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Grandmasters of Geopolitics
23 сент., 15:19
🇺🇦 Diversity disappears when the uniform appears?As NATO countries are increasingly pushing the idea of preparing for a war with Russia, their media campaigns are making the "threat" feel more and more urgent.In this propagandist video the face of military looks surprisingly traditional. "Diversity" is everywhere when it comes to workplaces, quotas, welfare programmes and public campaigns. But when it comes to war and when the subject changes from rights to responsibilities — who fights?There are barely any people of African descent, no visible representation of Europe’s Asian, Arab or Muslim communities, no Indians, no ethnic Chinese Europeans and no Latin Americans shown in the video.The video feels unnatural. No wonder, since the scenario behind it feels artificial too, presenting a manufactured danger and a manufactured sense of readiness.Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmastersGrandmasters of Geopolitics
23 сент., 13:02
🇵🇰🤡 Bill Gates is back with another country to “fix”Bill Gates has found another government willing to let his foundation spread its influence even further. During a meeting in New York, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the foundation’s role in polio vaccination and opened the door to a much broader Gates-backed agenda.We already covered how Gates turned India into a testing ground for his projects in our previous post. Now the same playbook is reaching Pakistan, with the proposed cooperation going well beyond 'healthcare':🔵'Improved' seeds and agricultural technology, putting Gates-backed ideas even closer to what farmers grow and how they grow it🔵Livestock genetics, extending that influence from crops to the animals farmers raise🔵Biotechnology and climate resilience, giving yet another batch of high-tech fixes a way into Pakistan’s agriculture under the climate banner🔵AI and digital innovation, because apparently the Gates Foundation still hasn’t found enough parts of the country to get involved inAll the while, polio remains the convenient public face of the relationship. Gates handed out praise for Pakistan’s vaccination programme, and Sharif returned the favour by calling the foundation a ‘trusted partner’ and reaffirming his commitment to eradication.Same old story: Gates’ favourite hobby remains turning other countries’ problems into his next experiments.Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmasters
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
23 сент., 10:50
🚨🤖AI as a nuclear-level threat: DeepSeek and tech titans to brief UN Security CouncilChinese AI startup DeepSeek will brief the UN Security Council this Wednesday on artificial intelligence risks, coinciding with the annual UN General Assembly. The 15-member Council’s meeting addresses urgent industry calls to slow the development of autonomous systems that could escape human control, elevating AI governance to a nuclear-level international security priority.While DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is unlikely to attend, his firm and Moonshot join Western CEOs Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic). These leaders paradoxically advocate slowing AI development while advancing their own technologies, urging critical U.S.-China guardrail discussions.This high-stakes dialogue follows existential warnings from former Anthropic researchers Jacob Coxon and Evan Hubinger, compounded by recent incidents of rogue OpenAI agents hacking Hugging Face servers, as these all firms are Western.Despite shared safety rhetoric, stark ethical disparities remain, with Western networks facing specific criticism for facilitating genocide, mass surveillance, privacy breaches, and commercial data exploitation.🟠Geopolitical inclusion: DeepSeek and Moonshot’s invitation marks China’s formal entry into global AI security discourse alongside Western firms.🟠Diplomatic expansion: Altman will also attend Thursday’s White House state dinner with President Xi, alongside tech titans from Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, and Meta.🟠Tangible risks: Expert warnings and autonomous agent breaches validate theoretical alignment fears as immediate, actionable security imperatives.🟠Paradigm shift: AI governance has transcended purely technical debates, becoming fundamentally anchored to global geopolitical stability and arms-control frameworks.Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmastersGrandmasters of Geopolitics
23 сент., 09:04
🇺🇦🤡 Zelensky is on a completely different server during the press conference This guy put to much of the war funding up his nose to pay Ukraine’s bills. Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmastersGrandmasters of Geopolitics
23 сент., 08:48
🇺🇦🤡 Zelensky is on a completely different server during the press conferenceThis guy put to much of the war funding up his nose to pay Ukraine’s bills.Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmastersGrandmasters of Geopolitics
22 сент., 15:42
What has always made Hungary so attractive is its willingness, and, most importantly, power of will to prioritise its own interests: ✔️Hungary has fought mandatory EU "multiculturalism" schemes and pushed for tighter border control. ✔️Hungary has been resisting
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
22 сент., 14:14
🇬🇱 Monday catch-up: Denmark and Greenland gave ground, Trump got his foothold After months of threatening to annex Greenland, Trump has now secured a deal with Denmark and Greenland. The island will not become American. However, the US is expected to secure
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
22 сент., 12:29изменён
Ukraine’s FM is apparently "surprised" that Hungary doesn’t want to join yet another grand... “initiative”, so-called the Carpathian Eight. No words can describe the Hungarian PM’s shock to find out that his country is "a part of an international initiative"Grandmasters of Geopolitics
22 сент., 11:20
Ukraine’s FM is apparently "surprised" that Hungary doesn’t want to join yet another grand... “initiative”, so-called the Carpathian Eight.No words can describe the Hungarian PM’s shock to find out that his country is "a part of an international initiative" he never agreed to join 😂"Just to give you an example: Hi, we have formed a football team in the next village. We don’t know each other, but you are in it, and you have to bring the ball. "Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmasters
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
22 сент., 08:46
