AI Becomes Heavy Industry
AI is becoming heavy industry with its own capital market: data centres turn electricity into compute, while finance extends and distributes the wager.
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The Internal Front
Why ageing, energy, migration, debt and weakening state capacity may become Europe’s decisive internal pressure system.
The Unfinished War in the East
Why Europe needs deterrence for Ukraine and Eastern Europe — but also a hard-peace architecture and an exit from permanent confrontation.
The Southern Flashpoint
How Hormuz, Lebanon and the Gulf transmit energy, shipping, security and political stress into European households and European politics.
Europe Between Two Flashpoints
Europe is not facing one crisis but a convergence of pressures: war in the east, instability in the south, expensive energy, ageing societies and declining political trust. The central question is whether Europe can reduce permanent emergencies before they become its normal condition.
Does Reopening Hormuz Mean Normalization?
A shipping route can reopen politically long before it normalizes economically. Even if vessels are allowed to pass again, shipowners, insurers, traders, and buyers may still behave cautiously.
Macro Note: The Immediate Shock Has Eased, but the Inflation Risk Has Not
The ceasefire reduced the probability of a near-term energy panic. That explains why oil fell and risk assets rallied.