"From North Africa to the Gulf, the UAE has aggressively expanded its counter-revolutionary strategy in the wake of the Arab Spring"
by Andreas Krieg: https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/abu-dhabi-built-axis-secessionists-across-region-how 
“Aristo-fraudster who raised millions for Farage sets up opaque new company”
by Ethan Shone in OpenDemocracy @openDemocracy
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes
“Secretive new political firm set up by ‘posh’ George Cottrell raises ‘real red flags’, anti-corruption expert warns”
#Press #UK #Politics #Farage #Reform #Cottrell #Fraud Corruption #AntiCorruption #Cryptocurrency #Laundering #Geostrategy #Donations #Backdoor
TIL... 
. nationalmap.gov.au is/was an open source TerriaJS instance delivering all kinds of data via open standards in a single space.
The digital atlas of Australia is based on proprietary ESRI services. Colour me disappointed, not surprised
The strategic question being: why develop a new digital atlas if the old one was not used? 
Personally I would have chosen to keep developing an open platform, especially in current geopolitical light.
Ursula et l’Europe font le job. London calling ? Wait and see … Donald, Putin’s puppet story… #WeStandWithUkraine #geostrategy #worldwar3 #mastodon #fediverse
Long read: How a peripheral state can leverage its wealth, strategic geography and alliances to exert outsized influence on regional and global affairs
"How the UAE can simultaneously be both a subject of imperialism and an agent of imperialist practices within its spheres of influence while challenging traditional imperialist actors": https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-emerging-sub-imperial-role-of-the-united-arab-emirates-in-africa
The Sarah Paine Lectures: EP 1: The War For India.
In the first episode, Prof Paine of the Noval War College will talk about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, & Lyndon B Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today. https://youtu.be/LbkO84MsmyM #Geostrategy #geostragie
