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Alex Castaldo

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Former hedge fund trader now interested in US - East Asia relations.

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25.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am guessing someone at DoD stuck in a reference to "first island chain" in the NDS hoping the higher ups would not know what it refers to πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

12.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In latin: SEX POMPEIO SEX FIL / MAXIMO / SACERDOTI SOLIS IN / VICTI MT PATRI PATRVM / QQ CORP TREIECT TOGA / TENSIVM SACERDO / TES SOLIS INVICTI MT / OB AMOREM ET MERI /TA EIVS SEMPER HA / BET

03.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair one of the two hosts has much less appreciation of US Europe (and US World) relations than the other IMO. There were complaints on Substack about this specific episode by various listeners.

24.01.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Karin Keller-Sutter - Wikipedia

It was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_K... President of the Swiss Confederation for 2025

21.01.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An accurate reply in March 1957

19.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Plus precisement c'est a 47:45 dans ce podcast

21.12.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very modern in style with its abstract quasi-random color pattern

03.12.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wendy Sherman on Hard Conversations in Hard Places

open.spotify.com/episode/2eEF...

22.09.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
LIVE | Ursula von der Leyen & Mario Draghi Discuss β€œOne Year After the Draghi Report” | APT
LIVE | Ursula von der Leyen & Mario Draghi Discuss β€œOne Year After the Draghi Report” | APT YouTube video by APT

youtu.be/GMqwZCUAGp0?...

16.09.2025 09:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In case of war it would be a liability rather than an asset... Every accounting trick is going to be tried to avoid raising defence spending.

02.07.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The international role of the euro The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...

Link to the ECB report www.ecb.europa.eu/press/other-...

11.06.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When the Facts Change: The Future of the Global Monetary System This paper considers possible futures for the international monetary system in light of recent economic and political events in the United States and globally. It contrasts scenarios pre- and post-ina...

A link www.cigionline.org/publications...

10.06.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Two negatives multiplied make a positive 🀣🀣🀣

16.04.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣🀣🀣

16.04.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems consistent with the bruited Valerio Ottati and Han Wen

03.04.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A proudly nationalitic leader ruined his own country.

28.03.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had not looked at these weights in a while. US 72.92% as of 2025-feb-28! www.msci.com/documents/10...

18.03.2025 10:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"a satyr wearing a fawn skin (nebris) attempts, not very successfully, to win the affections of a maenad" CWA (1050) 2021

17.03.2025 08:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
| Darwin Correspondence Project

www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docI...

15.03.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Does not work for me, says "something went wrong ... please try again").

21.01.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

congratulations

20.01.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

Some German citizen should ask them to please join bsky.app

17.01.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ragnar Nurkse 1907-1959. The most famous Estonian economist of all time! πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ

17.01.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jude Blanchette Named Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research; Tapped to Lead RAND's China Research Center Jude Blanchette, a leading expert on China's political landscape, has been named the inaugural director of the RAND China Research Center and Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research at nonpartisan,...

Congratulations. I had completely missed this announcement www.rand.org/news/press/2...

06.01.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Forward Operating Base Chapman - Wikipedia

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30.12.2024 16:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

love that chart from c. p. kindleberger's book 😍

24.12.2024 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"A friend of mine in Moscow, when asked about life there, said, β€œWe’re all equally poor.” Enough said!". Would a friend of Mr. Perdue in Beijing say the same thing nowadays?

06.12.2024 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I understand who you are talking about.

14.11.2024 22:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sound quality could be better.

25.09.2024 07:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0