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17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 30 May 2013 to 18 Sept 2026.
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9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The maritime world does not try to eliminate a rogue state; it aims only to contain the problem at an acceptable cost. — tap to centre the map on it The maritime world does not try to eliminate a rogue state; it aims only to contain the problem at an acceptable cost. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental power fights on its invader's timetable; for a maritime power, whether and when to intervene at all is a matter of strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A continental power fights on its invader's timetable; for a maritime power, whether and when to intervene at all is a matter of strategy. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Belt and Road cannot beat the sea, because the land route is not only dearer but requires controlling the most unstable places on earth end to end. — tap to centre the map on it The Belt and Road cannot beat the sea, because the land route is not only dearer but requires controlling the most unstable places on earth end to end. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No country has benefited more from the maritime order than China, which rejoined the family of nations under Deng Xiaoping. — tap to centre the map on it No country has benefited more from the maritime order than China, which rejoined the family of nations under Deng Xiaoping. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Maritime powers are the exception and continental powers the rule, and the whole difference is whether a country can defend itself at sea. — tap to centre the map on it Maritime powers are the exception and continental powers the rule, and the whole difference is whether a country can defend itself at sea. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has. — tap to centre the map on it Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has. Last stated 2 years ago
5 Sept 2024
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Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most consequential international organisation of the last century is the one nobody has heard of: it standardised the shipping container. — tap to centre the map on it The most consequential international organisation of the last century is the one nobody has heard of: it standardised the shipping container. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The seas are open to China only in peacetime, and that is a fact of its geography rather than anything anyone is doing to it. — tap to centre the map on it The seas are open to China only in peacetime, and that is a fact of its geography rather than anything anyone is doing to it. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. Last stated 3 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. Last stated 2 years ago
15 Oct 2024
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Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economic sanctions almost never achieve the policy goals they are intended to achieve. — tap to centre the map on it Economic sanctions almost never achieve the policy goals they are intended to achieve. Last stated a month ago
18 Sept 2026
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Scott Sumner — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated 2 months ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. Last stated 5 years ago
28 Jan 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated a year ago
10 Sept 2025
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Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago
30 May 2013
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Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are