Author Archives: Conor Gallagher

The Middle East Logistics Wars

The US pursues the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor while attempting to kill other logistics corridors involving China, Iran, and Russia.

The Little-Known ‘Supreme Court Justices’ Who Decide Your Electricity Rates

A few people in each state oversee where and how we get electricity. They’re called public utility commissioners.

Links 3/21/2025

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A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran

What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran.

Links 3/17/2025

Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

The group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda is increasingly turning its attention to Europe.

Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed with Shipping Lanes?

The case that it’s about preparing for conflict with China.

When Algorithms Take the Field – Inside MLB’s Robo-Umping Experiment

Whether robot umpires would be better for the game is debatable, but they’d be bad news for labor.

Links 3/14/2025

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Authorities Reject Georgescu’s Presidential Candidacy, Sparking Violence In Bucharest

Western media continue to lie about the reason Romanian courts nullified the country’s November presidential election and are now preventing an anti-NATO candidate from running.

The Empire Rebrands: Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0

The woke imperium is dead. Long live the American AI “post-democratic” empire.