 29. In its wake it left a trail of damage that Americans living on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts have found [...]
Where in the World: Fagradalsfjall, and Breakthrough Tech
Some questions I’ve been asked about as of late have been on the topic of what technologies do I see that could move the needle on some of the more… dire forecasts that I’ve made. Some [...]
Where in the World: Grindavíkurbær, and Taiwan
The challenges of the United States’ Afghan withdrawal have caused many to question Washington’s commitments to its allies and others who have found themselves under the American security [...]
