Want a good primer on the geopolitics of the energy transition? I really enjoyed Mike Bradshaw's latest, which is available open access for Bristol Unversity Press.

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Watching the ITV undercover thing about Reform. Incredible piece of work. Worth the license fee for this alone. Oh, hang on.

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I'm a great admirer of Kasparov, but this is just poor analysis. Are there anything indicating that other European countries would be weaker than Ukraine? Historically, attacking cities have rarely broken the spirit of the population or the leadership - and this includes in Europe.

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Another reason why no-one should imagine that a Putin/Trump/Xi meeting is going to bring any progress in ending the war in Ukraine (unless Xi gets fed up with Putin & decides to cut off the supply of dual-use components & machine tools to Russia - which sadly seems very unlikely).

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In November 2024 Europeans were repeatedly warned, begged even, to get their act together, and do it at a lightning speed. They have only themselves to blame for not being able to deal with what was clearly coming. The only ones who have a right to complain here are Ukrainians.

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