May 28: Canada Rises, China Expands, Ukraine Rearms
KEY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Ukraine is getting Gripens. Ukraine and Sweden launched a major defense agreement that includes the potential purchase of up to 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and the future transfer of 16 Gripen C/D aircraft. Sweden also announced its largest military aid package to Ukraine to
Pentagon’s $9.7 Billion Microsoft-Dell Deal: Follow the Infrastructure, Then Follow the Money
The Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year agreement valued at about $9.7 billion to provide Microsoft software licenses, cloud subscriptions, secure communications, collaboration tools, and productivity technologies across the military, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. Officially, this is about modernization: Microsoft 365, cloud access, zero-trust infrastructure,Latest Articles
Five Stories, Two Rubrics — and One Bigger Point
Today’s Friday livestream is about the same pattern showing up again and again: the world is not short on warnings. It is short on leaders willing to act before those warnings become emergencies. We are talking about five major stories today: a new political rupture between Poland and Ukraine,
May 28: Canada Rises, China Expands, Ukraine Rearms
KEY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Ukraine is getting Gripens. Ukraine and Sweden launched a major defense agreement that includes the potential purchase of up to 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and the future transfer of 16 Gripen C/D aircraft. Sweden also announced its largest military aid package to Ukraine to
Trump on a $250 Bill Is Not Just Strange. It Runs Into the Law.
Trump administration officials have reportedly pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare designs for a new $250 bill featuring Donald Trump’s portrait for America’s 250th anniversary. There is one immediate problem: current federal law prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury Secretary Scott
Pentagon’s $9.7 Billion Microsoft-Dell Deal: Follow the Infrastructure, Then Follow the Money
The Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year agreement valued at about $9.7 billion to provide Microsoft software licenses, cloud subscriptions, secure communications, collaboration tools, and productivity technologies across the military, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. Officially, this is about modernization: Microsoft 365, cloud access, zero-trust infrastructure,
China Is No Longer an Abstraction — While the U.S. Leaves Diplomatic Chairs Empty
China is no longer experienced only through headlines about tariffs, Taiwan, or military competition. It is increasingly experienced through logistics networks, payment systems, AI tools, scholarships, e-commerce platforms, industrial supply chains, cyber infrastructure, and digital ecosystems woven into daily life around the world. That is the core takeaway from a
Russian Missiles Still Run on Foreign Parts
Ukraine showed European ambassadors components from Russian Zircon, Kalibr, and Kh-101 missiles, as well as Geran-2 drones used in Russia’s May 24 attack. The finding is blunt: Russia’s war machine is still getting access to foreign-made technology. According to Ukraine’s presidential office, some components came from Switzerland,
Latest Articles
Five Stories, Two Rubrics — and One Bigger Point
Today’s Friday livestream is about the same pattern showing up again and again: the world is not short on warnings. It is short on leaders willing to act before those warnings become emergencies. We are talking about five major stories today: a new political rupture between Poland and Ukraine,
May 28: Canada Rises, China Expands, Ukraine Rearms
KEY DEVELOPMENTS 1. Ukraine is getting Gripens. Ukraine and Sweden launched a major defense agreement that includes the potential purchase of up to 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and the future transfer of 16 Gripen C/D aircraft. Sweden also announced its largest military aid package to Ukraine to
Trump on a $250 Bill Is Not Just Strange. It Runs Into the Law.
Trump administration officials have reportedly pushed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare designs for a new $250 bill featuring Donald Trump’s portrait for America’s 250th anniversary. There is one immediate problem: current federal law prohibits living people from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury Secretary Scott
Pentagon’s $9.7 Billion Microsoft-Dell Deal: Follow the Infrastructure, Then Follow the Money
The Department of Defense awarded Dell Federal Systems a five-year agreement valued at about $9.7 billion to provide Microsoft software licenses, cloud subscriptions, secure communications, collaboration tools, and productivity technologies across the military, intelligence community, and Coast Guard. Officially, this is about modernization: Microsoft 365, cloud access, zero-trust infrastructure,
China Is No Longer an Abstraction — While the U.S. Leaves Diplomatic Chairs Empty
China is no longer experienced only through headlines about tariffs, Taiwan, or military competition. It is increasingly experienced through logistics networks, payment systems, AI tools, scholarships, e-commerce platforms, industrial supply chains, cyber infrastructure, and digital ecosystems woven into daily life around the world. That is the core takeaway from a
Russian Missiles Still Run on Foreign Parts
Ukraine showed European ambassadors components from Russian Zircon, Kalibr, and Kh-101 missiles, as well as Geran-2 drones used in Russia’s May 24 attack. The finding is blunt: Russia’s war machine is still getting access to foreign-made technology. According to Ukraine’s presidential office, some components came from Switzerland,
