Under The Radar – News Articles From The Past Week – 7th December 2022
Apologies for not posting yesterday. I went to a talk about Chinese Foreign Policy and had a great time. I learnt a lot from some very clever people. The talk was put on by the Centre of Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge. I’d recommend checking out their YouTube channel. Gives a different side to Geopolitics from an academic viewpoint. As opposed to these weekly news posts, which are very representative of mainstream media opinions. Still, I hope this can be helpful in organising the weekly news so you can find news about the areas of geopolitics that interest you.
General Geopolitics
· The Doomsday Project and Deep Events
· Israeli’s Not Welcomed At The World Cup
· Global South Births A New Game-Changing Payments System
· Trump Sued In Iraqi Courts For Assassinations
· Turkey Is Drowning In Opportunity
· Qatar Uneasy Amid Iran Protests
· Democracy In Armenia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
· Heightened Pacific Tensions Will Push Japan To Spend More on Defence
· South Korea and Poland Grow Closer
· Finnish PM: Ukraine War Shows Europe Isn’t Strong Enough
· India’s G20 Agenda Inclusive, Ambitious, Action-Oriented, Decisive
· Global Arms Sales Rise For 7th Year Despite Supply Issues
· South Korea and Vietnam Upgrade Bilateral Ties
· Canada To Increase Warship Presence In Taiwan Strait
US Geopolitics
· Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Departs San Diego For Pacific Deployment
· US Nuclear Sub Buzzed By Underwater Object Travelling Faster Than Speed Of Sound
Chinese Geopolitics
· China To Have 400 Ships By 2025
· China Increasing Military Foothold Along Indian Border
· China’s Chip Imports Post Steepest Drop In 2022 On Factory Disruptions, Tech War
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics
· Zelensky War machine Running Out Of Fuel
· Mali Kick Our France In Favour of Russia
· Why a Cap On Russian Oil Price Won’t Work
· Putin Tells Scholz More Ukraine Energy Strikes Are Inevitable
· Russia Presses Unacceptable Demands For Peace Talks
· Hungary Blocks €18bn Of EU Aid To Ukraine
· Snowden Receives Russian Passport
Financial Markets
Commodities
· Steel Prices Hammered By COVID Flip Flop
· Can Europe and North America Compete With China’s Lithium Dominance?
Trade
· German Strategy Paper Targets China Trade Dependence
· EU Agrees To New Law To Impose Brexit Sanctions
· EU Legislators Agree To Price Shipping Emissions
· German Port Now Able To ID All Containers Coming On and Off Ships
· UN Warns of Muted Maritime Trade Growth Through To 2027
· Chris Miller’s Chip War Wins FT Book Prize
· China Exports Drop Most Since Pandemic
· Taiwan Exports Fall Fastest Pace In Seven Years
· Supply Disruption From Russian Oil Cap – Queue Forms Off Turkey
Crypto
· Stripe Announces Fiat to Crypto Onramp Widget
· SBF Says He Will Testify When He Finishes “Learning And Reviewing”
· US Bank Silvergate Defends Ties To SBF Crypto Groups
· Crypto Group Circle End $9bn SPAC Deal
· Crypto Exchange Founder Makes Case For Decentralised Finance
· SBF Hires Ghislaine Maxwell Defence Attorney
Innovation
· Scientists Find Two New Minerals On Meteorite
· Disney’s AI Tool De-Ages Actors in Seconds
· OpenAI’s ChatGPT Shows Why Implementation Is Key With Generative AI
· Twelve Labs Lands $12M For AI That Understands The Context of Videos
· Loft Dynamics Raises $20M To Tackle Pilot Shortage With VR Training
· European MRI Study Provides Experimental Evidence Indicating Our Brains Are Quantum
· Why The Future of AI Is Flexible, Reusable Foundation Models
· Three Ways Data Centre Design Will Change In The Future
· Six European Strat-ups Dragging Rail Networks Into The Future
· EU Countries Reach Common Position On The Chips Act
· Musk Expects Neuralink Brain Chips to Begin Human Trials In Six Months
· Musk’s Neuralink Under Investigation Over Animal Testing
· TSMC Triple Arizona Chip Investment To $40bn
· Apple Delays Self-Driving Car Until 2026
Energy
· OPEC+ Leave Production Quotas Unchanged
· US LNG Is Booming, But Who Supplies The Gas?
