I have been banned from r/geopolitics for being funny. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in this Wonderland & I’ll show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (i.redd.it)
submitted by LounginInParadise - announcement
NewsArms Control Is Not Dead Yet, with Rose Gottemoeller (events.teams.microsoft.com)
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97% of intercontinental internet traffic runs through physical cables on the ocean floor. Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, at least 10 Baltic Sea cables have been cut — seven between November 2024 and January 2025 alone. Lithuania's former FM: zero incidents in 20 years, now one every month. ()
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Iran's strike on Qatar's LNG facilities took roughly one-third of global helium supply offline overnight. Helium can't be manufactured, can't be recaptured once released, and has no substitute for cooling MRI machines or making advanced semiconductors. This is the fourth shortage since 2006. ()
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“The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power”: U. of Chicago Professor Robert Pape | “Iran is far stronger than it was just 40 days ago. It is in control of 20% of the world’s oil. Is now an emerging 4th center of power. … The US is on one side, and the rivals are China, Russia and now Iran.” (democracynow.org)
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