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The real reason the UAE just ditched OPEC
Some love stories are so powerful, you remember when they end. Like when Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke up in 2004, or when Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke up in 2025, or when the United Arab Emirates announced they’re breaking up with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, aka OPEC. That last […]
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Why everyone’s changing their constitutions
Some things, like the Rosetta Stone or the Madrid-Barcelona rivalry, are written in stone. Others, like Italy’s wartime alliances, are very much open to adjustment. It turns out more constitutions fall in that second bucket right now, so let’s take a tour through some intriguing constitutional tweaks, starting with… Local dictator Kim Jong Un pushed […]
The undercover geopolitics of the Met Gala
As the philosophers at NSYNC once noted, “it’s gonna be May”. And that can only mean one thing: netizens take a break from being an expert in critical minerals, AI, Venezuela, oil, and Hormuz to briefly weigh in on fashion at the Met Gala. By way of quick refresher, it’s a charity event to raise […]
Is Putin losing?
Think your week got off to a rough start? Barely days after the Kremlin vaguely blamed the ✌️current operational situation✌️ for the ✌️truncated format✌️ of Russia’s WWII victory day parade this coming Saturday, Ukraine suggested the real reason (fear) by landing a drone-strike on a nearby luxury high-rise. So here are four numbers shaping Putin’s […]
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