· US Pushes $1.1bn to Aid Ukraine and Moldova Energy Sectors
· India Keeps Buying Russian Oil After Western Sanctions
· When Will Geothermal Go Mainstream?
· Will Big Oil Jump At Opportunity To Drill In Alaska?
· Lukoil Says Its Italian Refinery Will Continue Operations After EU Embargo
· Russian Deputy PM Slams Poland’s Request For Pipeline Oil
· Russia Boosts Production While OPEC+ Considers Deeper Oil Output Cuts
· Would a Turkish Gas Hub Be Politically Palatable For Europe?
· Azerbaijan and Georgia Aim to Become Energy Bridge to Europe
· What’s Holding a US Solar Boom Back?
· Cash Flow For Big Oil Next Year
· Will Full Gas Storages Save Europe From Energy Emergencies?
· China Is Concerned Over Kazakhstan’s Ability To Deliver Contracted Gas Supplies
· Putin Pushes To Establish A “Natural Gas Union” in Central Asia
· Clean Tech Europe – The EU’s Answer To The Inflation Reduction Act
· France’s EDF In Running To Build New Czech Nuclear Plant
· Greece, Bulgaria Discuss Oil Pipeline Bypassing Bosphorus Strait
· Space Tech Is Key To Energy Transition
· Hess Spends $750M On Guyana Carbon Credits
· Sunak Moves To Lift De Facto Ban On Onshore Wind Farms In The UK
· Trafigura Secure $3bn Loan Facility To Provide Germany With Natural Gas
· WTI Holds Losses Despite Another Massive Drawdown
Food
· Food Price Index at 2021 Highs
· Ukraine Wheat Harvest Crushes Expectations
Water
· Turning Waves Into Drinking Water
· In Arizona, Home Builders Fight To Show Residents Have Enough Water
· Chile and Bolivia Agree On River Argument
· Drought Hit California Cities To Get Little Water From The State
· French Police Guard Water As Seasonal Drought Intensifies
· In Drought-Hit Iraq, A Dam Threatens To Swallow Farmland
· UN: All Regions Experienced Water Extremes in 2021
· Severe Groundwater Shortage In Northwest Pakistan
· Lebanon Water Crisis Fuels Cholera Outbreak
Labour Market
· European Jobs Market Remains Strong As Recession Looms
· Singapore Based E-Commerce Platform Carousell Lay Off 10% Of Staff
· How Bank of America’s CEO Plans To Trim Workforce
Politics
· New Faces Win Nepal Polls, Vow To Change Political Discourse
· UK’s Labour Party Promise To Abolish “Indefensible” House of Lords
· DeSantis Praised For Pulling Money From BlackRock Over ESG Concerns
· German Police Arrest 25 People Suspected Of Plotting Right-wing Group
Technology
· Volkswagen CEO: High Energy Cost Makes New EV Plants Unfeasible
· Top Secret B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Revealed
· Pentagon Officials Tout New Office To Link Defence Start-ups With Private Funds
· Tesla Delivers First Electric Semi Trucks Three Years Late
· France Bans Short Haul Flights
· Elon Thanks Advertisers For Returning To Twitter
· Tesla Cut Shanghai Production
· Beijing Allows US Export Control Checks On Chinese Tech Companies
· SpaceX Developing Military Version Of Starlink Satellites Called Sharshield
Other
· FBI, CISA Says Cuba Ransomware Gang Extorted $60M From Victims This Year