Geopolitics
International affairs, defense, intelligence, and regional conflicts
#3615: Israel vs Iran: Reading the Tea Leaves Before a Strike
What signals to watch for if Israel goes it alone against Iran’s nuclear program after being locked out of the US deal.
#3611: Who Are Trump’s Iran Negotiators?
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are Trump’s top Iran negotiators. What does their real estate background mean for diplomacy?
#3609: The PDF Diplomacy Era: US-Iran's Secret MoU
What does a secret, electronically-signed MoU between the US and Iran actually mean — and why is opacity the point?
#3608: The Lost Scent of the Temple: Incense in Jewish Tradition
How a core Temple ritual vanished from Jewish practice and became associated with other religions instead.
#3602: Can You Clear Customs Yourself?
Do you need a customs broker license to clear your own imports? It depends entirely on which country you're in.
#3594: When Europe Tilts and America Cracks: Israel's Compound Scenario
What happens when Europe's politics shift and US support fractures simultaneously? A scenario analysis on Israel's future.
#3593: Is the Far-Right a Movement or a Media Effect?
How a Belfast attack reveals the machinery stitching isolated crimes into a narrative of imported violence.
#3580: The Fish That Changed Israel's Coastline
From psychedelic bream to invading rabbitfish — a tour of Israel's underwater world and the dinner plate.
#3572: The Rainbow Island in the World's Most Dangerous Strait
Hormuz Island has rainbow soil, edible dirt, a Portuguese castle—and sits at the center of the Iran-Israel conflict.
#3568: Inside the Live News Punditry Machine
How booking producers, color-coded pundit databases, and real-time ratings data drive marathon news coverage.
#3566: Why Hezbollah Still Uses Above-Ground Warehouses
Precision manufacturing can’t happen in a tunnel. Here’s how Hezbollah balances concealment with industrial necessity.
#3562: The President's Human Swiss Army Knife
What does it take to be the person who hands the president a pen? The invisible staff who make the presidency possible.
#3555: Three Ways to Seize Iran's Enriched Uranium
A military and logistics breakdown of the options for securing or destroying Iran's buried nuclear material at Isfahan.
#3548: Can Iran's HEU Actually Be Destroyed?
The physics and logistics of handling, transferring, and downblending Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile.
#3547: Are Politicians Actually Legislators?
Most MKs spend 15-20% of their time on actual lawmaking. Who’s really writing the laws?
#3546: Who Actually Writes Our Laws?
The invisible drafters shaping democracy—and why New Zealand tried to make laws readable.
#3545: Israel's Nuclear Dilemma After Trump's Iran Deal
With Trump blindsiding Israel on an Iran deal, Jerusalem faces three bad options for its nuclear security.
#3537: What an MOU Actually Means in Diplomacy
MOUs are non-binding but powerful. Here’s how they work in diplomacy, from Iran talks to inter-agency deals.
#3514: Coercive Diplomacy: Negotiating Under Fire
How the U.S. is using calibrated military strikes to force Iran to the negotiating table — and why it's a risky gamble.
#3500: Missile Defenses on a Boeing 787
How Israel’s airline and its groundwater both became existential infrastructure.