Under The Radar – News Articles From The Past Week – 13th December 2022
General Geopolitics
· Even The Narrative Of The EU As A Geo-Strategic Player Has Now Burst
· Philippines Mulls A Visiting Forces Agreement With Japan
· How 5G Can Help Defend Taiwan
· UK, Japan, and Italy Launch Global Combat Air Programme To Deliver Next-Generation Fighter
· What Is Behind The Violence Between Serbia and Kosovo?
· Can India Build A Military Strong Enough To Deter China?
· Gunmen Launch Major Attack On Kabul Hotel
· Japan’s Transformational National Security Strategy
· World’s Largest Submarine Drones Compared
· Rare Smuggling Boat Captured In Malaysia
US Geopolitics
· Ex Nazis In The Service Of Uncle Sam
· Air Force Successfully Tests First Fully Operational Air Launched Hypersonic Missile
· Deterring By Detection: A Cheap, Successful Way To Deter Iran
· Military Metaverse Firm Improbable Shuts Down US Defence Arm
· House Passes $858B National Defence Budget
· What To Expect As US-Africa Summit Kicks Off In Washington
Chinese Geopolitics
· What The Historic China-Arab Summit Means For The Middle East
· China Looks To Expand Use Of Yuan In Energy Deals
· India-China Border Scuffle Injured Troops On Both Sides
· China Hits Back At US Chip Sanctions With WTO Dispute
· China Urges Seoul To Oppose US Controls On Chip Exports
· China Seeks $10 Billion In LNG Tanker Orders In 2022
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics
· How US and NATO Partners Planned War In Ukraine Against Russia
· Peace Accords – George Friedman
· Russian Army Running Out Of Ammo?
· Orban Backs Down and EU Agrees On Ukraine Aid and Minimum Tax
· Hundreds of Thousands More Refugees Expected From Ukraine
· Freed Russian Arms Dealer Bout Joins Kremlin-Loyal Ultranationalist Party
· G7 Pledges To Meet Ukraine’s “Urgent” Air Defence Requirements
· Russia Is Shipping More Than 3 Million Barrels Per Day Of Crude To Asia
· The Importance Of Bakhmut And Another Failure of Russian Defence
· Ukraine Prepares For A Harsh Winter
· Impact of Russia-Ukraine War On Western Balkans
Financial Markets
· Saudi National Bank’s Move Into Credit Suisse
· Microsoft Take 4% Stake In London Stock Exchange Group
· Twitter Blue Relaunches, Now Costs $11 Per Month If Subscribed From iPhone
· Morgan Stanley Latest Bank To Slash Bonuses
· A Roadmap For World Bank Evolution
Commodities
· Is The Era Of Ever-Cheaper Lithium Batteries Over?
· Copper Prices – Usually A Barometer For The Global Economy – Are Expected To Soar Next Year
Trade
· Why Are Super Tanker Rates Are Suddenly Crashing
· India’s Finished Steel Imports From Russia Hit 4-Year High
Crypto
· FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested In The Bahamas
· FSB Ready For Rapid Rollout Of Global Crypto Standards
· Binance Temporarily Halts Withdrawals Of USDC
· New FTX CEO To Testify About “Utter Failure” He Found
Energy
· Libya Invites Oil Majors To Produce More Oil And Gas
· Uzbekistan Scrambling To Tackle Fuel Shortages
· EU Attempts To Break The Deadlock Over A Natural Gas Price Cap
· Australia’s Natural Gas Price Cap Could Do More Harm Than Good
· India Could Attract $10 Billion Of Low-Carbon Energy Investments In 2023
· Saudi Aramco Seeks Investors For $110 Billion Unconventional Gas Projects
· UK Grid Operator Asks Coal Plants To Be Available For Backup
· G7 Sets Out Terms For Global “Climate Club”
· Why Burning Primary Woody Biomass Is Worse Than Fossil Fuels For Climate
· Will Putin’s Natural Gas Union Fail?
· World Awaits US Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
· Net Energy Gain – US Scientists Make Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
· Big Freeze Puts “Heavy Strain” On European Power Grids
· EU Strikes Deal On World-First Carbon Border Tariff
· The Politics of ESG Investing. The Mounting Backlash
Water
· Europe’s Water Crisis: Much Worse Than Thought
· Officials Fear “Complete Doomsday Scenario” For Drought-Stricken Colorado River
Jobs Market
· UK Private Sector Wage Growth Accelerates
· October Was The Worst Month For UK Strikes In Over A Decade
Politics
· Supporters Of Brazil’s Defeated Bolsonaro Attack Police Headquarters
· Slovak Government At Risk Of Losing No-Confidence Vote
Technology
· AI Art Apps Are Cluttering The App Stores Top Charts Following Lensa AI’s Success
· NASA’s Orion Capsule Returns To Earth
· Inside A German State’s Bid To Become The European Hub For Chipmaking
· The Global Microchip Race: Europe’s Bid To Catch Up
· Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Invests In Submarines For Ultra-Rich
· Demand For EVs Drops With The Cost of Living, High Commodity Costs
· Japan, And Netherlands Agree To US Request To Curb Chinese Chip Exports
· China Deletes COVID Tracking App As Reopening Gathers Pace
· China Readying $143 Billion Package For Its Chip Firms In Face Of US Curbs
· Twitter Dissolves Trust and Safety Council
· Sequencing Projects Will Screen 200,000 New-borns For Disease Genes
· Satellite Images Show The Line Being Built
· DNA That Was Frozen For 2 Million Years Has Been Sequenced
· Amazon Wants To Kill The Barcode
Other
· Antibiotic Prices Surge In The UK
· Ancient Apocalypse and Graham Hancock’s “Dangerous Ideas”
· New Zealand Bans Young From Buying Cigarettes In Bid To Become Smoke-Free By 2025