Sitemap - 2024 - Nuance Matters

Let's make some predictions, US edition.

Just the numbers - Dec 2024

We interrupt this festive period...

The US's role in Syria

Europe and Syrian refugees

Israel's Syrian expedition

Assad's loss is Erdogan's win

Russia and Iran stay losing

Unpacking events in South Korea

Media paywalls

Plastic COP

Is it China's world now?

COP29 was not the only 'Conference of Parties' to convene recently.

Climate on the ballot

The wasted COP29

Trump's Team of Rivals on China

Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence?

Abortion and the election

Just the numbers - Nov 2024

How will Trump impact US climate action? part 2

How will Trump impact US climate action? part 1

FYI, the annual UN climate summit started yesterday

How bad was the election for Democrats?

The post-pandemic fall of incumbents continues: US edition.

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Control of the House rests on a knife's edge

Results of the Japanese election

Republicans are currently projected to win a slight 51-49 majority in the Senate

Trump saying "Hitler did some good things" should matter.

The konbini at a cross-roads.

The magic of the Japanese konbini

*REPOST* Japan observations, part 1

What happened after Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal?

The aborted Iran nuclear deal

From pensions to 401(k)s

Lebanon's political quagmire

Lebanon's disastrous 2020

Lebanon's economic rupture

What is Hezbollah?

Dockworkers on strike!

It is impossible to justify doing business in Xinjiang.

Germany lives to fight another day as the AfD is held back (barely)

Five final points on migration

Who actually immigrates to the US?

The truth about emigration

Applying a historical perspective to current US immigration

The localized impact of refugee crises

Contextualizing global migration and the US border.

Who is Viktor Orbán?

Mexico's judicial reform

More US/China diplomacy!

Engaging in US-China diplomacy

Global updates: Sep 10 edition

Antonic, the World Gin & Tonic

Global updates: Sep 5 edition (p.m.)

Global updates: Sep 5 edition (a.m.)

Global updates: Sep 4 edition

State of the race, post-Labor Day edition

In Bangladesh, students take a stand against an autocrat.

Maduro's illegitimate power grab

The Inflation Reduction Act turns two

Trade Wars are Class Wars

Kushiwakamaru!

The presidential candidates' secret plans to fight the national debt

The US national debt

Climate Capitali$m

Famine in Sudan

The Price is Wrong

Tensions in the Middle East - early Aug'24 edition

France's political stand-off

Macron's gamble

The Supreme Court and Trump

The hottest days in recorded history

The Supreme Court and the administrative state - the impact

The Supreme Court and the administrative state - the cases

After Labour's victory, what comes next?

Good reads & charts - July 16, 2024

The Supreme Court and abortion

Why did the Tories get crushed in the UK's general election?

Lol Tories

The Supreme Court and guns

The rise of the AfD

The German Wall

The results of the EU elections

The EU parliamentary elections

How India's economy hindered Modi's re-election campaign.

What just happened in India?!

The state of play in Mexico

Geopolitical earthquakes? Activist investors? Rival oil majors? Doesn't matter. Exxon always comes out on top.

The state of play in South Africa

America's memory-holed crisis of 1917-1921

The limits of divestment

An update on Nuance Matters. Plus, the job hunt

Good reads & charts - May 15, 2024

The race between Biden and Trump remains very, very close.

Good reads & charts - May 9, 2024

Edinburgh!

Good reads & charts - May 6, 2024

Inverness!

Good reads & charts - April 24, 2024

Glasgow!

The SNP's tenuous hold on power

Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving!

Reflections on Belfast, the Troubles and Israel/Palestine

Belfast!

Could we be heading towards a reunified Ireland?

The Troubles and Good Friday Agreement

Cork!

The Irish economy, distorted by accounting tricks

Dublin, where every pub claims to have the "best pour of Guinness"

A half-hearted attempt to revise the Irish constitution

Good reads & charts - April 3, 2024

China continues crackdown on Hong Kong

Democracy holds in Senegal

Biden's endeavor to clean up the roads.

Good reads & charts - March 22, 2024

The geopolitics of steel

There are still glimmers of hope in Russia

The state of populist government in Europe

Good reads & charts - March 15, 2024

The political economy of Biden's LNG 'pause'

The SEC's new climate rule

Japan observations, part 2

Good bye Grandpa O.

Good reads & charts - March 2, 2024

Takayama

Japan's structural problems

Visiting Kanazawa, Japan

A landmark day for the Japanese markets

Japan's unique inflation experience

Political turmoil in Pakistan

Japan observations, part 1

Good reads & charts - February 18, 2024

I present to you, Nusantara, the city of the future!

Indonesia's nickel industry

Good reads & charts - February 14, 2024

The Indonesian election

Good reads & charts - February 10, 2024

Getting to Tokyo, paradigmatic controlled chaos

Facebook stats!

Are we really about to go to war with North Korea?

The state of decarbonization, 2024 edition

Books!

Good reads & charts - February 3, 2024

Happy 20th Birthday Facebook!

This term's monumental Supreme Court case

Civil war in Sudan

Good reads & charts - January 26, 2024

What's up in Ukraine?

Goodbye DeSantis, fair thee well

Let's talk about the global tax regime

Who are the Houthis?

The Red Sea isn't the only shipping lane beset with issues

Good reads & charts - January 16, 2024

The Houthis' impact on the global economy

The state of play in Taiwan

Taiwan's presidential contenders

A (brief) history of Taiwan, China and the USA

TSMC!

Good reads & charts - January 6, 2024

What did I miss??

Welcome to 2024!