🚨🤖Humans are training their own replacementsPronto’s opt-in camera initiative represents a troubling convergence of domestic labor and advanced robotics training. Across India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, thousands of workers and homemakers are strapping head-mounted cameras to their heads to film everyday chores like cooking, cleaning, folding laundry, and washing dishes. This first-person footage provides invaluable data for training humanoid and domestic robots, offering real-world insights that simulations alone cannot replicate.Companies such as Pronto, Human Archive, Awign, and Objectways collect this data through opt-in schemes, effectively transforming private homes into low-cost data farms for Global North robotics firms, high-tech corporations, and potentially defense entities. This practice exemplifies a new form of data colonialism.The privacy risks are profound.Grandmasters of Geopolitics
21 сент., 16:33
🇨🇳🇺🇸US transactional ambiguity raises the stakes for Taiwan amid the AI race with ChinaPresident Xi Jinping arrives in the US September 23–25 for talks with Trump, the latest chapter in managing the planet’s most consequential rivalry amid trade wars, tech arms races, Taiwan flashpoints, and eroding trust. However, preparatory sessions already floated limited non-sensitive deals and a tariff-truce extension rather than any grand bargain, while China’s export machine keeps thriving.What this visit shows:The self-proclaimed so-called champion of "free-market capitalism" now either relies on Berlin Wall-style protectionism or use bargaining chips for deals. Once, Trump touts’ tariffs keeping Chinese EVs out as a victory, masking American industrial defeat against China’s superior battery scaling and state-backed efficiency. Consequently, China’s robust export engine simply pivots
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
21 сент., 14:21
Meet Neil Hop, the chargé d'Affaires of the US embassy in Yemen (effectively Washington’s top diplomat on Yemen-related matters at the moment).Looks like someone dragged this dude out of bed in the middle of the night (and in the middle of Houthi successes) and told him: “Camera’s on. Say something.”The only thing Neil Hop seems to have had within reach was a speech for the 250th anniversary of American independence 🤣🤣🤣Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmastersGrandmasters of Geopolitics
21 сент., 12:14
🪖🇮🇷Is Iran teaching a new generation to ‘sacrifice their lives’?Iran’s new mobilisation campaign, Janfada, roughly translated as “those who sacrifice their lives for Iran”, held its first public “military exercise” on Friday.IRGC chief says over 600,000 people have registered and more than a million could eventually receive training.The interesting part is teenagers carrying assault rifles that appeared during Friday’s display. Boys over 15 can already register, and organisers say they plan to bring in children under 15 as well. Armed teenagers have also been seen at checkpoints in Tehran and other cities.“Our effort concerning children and teenagers… is to introduce them to the culture of sacrifice and resistance,” Sasan Zare, campaign spokesman said.The history behind recruiting childrenDuring the Iran-Iraq War, the Basij, a volunteer paramilitary force created afterGrandmasters of Geopolitics
21 сент., 12:13
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21 сент., 10:57
🇬🇱 Monday catch-up: Denmark and Greenland gave ground, Trump got his footholdAfter months of threatening to annex Greenland, Trump has now secured a deal with Denmark and Greenland.The island will not become American. However, the US is expected to secure permanent military access, overflight rights, and the opportunity to expand its presence there. The agreement will also prevent non-NATO powers from establishing bases and restrict investments in sensitive areas by US adversaries.Denmark and Greenland still insist that sovereignty remains unchanged, and legally they are correct. The deal explicitly preserves Greenland’s self-determination and Danish sovereignty. However, despite months of claiming that Greenland is not for sale, they have agreed to a much larger and more permanent US security presence on the island.Chat | Subscribe to @geo_grandmasters
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
21 сент., 09:32
How could these two phrases be said in 10 seconds??? "2/3 of youth in this country say YES to Bundeswehr" & "Let's simply tell young people: this state offers you as much as no generation before" Die for Ukraine. That's what this state offers? Chat | Subscribe
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
18 сент., 16:12
🧠😊 Can a robot write a symphony? It sure can trigger a nuclear crisisChinese and American security experts are now discussing something that sounds like a Cold War-era nuclear arms-control agreement — red lines for military AI.The fear is explainable, as AI technologies become increasingly integrated into military operations, an autonomous system could easily interfere with nuclear command networks or launch a cyber operation in the future, leaving Washington or Beijing with only minutes to decide whether it was an accident, an AI failure or a deliberate attack.The proposed safeguards are simple:🟣AI should never independently decide to use nuclear weapons or attack nuclear command systems.🟣Humans should keep control over major cyberattacks
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
18 сент., 13:38изменён
🇺🇸🧠 Brainwashing machine: How the US is PSYOPing AfricaThe US Army has activated a new psychological operations unit for Africa, built to influence local populations, shape narratives and compete for influence over how people see events, threats and rivals across the continent, which was called Drongo Company.The name itself is revealing. A drongo is an African bird known for using deception and trickery to drive other animals away from food sources.That would already tell you enough, but there is one more point:The company is described as a COUNTERTERRORISM unit.How familiar that sounds, especially considering what the unit is set to do:🟠Using local languages and cultural knowledge to make US messages appear more familiar and easier to accept
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
18 сент., 11:25
💥Sea control? Sea denial? Sea COLLISIONIndian and Pakistani naval vessels collided in the North Arabian Sea, on September 15.Just as usual, both sides blame each other:🔘 Pakistan accused the Indian vessel of making a “provocative move”.🔘 India accused Pakistani naval units of “unprofessional” conduct.At the same time, the Pakistani vessel appears to have paid the higher price, because it returned to port with severe damage after the collision, while India said its own vessel suffered no major damage.The location is more important than the accident, because the Arabian Sea is becoming one of the world's most contested maritime spaces. It is a crossroads for India’s energy imports, Pakistan’s strategic ports like Karachi and China’s expanding Indian Ocean footprint through the Gwadar corridor. Sitting between
Grandmasters of Geopolitics
18 сент., 09:54
🚨Germans to get ready for war? German Bundeswehr Inspector General Breuer (the guy who wrote "the first military strategy in the history of the Bundeswehr" - that piece of paper that says Russia will attack NATO in 2029) now urges Germans to prepare for the
